http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/07/the-creative-retreat.html for the Business of Being an Artist Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:18:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/07/the-creative-retreat.html/comment-page-1#comment-3566 Mary Daniel Hobson Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:10:43 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/07/the-creative-retreat.html#comment-3566 Hi Alyson, I loved hearing about your retreat. For the past several years, I have been doing a similar thing. Although I stay at home an work in my studio. I stock up in advance on groceries and clear my calendar of all commitments for 5-10 days. I schedule at least 3-4 a year -- they represent a crucial part of my creative process. I recently blogged about it -- you could check it out http://marydanielhobson.blogspot.com/2007/07/space-to-grow.html. Thanks for sharing your experience retreating. all best wishes, Danny Mary Daniel Hobson www.marydanielhobson.com marydanielhobson.blogspot.com Hi Alyson, I loved hearing about your retreat. For the past several years, I have been doing a similar thing. Although I stay at home an work in my studio. I stock up in advance on groceries and clear my calendar of all commitments for 5-10 days. I schedule at least 3-4 a year — they represent a crucial part of my creative process. I recently blogged about it — you could check it out http://marydanielhobson.blogspot.com/2007/07/space-to-grow.html. Thanks for sharing your experience retreating. all best wishes, Danny Mary Daniel Hobson http://www.marydanielhobson.com marydanielhobson.blogspot.com

]]> http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/07/the-creative-retreat.html/comment-page-1#comment-3565 Alyson B. Stanfield Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:01:43 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/07/the-creative-retreat.html#comment-3565 Clint and Jo: Inspirational stories. Clint, I hope we hear more about your unstructured creative day. I'm fascinated by the concept. Clint and Jo: Inspirational stories. Clint, I hope we hear more about your unstructured creative day. I’m fascinated by the concept.

]]> http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/07/the-creative-retreat.html/comment-page-1#comment-3564 Jo Castillo Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:08:35 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/07/the-creative-retreat.html#comment-3564 My husband, Gene, and I come to New Mexico to get away from the humidity and heat of Central Texas for 4 months. This should be enough to keep me going. But, at some point during the vacation, my friend Sue comes from Michigan. We do 3-4 days of daylight to dark art things. Sketch, paint plein air, hit the local galleries, etc. We make no plans/schedules. We talk, laugh and support each other without being critical unless asked. Gene takes us out to dinner in the evenings. This time is like getting the batteries charged. A great retreat for all of us. I look forward to it every year. My husband, Gene, and I come to New Mexico to get away from the humidity and heat of Central Texas for 4 months. This should be enough to keep me going. But, at some point during the vacation, my friend Sue comes from Michigan. We do 3-4 days of daylight to dark art things. Sketch, paint plein air, hit the local galleries, etc. We make no plans/schedules. We talk, laugh and support each other without being critical unless asked. Gene takes us out to dinner in the evenings. This time is like getting the batteries charged. A great retreat for all of us. I look forward to it every year.

]]> http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/07/the-creative-retreat.html/comment-page-1#comment-3563 Clint Watson Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:48:46 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2007/07/the-creative-retreat.html#comment-3563 Alsyon, Your retreat experience makes me think of a productivity change I've made recently. I normally am very focused on specific goals, which translate into specific tasks I want to accomplish each day. This normally works very well, however, I have found that doing this day-in day-out, seems to not allow for enough creativity. What I've recently changed is I allow one day a week to be totally unstructured. A sort of "mini-retreat" in the middle of each week. For that one day, I don't pay bills, don't set goals (other than the major creative project I wish to devote the day to), I just work on something creative....all day. It's working wonders. Alsyon, Your retreat experience makes me think of a productivity change I’ve made recently. I normally am very focused on specific goals, which translate into specific tasks I want to accomplish each day. This normally works very well, however, I have found that doing this day-in day-out, seems to not allow for enough creativity. What I’ve recently changed is I allow one day a week to be totally unstructured. A sort of “mini-retreat” in the middle of each week. For that one day, I don’t pay bills, don’t set goals (other than the major creative project I wish to devote the day to), I just work on something creative….all day. It’s working wonders.

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