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Welcome to your new Artellagram! Thanks for joining in our new format. Since you indicated you are most interested in creative approach to self-discovery and awareness, your Artellagram issues will be largely focused around that topic, but don't worry; you'll also get all the main announcements of everything going on in Artella Land, like our free event happening this week, Goalar Energy for Our New Era: Creative Tools for 21st Century Goal Achievement, which you can read more about, below .
Since my book, Creating Time: Using Creativity to Reinvent the Clock and Reclaim Your Life, hits bookstores nationwide next month, I thought it would be fun to do a bit of "time traveling" and share an article I wrote which became the basis for our very first e-course, called "Goalar Energy":
Self-help books about goal achievement are all over the place. These books have made an enlightening impact on many people, sharing strategies for articulating, planning and reaching goals in a succinct, linear fashion. All those impressive books with inspiring anecdotes and step-by-step advice for achieving goals are out there, lining shelves like tantalizing cookies in rows. Why didn't they work for me?
I kept looking for the right Formula For Success, wanting to follow suit of so many others who got these techniques to work. I guess what I needed was a book on "goal-planning for the right brained and scatter-brained", and I couldn't find it.
As with most of our journeys, I didn't have to find a book to learn something that my own imagination already knew. One day, when I heard someone use the term "laser-focused goals", it suddenly occurred to me that perhaps what I needed was just the opposite.
Instead of reaching for my goals with a laser beam, perhaps a better image for me was a sun beam. I needed to reach in many different directions, all at once. Trying to channel my vision into a direct line of specific actions and benchmarks felt limiting, oppressive, and confusing to me. Perhaps I didn't need to force my energy in one single, perfectly-honed direction. Maybe all I needed to do was simply shine...and trust that forces greater than me would take care of exactly where the light fell.
In looking ahead, I don't really know where I want to be, but I have a pretty clear view of who I want to be. Where I'll end up is no more limited than the endless tangles of the sun.
It's
been 10 years since I wrote that that article, and I've been delighted
to observe that our entire culture and society are gradually evolving,
finally beginning to embrace a different paradigm of productivity
and a new sense of time. Through the years, I've continued to learn
even more about how the traditional, linear approach to goals simply
doesn't work best for most creative spirits. Even more significantly,
I've learned what does work when we fully embrace our creativity
and the multi-directionality of our goals, spreading our energy out like
rays of the sun. For example, take a look:
If you'd like to know more about these 8 powerful tenants of 21st Century Goal Achievement and how they relate to your own journey, all the while having fun making art as you get immediate, tangible and practical feedback about your goal's path, I invite you to join us for this Thursday's FREE class, Goalar Energy for Our New Era. You can get all the details below.
For those short on time, to simplify this week's Artellagram, here are some "quick links" to the highlights in this edition. You can simply follow the links that you're interested in and go directly to that section.
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1. NEW! Free Teleclass on Thursday...Goalar Energy for Our New Era! When you think of "goals", do you feel a sudden heaviness, a bunch of unrequited past expectations and a list of "shoulds" that seems to never end? Does the process of even just setting goals ever feel hard, frustrating, constrictive or overwhelming?...Has traditional goal-setting sometimes left you feeling like you're trying to fit into clothes that are nice but don't quite feel like you?
~Goalar Energy for Our New Era~ is a FREE class on Thursday, March 15 at 9:00pm Eastern Time (8:00 Central, 7:00 Mountain, 6:00 Pacific), where we will dive right into the heart of the creative goal process and explore this New Era of 21st Century Goal Achievement! Simply call in on a regular telephone line to be part of the great big party as we all share practical tools to easily and joyfully discover new insights about your 21st Century path!
Sign up for this free class and you will...
- Explore the 8 powerful tenants of 21st Century Goal Achievement, and learn how they relate to your own journey
- Participate in hands-on ARTsignments(TM) - fun and inspiring exercises to help unveil new insights about your "goal story".
- Hear candid stories from me about how my views about goals have changed through the years...and why we all can benefit from our own pesonal Goalar Energy Plan.
- Create and discuss your own personal, customized "Goalar Energy Plan" within a small group, right there on the call! You'll experience what it is like to truly be heard and appreciated for your vision, and also get immediate, tangible and practical feedback and support for your path, LIVE on the free call!
- Receive a dynamic follow-up workbook including more inspiring and dynamic ARTsignments(TM) that help you quickly uncover even more new sources and opportunities for you to re-energize your creative goals!
