Tomorrow is the first day of my sociology class. It’s online, but the lectures are every Friday morning on Zoom. I’m really looking forward to it. Since that class has been a slow start, I’ve been reading more Art History texts. It’s supposed to start at the Renaissance, but there’s a lot of intro to the history that began with cave paintings. And only in recent years have we learned that Neanderthals contributed to many of them. It’s so interesting how far a distance we’ve come in how we see Neanderthals. Calling someone a Neanderthal can’t be an insult anymore. Ha!
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Now that the fall semester has started, I’m a bit scared I won’t have time to work on my book. I woke up early today to work on the 10th chapter, which seemed to go pretty well. But I wrote a lot of these chapters from much shorter blog posts (in part) in 2022, so I have some scaffolding for many of them. I’ve also been able to structure them all ahead of time so the book has an overall arc, I guess you could say.
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I’m feeling much better today than I did the other day. It took some journaling and soul-searching, so I feel mentally healthier, but I have yet to contact my shrink.
Continue readingDo Not Publish!
So, I’ve been working on my new book—the one for artists—for the past week. Well, almost a week. I’m on a roll here, but my confidence still ebbs and flows. Though, I think I’m just learning to accept that. So what if I don’t think I’m amazing? Who really does, anyway? I mean, I do know people who think they are totally amazing, and they annoy me. And what’s the line between having healthy confidence and being a narcissist? I don’t know. I constantly worry I’m a narcissist! Does that even make sense?
Continue readingAnother Incredibly Long Post/The Season of an Ex-drummer’s Insight
I’ve been thinking about this whole mentoring/coach thing. I mean, it’s all I’ve been thinking about. Lately, I’ve been on YouTube, watching artist coaches talk about how they approach their practice, coaches that coach other coaches, and places where you can earn a coaching credential and certification: so many different learning videos and websites with workshops, cohorts, lessons, and blogs, oh my.
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