Reframe Your Artistry (Full Color Edition)

Book excerpt: "This is a book that will appeal to and inspire a range of readers. Honig's personal experience with the strategies it contains adds credence to its content and starch to its promise."-Dr. Hoffmann Davis, founder of the Arts in Education Program, Harvard University Is there a healthier way to live moment by moment and improve creativity? With applied mindfulness, we have a realistic opportunity to heal. Many artists arrive at a disenfranchised point in time. To get back on track, productive strategies are needed. Mindfulness opens a fresh path forward by making the most of the present moment. This book offers mindful skills to make art at any age, no matter who you are, and honors the rapidly aging ecosystem. Discover an artistic toolbox for the twenty-first century. "It makes me want to make art...If you think you're an artistic flop, READ THIS BOOK If you think you are a life flop, READ THIS BOOK."-Kim Trunzo, Social Worker and Budding Artist "Artists who have become separated from their practices will appreciate the concrete and actionable exercises to realign themselves with a creative flow. This book considers the whole of a person's life, and it is appropriate even for the busiest among us. Jessica has designed exercises that can work powerfully and quickly..."-Carrie Scanga, Printmaker and Installation Artist, Professor of Fine Arts at Bowdoin College "It was amazing. It resonated with a lot of my own experiences."-Kevin Manning, Musician "By God, I absolutely love those words, 'art pollution!' They are a perfect and humorous label for all the crap that floats through our minds as we attempt to create even the simplest thing..."-Mollie McShane Allen, Fine Artist and Teacher "...Would impact every has-been or wannabe-writer or fine artist who is either hesitant to begin expressing themselves or those who have indeed lost the spark to continue."-John Whiteside, retired FBI agent, turned Writer