- For those also interested in finding out more about my intimate business-building group, Mapping and Mentoring with Marney, you are invited to stay for a fun Mapping Orientation session after the call to learn more about the upcoming program and hear from current participants (applications due March 23 for session beginning in April)
You can get all the details and signup for this inspiring class here!
 2. NEW! Application Due Date for Spring Session of Mapping and Mentoring with Marney! A new Quarterly Cycle of my intimate business-building group, Mapping and Mentoring with Marney, begins in April, and while most participants are continuing on, we do have a couple of spots that are opening up. If you would like to be part of an amazing group and receive tools and tangible support for your own 21st Century Goal Achievement & Time Metamorphosis for Creative Professionals, a short written application is due March 23, followed by a personal interview with me the week of March 25. You can go here for full details and to request an application.
3. Join in the Creating Time Countdown! My book, Creating Time: Using Creativity to Reinvent the Clock and Reclaim Your Life, will be released by New World Library and will hit bookstores in April, and we're going to be doing all kinds of great things to count down and share lots of fun! Artella Land's newest destination on our website is a cozy "book bungalow" where you can jump in and get involved...visit here to learn more about the book and join our celebration!
We also invite you to "like" our new Facebook community for ongoing creative prompts and games related to "Creating Time"! Come join in the countdown to the end of time as we know it...
 4. Join
the ARTfiliate Program! Join Artella's generous ARTfiliate
Program and enjoy all the new affiliate tools that we've recently added! You can get more info by going here.
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Interested in Becoming Part of Artella's Team? We are expanding our team for all the exciting things we're working on in early and mid-2012, so if you've ever been interested in becoming part of the Artella Team, now is the time! Check out this page for details.
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 One of the projects in the Artella e-course, Mixed Media ME-flections: 30 Art Projects To Change Your Life, is
to create a self-portrait in which you juxtapose your own image with a
vintage portrait to create a mixed-media piece with a meaningful
statement or theme. Simply find a vintage photo that piques your
curiosity and combine it with a modern photo of yourself in a collage
that tells a story or present a theme, such as the example shown here.
Old photos inhabit such mystery, and are ideal for this project! You may
want to start this process by finding an image of another person, and
then using that as your basic inspiration. Allow that image to inspire
the themes or concepts that your piece could represent. For example, I
found a wonderful vintage photo of an woman who looked so delightfully
intent and serene. The term, "quiet joy" came into my mind, and inspired
my self-portrait. art.
Here's one more inspiring technique to try which can be really fun: if you get stuck as you're working, ask for advice from figure in the vintage portrait with you. This may sound silly, but it really works! For example, you could "ask" this image questions, like...
- What do you think I should do now?
- What colors would you like to be around you?
- Any suggestions as to what I should do for the border?
- What am I not seeing about this piece?
- What could I add to make this piece more meaningful?
You can even take this line of questioning to the next level, and ask questions not only about the art, but about your life as well:
- What advice do you have for me?
- What am I not seeing about my life?
- What will support me most?
- What is the best expression of my soul?
- How can I make a difference?
In this way, this person - whoever it is - becomes an imaginary Muse for you, whispering words of wisdom and inspiration. Of course, all the answers will come from within you. But sometimes our imaginations need a little push! By pretending that this other figure can "speak", you're opening up your imagination to a new kind of dialogue that can be quite powerful and satisfying. Give it a try! |
In this new Artellagram feature, we'll feature something special in the Artella Land Storefront that matches your specific interests. Since there's always so much to see in Artella Land, you may have missed some of our special gems! This new section introduces you to a specific item that you might like to take a look at, based on your personal interests and preferences, along with a special 1 week only coupon code, only for readers of Artellagram, for 35% off what the featured item currently sells for on the Artella site!
The Storefront Spotlight for this issue is...
 Make Change with Your Muse: Mixed Media Art Projects to Attract Prosperity and Change in Your Life
With all that's going on in the world these days, it's time to release our stresses about money, and instead bring in our joy. As so many have learned by now, we attract more of what we are... so if we stress and worry, it becomes that much more difficult to get anything but MORE of the stress and worry we are putting out. We may not get prosperous overnight, just because we say a few positive things, but the fact is, it's only WHEN we are positive, full of gratitude and joy, that we can be in a place to receive more. The science behind this is extensive, but even old-fashioned common sense tells us that if we want something to change for the better, we better change something!
If your life isn't just how you want it, then something needs to change! Make Change with Your Muse is a 30-day adventure that brings you on an energizing, unforgettable journey, as you create beautiful art projects while completely "changing" the way you experience prosperity and abundance in your life.
Get 35% off this featured item by using the coupon code spotlight312-MC when you check out.
