Thursday, October 8, 2009

The Joy Diet - Desire













This week in Martha Becks book The Joy Diet we concentrated on Desire. She suggested that each day, we should identify, articulate, and explore at least one of your heart's desires. What is one thing you really want? Each day you may think of something new. You think that this would have been simple but I seemed to avoid it most of the week.

Wednesday I took a walk for my do nothing portion and I started to thing about desire and my choice for the day was to become a better artist. I think that I am taking steps in that direction. Taking Gut Art has already done that for me.

Of course after rereading the text I think that is more a surface desire and perhaps the desires that I have are deeper. Most of my desires really resolve around art and writing and completing those projects to my satisfaction but what really comes after that. If I look deeper into those desires I realize perhaps my desire is not to have a published book or be a better artist but more that I want my work to affect others and inspire them to follow their dreams. I want to foster connection between myself and others. Those are my desires on another level.

Then Jamie talked about feeling your desire in your body on her video. I had not thought of that until she mentioned it. Sometimes I feel it in my heart and other times I feel it in my gut.

This weeks collage was easy I chose the artist because that is what I desire and the women were from the Artnest retreat a few years back. They symbolize connection. I saw the woman blowing the bubbles as my little desires growing up to become big and wonderful and fulfilled. I am finding that when I do the collage for each week it seems to reinforce the idea in my brain somehow. It is as though the week is not complete until I have done the collage. Perhaps there is a connection with art and mind. Next week we study creativity now there is something I know about. I am looking forward to that chapter.

9 comments:

  1. Loving your collage and what you have discovered about desire and how it pertains to you. Having smaller desires and larger desires which stem from the smaller ones...you are definitely on the right road with this!

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  2. A beautiful collage honouring your desires, Kate! I enjoyed reading your post and I think it's wonderful that you found the deeper meaning behind your initial desires.

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  3. I find the same thing happens with me when I do collage, that reinforcement is important! I also found that there really are a lot of levels to the desires we have. I guess we have to work on them at all levels.

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  5. I read this post and it resonates...the walk is certainly not a do nothing portion in my book, so many ideas flow for me on my walks, and I see everything as art from the concrete on the ground under my feet to the plants on the side of the road to the color of the sky etc etc etc etc etc. Just my humble opinion.

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  6. It is interesting when you ask the question "And then what?"... getting past those surface desires. The Mystele art class sounds really good Kate. As always you inspire me.

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  7. The collage is wonderful. You know how I feel about collage. :) It's so interesting watching your process through all of this. Very inspiring!

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  8. I simply adore the image of the woman blowing bubbles... it's as though she's announcing her desires to the universe, from the very breath, from the very heart, of who she is. Beautiful words too.... I enjoyed watching your thoughts unfold. Indeed, it's not about being "better." I think that creating from your heart, whether it's in a book or in your art, you'll soon begin to recognize how courageous it is to put yourself out there like that, and the simple act of doing so is what will (and already does) inspire others... :)

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  9. What a beautiful vision card, Kate. It's interesting to go deeper and deeper with our desires, isn't it? I'm excited to see where creativity takes the Queen!

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