The Artist's Way at Work

by Bryan, Mark A.; Cameron, Julia; Allen, Catherine

• ISBN13: 9780688166359
• ISBN10: 0688166350
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-07
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Expanding the original Artist's Way tools in an all-new program, this book helps readers discover new levels of imagination, curiosity, and energy, move into a career they really want, or launch the business of their dreams. Illustrations.

Author Biography

Mark Bryan, co-founder with Julia Cameron of the Artist's Way Workshops, is a Harvard-trained educator with a specialty in human development and psychology. He has taught business creativity nationwide and developed new products for Fortune 500 companies. He is currently a member and sponsor of the Dialogue Project at MIT. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Julia Cameron, author of bestselling books on creative practice, has taught and refined her methods for two decades. An active artist who teaches internationally, Cameron is a poet, playwright, fiction writer, and essayist. She has extensive credits in film, television, and theater, and is an award-winning journalist. Cameron divides her time between Taos, New Mexico, and Manhattan. Catherine Allen, a senior executive in the financial services industry, has more than twenty years' experience in business and technology strategy for corporations, small businesses, and the nonprofit sector. She has taught in the business schools of American University, George Washington University, and Georgetown University. She lives in Washington, D.C., and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xv
Tool: Entering the Gate	xxi
The First Transformation: Part One
Emergence	2	(20)
Tools: Morning Pages	5	(5)
Creative Colleague	10	(1)
Secret Selves	11	(3)
Listening to the Chorus	14	(2)
Inner Mentor	16	(4)
Check-in	20	(1)
Creativity Contract	20	(2)
The First Transformation: Part Two	22	(28)
The Roar of Awakening	24	(26)
Tools: Time-Out	29	(1)
The Dialogue	30	(4)
Archaeology, Round One	34	(2)
Archaeology, Round Two	36	(2)
The Us and Them List	38	(2)
Imaginary Lives	40	(1)
Affirmations and Blurts	41	(2)
Customized Affirmations	43	(4)
Dumping the Albatross	47	(2)
Walking your Wisdom	49	(1)
Check-in	49	(1)
The Second Transformation	50	(22)
Soaring	52	(20)
Tools: Secrets	53	(2)
Watching the Rapids	55	(2)
Wish List	57	(2)
Leadership Quiz	59	(3)
Explore a Sacred Space	62	(3)
Secretly, I'd Like to...	65	(2)
Watch the Picture Without the Sound	67	(2)
Filling the Form	69	(1)
Check-in	70	(2)
The Third Transformation: Part One	72	(20)
The Abyss	74	(18)
Tools: Admitting Our Emotions	76	(2)
Anger as Map	78	(1)
Metabolism	78	(1)
Footholds for Optimism	79	(1)
Countering Our Critics	80	(1)
True Confessions	80	(3)
Define Your Inner Wall	83	(2)
Workaholism Quiz	85	(2)
Bottom Line	87	(1)
Signposts	87	(2)
The ``Fraudian Slip''	89	(1)
Check-in	90	(2)
The Third Transformation: Part Two	92	(18)
Surviving The Abyss	94	(16)
Tools: Personal Accounting	96	(1)
Emotional Solvency	96	(1)
Counting	97	(3)
Luxury	100	(1)
Lapping Up Luxury	100	(1)
Nasty Rules	101	(2)
The Dream Account	103	(3)
Explore Your Feelings About God	106	(1)
Going to Take a Miracle	106	(2)
Wondering	108	(1)
Check-in	109	(1)
The Fourth Transformation	110	(18)
The Pearl of Wisdom	112	(16)
Tools: Body English	114	(1)
At the Wheel of a New Machine	114	(3)
A Letter to the Self	117	(3)
Positive/Negative Poles	120	(4)
Media Deprivation	124	(1)
Reconnecting the Dots: Detective Work	124	(2)
Beyond Price	126	(1)
Meeting the Inner Rebel	126	(1)
Check-in	127	(1)
The Fifth Transformation	128	(28)
Learning (And Teaching)	130	(26)
Tools: Being a Beginner	132	(1)
The Jealousy Map	133	(1)
Creativity Quiz	134	(3)
Feel, Think, Wish	137	(2)
Getting Current	139	(2)
The Hidden Resume	141	(5)
Becoming Right-Sized	146	(2)
Taking Note	148	(3)
Nuturing Nutrients	151	(1)
The Forest Environment	152	(2)
Check-in	154	(2)
The Sixth Transformation	156	(36)
Teaching (And Learning)	158	(34)
Tools: Roles	161	(2)
Biosketches	163	(6)
Family Functions	169	(3)
Containment	172	(1)
The Power Dance	173	(4)
Unmasking Machiavelli	177	(1)
Practicing the Present	177	(3)
Mentor Magic	180	(4)
Going Sane	184	(2)
``Dear Boss''	186	(2)
Stopping the Spiral	188	(2)
Releasing Resentments	190	(1)
Check-in	191	(1)
The Seventh Transformation	192	(16)
Owning Our Ambition	194	(14)
Tools: Clearing Fear	195	(4)
Contacting Clark Kent	199	(2)
Local Color	201	(1)
The Resentment Resume	201	(1)
Blasting Through Blocks	202	(4)
Succeeding with Success	206	(1)
Framing Our Lives	207	(1)
Check-in	207	(1)
The Eighth Transformation	208	(18)
Living With Passion	210	(16)
Tools: Positive Inventory	212	(1)
Laugh or Lament	213	(2)
Box Seats	215	(5)
Heartbreak Hotel---Loss as a Lesson	220	(4)
The Net of Nurturing	224	(1)
Check-in	225	(1)
The Ninth Transformation: Part One	226	(24)
The Ledge Of Authenticity	228	(22)
Tools: Name Your Poison	232	(1)
Creative U-turns	233	(2)
Ten-Minute Time-outs	235	(1)
Valuing Our Values	236	(1)
The Ledge of Authenticity	237	(7)
Exercising Our Options	244	(1)
Creativity Center	245	(2)
Choose a Spirit mentor	247	(1)
Spirit Mentors	247	(1)
Check-in	248	(2)
The Ninth Transformation: Part Two	250	(15)
Resting in Authenticity	252	(13)
Tools: Trusting Trust	253	(3)
Mining Our Mystery	256	(1)
Building a House	257	(2)
Succeeding at Success	259	(3)
Playing at Play	262	(1)
Every Picture Tells a Story	263	(1)
Gratitude	263	(1)
Check-in	264	(1)
Epilogue	265	(1)
Suggested Reading	266	(2)
Acknowledgments	268	(1)
How to Reach Us	269	(2)
Index	271