Go here to see more... |
Artella's Member Ship Creativity Cruise is an ongoing adventure of information and inspiration, all hand-selected to be about your favorite creative topics. Each and every month, you get a huge overflowing gift basket of inspiring goodies in your Cruise Cabin. You can read about all the different Cruise Cabins here.
I'm excited to share that March is a very special month for our Luxury Cruise Cabin members. All of the March goodies - including e-magazines, kits, art tutorials, journal page packs, audio interviews, booklets, workbooks, yes everything - is all related to the intriguing theme of Time, as we celebrate with Artella Members the release of Creating Time next month.
Best news of all: if you join one of the Artella Member Ship Cabins right now, you'll still get the full lineup of February's goodies, and the March time-themed goodies when they come out next week! It's a really cool way to take advantage of the timing and get double your goodies. :-)
For example, right now in our Art Journaling Cabin you can flip the 65 inspiring pages (they really flip, in our cool Flash format) in the current The Art Journal Journey e-magazine, full of articles to help you use creativity to access greater self-awareness and discovery, and you'll also get lots of other goodies, like a collection of art journal pages, art journaling prompts, and my full-length audio ShimmerView with ARTbundance Coach Mikell Worley, all about how we can access our creativity to lose weight, feel more beautiful, vibrant, and healthy. Over in the Blissness Cabin, the Blissness Splash e-magazine is full of tips for balancing work and life, and embracing a sense of the spiritual in all we do.
Then, later this month, you'll get the new issue of The Art Journal Journey that's all about changing our sense of time through creativity. You'll get an amazing "PicturePrompt" workbook, all about journaling your thoughts about time. You'll hear a recording of Paula Swenson interviewing me about my behind-the-scenes process for writing and publishing Creating Time, and get lots of other kits, booklets, audios, and more.
Go here to learn more and come aboard the Artella Member Ship! |
 For today's "In the Studio" Interview, I'm delighted to present Donna Mills, who, in addition to being a Certified ARTbundance(TM) Coach, is also a gifted painter, a certified FranklinCovey coach, and has recently completed training in her newest passion, hand analysis. Donna's gifts of connection and pure energy shine through all of these pursuits, and I know you will enjoy getting to know her better!
Artella: What led you to become a Certified ARTbundance Coach?
Donna: I'd only been involved with the Artella community for a short time when the inaugural ARTbundance Coach Training program was launched in 2008, and the idea of working with Marney was irresistible. She is such a great blend of creativity and sound business sense! I had completed other coach training programs (FranklinCovey and Self-Management), which I loved, but those programs were based on what I'd describe as a 'left brain' model. ARTbundance coaching seemed to be unique in its approach. In addition, it promised a supportive community and connections that would be sustainable after certification. ARTbundance has provided me with a great community. There are awesome people out there who are applying the benefits of the training to all different types of businesses, and that's exciting to see.
Artella: ARTbundance is based on nine ARTbundance Principles. Do you have a favorite Principle, or one that you really enjoy activating in other people? Which one, and why?
Donna: Creating usually gets me into a good mood, so, regardless of how I am feeling when I start, creating never fails to lift my spirits. I feel joy when I put beautiful colors onto paper. I love sorting through my treasure-trove of supplies, looking for just the right bit of this or that. I can't help but feel good when I arrange a collage lay-out and see something new come from things that already exist in another form. I guess it is a way of becoming child-like, because the process is so enjoyable, and I find I can "lose myself" in being creative.
You can read the rest of Donna's interview, here
 The ARTbundance Certification Training (ACT) is now in session. The next session will be scheduled later this year. You can learn more about ACT and request an application when the next session is announced, here
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 Over the years, we've shared almost 100 Quotz Crystals: uplifting words that you can print out and keep with you as little gems of inspiration. We asked Artella Team Members for their favorite quotes that we can share with Artellagram readers.
This gem was shared from Irina Naskinova, Artella's fantastic technical ace and lead programmer, but who, amazingly, truly exemplifies the sincere spirit and scope of what Artella is about. So much of what we eagerly aspire to do for the creative world ultimately finds its way relying on Irina to help make it actually work. :-) But in addition to being the creative solution-provider, she is a truly remarkable, and so very inspiringly authentic, woman. Interacting with her often feels like a beautiful walking meditation...dynamic and yet calming and good for the soul.
We thought that Irina's suggested quote was perfect for our readers who are inspired by creative approaches to self-discovery and awareness.
~Admiring the spiraling of your goals,
 Marney
Artella Founder, Mango Lover, Hula Dancer
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