Creating a Magic Book

I have a very wise friend who told me about creating a magic book!  So this falls in the category of a vision board or keeping a journal.  My magic book travels everywhere with me!

Unlike a vision board or journal, my magic book contains "in the moment" ideas............that is the whole idea behind it!  Sure, you can include pictures, but really it's about capturing those fleeting creative thoughts that float in anytime of the day.  You know the ideas that we tend to forget as the day goes on............so we lose them!

How many times have you been trolling the internet and you find an awesome website, that someday, somehow you would like to reference back to.  Do you hit the favorites button on your computer...and how many times has your computer crashed and you lost all your favorites?

My Magic Book has become my right arm wherever I am, it is here that I have a collection of inspired thoughts, ideas, pictures, websites and anything else that attracts my attention.

My personal book is a collage of information and this format works for me, it's like opening presents on christmas morning!  I love spending time scanning all the pages in my book.  Creative Clutter is better than Idle Neatness.

On the other hand, I made a Magic Book for my niece with tabs and sections, categorizing things she loves.  So her book has just a little more structure to it and now all she has to do is fill in the blanks.

Happy Creating!

on the heels of Seth Godin

I pulled an old book off the shelf yesterday Astrological Secrets for the New Millennium by Laurie Baum.  Originally published in 1997.  I was really surprised at how consistent this information is with what Seth Godin is now purporting in his new book The Icarus Deception:  How High Will you Fly?

Laurie outlines the Seven Secrets for the New Millennium:
-Breakdown
-Confrontation
-Experimentation
-Dissolution
-Rebuild Your Reality
-Integration
-Harmony

I don't think I need to delve into the top four items on her list - we've been experiencing these very things in our world and daily lives.  It's the re-building part I'm interested in.  Here are her brief statements for the following:

Rebuild Your Reality - Your thoughts, visualizations and prayers are powerful tools to magnetize what you need.  You can create your new reality.

Integration - Express the truth of who you are.  Bring more of your soul's energy into your daily life.

Harmony - Join with a group of like minded others.  Experience the connectedness between all people and all things.

I just love the synchronicity!  Seth, in his new book talks about going from the one hundred year old Industrial Economy to the Connection Economy - he purports it will take the bravery, the guts, the vulnerability of an artist to make this switch.  Seems Laurie was saying the very same thing back in 1997 as she peered into our future using astrology as her tool.  Great book by the way, good reference material.

Seth Godin: The Icarus Deception

How high will you fly?

Seth thinks we can really take off..........and pleads for us to do so!

You've got to love Kindle, you want a book and there it is in your hands within minutes.  You can read the first chapter of The Icarus Deception for free on Amazon.

Words from Seth

This is a book about committing to do work that is personal, that requires guts and that has potential to change everything.  Art is the act of a human being doing generous work, creating something for the first time, touching another person.  This is a book about why each of us should make art.  Why it's worth the price and why we can't wait.

We're Leaving the Industrial Economy Behind and

Stepping into the Connection Economy

An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity and boldness to challenge the status quo.

Art isn't a result; it's a journey.  The challenge of our time is to find a journey worthy of your heart and soul.

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This book is about aha moments................empowering and uplifting.  It calls us to take massive action in our lives as we create the new Connection Economy. 

An artist on any level will immediately identify with Seth's words.  To do art in any form you are putting your authentic self out on the table - and that takes a hell of a lot of guts to do.  He's basically saying that the new Connection Economy will require everyone to have the heart of an artist, whether you have a career in banking, internet marketing, hair stylist - it doesn't matter.  It's time to lead with our hearts, with our creativity, with our souls.  It's time to get real.

If you are an artist, teetering on the edge of whether to go all in - this book will encourage, support and uplift you on your journey and convince you that you really have no other choice, now is the time to go all in.

On Feeling Small

From Seth Godin's Blog - www.sethgodin.typepad.com

On Feeling Small

"To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way." E. M. Forster

The small feeling produced by art comes from dancing with our muse and allowing our inspiration to take us somewhere the resistance would rather avoid. We feel small in the face of magic and connection. Feeling small gives us the guts to create something bigger, bigger than ourselves, the art of human connection and the gift of generosity.

On the other hand, the critic who seeks to beef himself up at our expense diminishes no one but himself.

Be Inspired.

Take time to exercise your creative spirit:

Dance more.

Paint more.

Sing more.

Sculpt more.

Write more.

Fairy House Tales

I came across a picture of one of the original fairy houses I was creating back in 2008, seems so long ago!

Mind you, this design was pre the monolithic designs that artists are creating today - the designs that ultimately squashed my desire to continue building fairy houses....ahhhh

When I started creating fairy houses I was actually living in the country, out in the woods!  So everything I used to build the houses came from the natural environment; twigs, sticks, pebbles, moss, straw and then I was using added herbs like lavender, rose and chamomile.  All the furniture was hand crafted; including four poster beds.  Oh what fun I had, truly unleashed my creativity!  But I just couldn't compete in the fairy house market.

I clearly remember in 2007 finding Etsy on the internet..............and I would spend hours in creative awe!  But to me the then fairy house creations lacked complete creativity.  Basically, people were taking wood bird houses and calling them fairy houses.........and that's when I started creating my very own nature huts, which sold for $20.00!

.....and as we all know then this huge market exploded with artists actually carving wood stumps out of trees, adding lights, chandeliers, store bought doll furniture............and these were selling for over $200!  Oh they were so beautiful and beyond creative these palatial fairy houses!

I did learn a huge lesson from all this........I loved making my very own fairy houses and I never should have stopped, who knows just how far I would have taken my creativity.

Now I've tapped into a new market of creating up-cycled clothing.  Sometimes I get discouraged, but this time I'm just going to keep going because no matter what I love to create and I really need to channel that energy, as we all do!