A
abundance, 202
accidents, 208
activism, 186
advocacy, marketplace, 28
affinities, shared, 185–86
alienation, 183–90
ambition, 46
and choice, 124
and freedom, 82
management, 8–9, 36–42, 91–92, 94, 96, 194–95, 208
reducing, 33
and stress, 85
appraisal, self-, 214–15
arrogance, 212
artist plan, personal, 193–203
artists
and confidence, 30–32
creating balance in life, 195
and passion, 43–44
reasons for failure, 108–9
relationship between whole self and artist self, 158–62
role in society, 174–78, 178–83, 190–91
strengthening identity as, 154–58
and the stress of marketing art, 91–94
See also creative process
Artist’s Way, The (Cameron), 72
assertiveness, 132
assessment, personal, 11–14
attachment, 215
availability, 69–70
awareness, 178
B
beauty, 211
beginners, 35
behaviors
aligning with intentions, 141
risky, 52–57
Benson, Herbert, 91
blame, 97
blockage, 208
boredom, 207
boundaries, 28–30
C
calmness, 10–14
Cameron, Julia, 72
career freedom, 64–65
censorship, 65–66
chaos, 211
checking in, 94–102
and anxiety, 124
choosing next subject, 25
circumstance, 153
Coaching the Artist Within (Maisel), 71
cognitive support, 2, 7, 200–201, 210
communication, 28–29
See also empathy
completion (of work), 26, 49, 205, 209
concentration, 211
as an artist, 30–32
and anxiety management, 36–42
and boundaries, 28–30
throughout creative process, 24–27
connections. See relationships
contacts, maintaining, 111–12
contingencies, 72
creative process
accepting never-before-seen results, 51–52
and alienation, 183–90
articulating what is being attempted, 50
beginning, 25–26
choosing a subject, 25
completing and showing work, 26–27
and confidence, 24–27
marketing, 70–71
and marketplace freedom, 75–81
obsessing about, 14–18
and passion, 57–62
repeating successful work, 50
tips for, 205–15
understanding, 68
Creative Recovery (Maisel), 52
creative stress, 89
creativity, engaged, 183–90
customers, 106
See also marketplace players
D
daily planning, 196–97
darkness, 207
decisions, 214
of life, 102
and opportunity, 90
dependency, 88
See also passion
detachment, 215
disappointments, 200
discharge techniques, 96
disidentification, 38
dislikes, 33–34
distractions, 7–8
distress, 84
doing, 213
E
economic stress, 87–88
empathy, 103–27
and marketplace players, 115–19
and preserving art relationships, 110–15
and self-consciousness, 123–26
simple, 126–27
motivational, 43
engagement, 183–90
en plein air painting, 123–26
eustress, 84
events, 70
excitement, 38
exercise, 91
existential stress, 89
experience, 211
F
fears, 34
feelings, 9–14
fight-or-flight reflex, 93
finances, 181
finishing (work), 26, 49, 205, 209
focus, 8
Focused Journal Method, 136–42
follow-through, 69
form, 207
France, Anatole, 210
freedom, 63–82
and anxiety, 82
to be imperfect, 74–75
fleeing from, 66
internal, xiii
to make meaning, 71–73
to prove the exception, 67–71
types of, 64–65
ways artists give away, 75–81
wondering about, 82
friendships, 28
H
habits, 31
hiding out, 75
hope, 215
humiliation, 10
I
identity, 151–69
core ideas about, 151–54
relationship between whole self and artist self, 158–62
imperfections, 74–75
impetuousness, 45
intensity, 46–47
intentions, 124, 131, 139, 140–41, 194, 208
interpersonal needs, 28
intimacy, 28
J
journaling, 136–42
K
keeping in touch, 111–12
L
learning by doing, 211
learning curves, 35–36
listening, 5
long-range planning, 198–201
See also passion
M
managing, 27
marketplace advocacy, 28
marketplace players, 75–76, 77, 106–7, 108–9, 200
building relationships with, 129–35
preserving relationship with, 110
marketplace stress, 88
Mastering Creative Anxiety (Maisel), 8, 37–38, 49
creating, 195
value-based, 159
milestones, 200
mind, 1–22
getting a grip on, 18–21
quieting, 4–7
mind/body connection, 96
mistakes, 210
misunderstandings, 108
money, 181
monthly planning, 197–98
morning meaning check-in, 72–73, 158, 205, 209
motivation, 43
mystery, 212
N
narcissism, 154
negotiation, 133–34
networking, 198
openness, 25
opportunities, 76–77, 84, 87, 90, 134, 156–57, 195
P
pain, 213
painting en plein air, 123–26
passion, 43–62
appetite and addiction, 52–57
and creation, 57–62
cultural and societal injunctions against, 47
negative, 54
pursuit of, 62
revisiting earliest, 51
and voice, 48–52
patience, 206
perfection, 74–75
personality, 130
physical stress, 89
picturing, simultaneous, 201–2
planning, 196–201
positioning, 49–50
possibilities, 34
principles, 159
procrastination, 213
progress, 49
progressive relaxation, 90
promotion, self-, 70–71
psychological freedom, 64–65
psychological stress, 89–90
psychosynthesis, 38
publicity, 70
public persona, 162–68
Q
questions, 132–33, 134–35, 207
R
Raeburn, Susan, 52
reading people, 119–23 “real” self, 159–60
reciprocity, 94
rejections, 213
relating, 109
art of, 148–49
and empathy, 110–15
preserving, 112–15
with society, 190–91
stress, 88
using personal to support art intentions, 134
Relaxation Response, 90–91
Rethinking Depression (Maisel), 71
rhythms, 212
risk, 35, 49, 53, 61, 65, 198, 206, 213
S
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 183
scheduling, 209
self-appraisal, 214–15
self-censorship, 65, 82, 171–74
self-consciousness, 123–26, 211
self-deception, 210
self-identifications, 151–53, 159–62
self-inquiry, 138
selfishness, 146
self-presentation, 163
self-promotion, 70–71
self-protection, 28
self-relationship, 135–48, 207–8
self-sabotage, 2–4
negative, 4–7
uncontrolled, 21
self-unfriendliness, 2–4
setbacks, 212
shadows, 131–32, 139–40, 185, 193–94
shame, 10
shopping addiction, 54–57
shortcuts, 210
showing up, 194, 205, 209, 210, 215
showing work, 26–27
societal freedom, 64–65
society, 171–91
actively fighting, 186
and artists, 190–91
and freedom, 64–65
and passion, 47
role of artist in, 174–78, 178–83
useful, 185
stamina, 212
rituals, 95
and anxiety, 85
of checking in, 94–102
managing, 87
of marketing art, 91–94
of transition, 94–102
varieties of, 87–90
stretching, self, 35
stunts, 70
style, 51
submission, authoritarian, 66
suffering, 213
support, cognitive, 2, 7, 200–201, 210
support groups, 185–86
See also empathy
T
temporization, 111
thinking, 1–22
and empathy, 109
global, 71
over time, 14–21
See also thoughts
thoughts, 1–22
aligning with intentions, 140–41
and feelings, 9–14
listening to, 5–6
See also thinking
thought substitutes, 6, 200–201
three-month plan, 197–98
time management, 206
transitions, 94–102
triggers, 53–54
truth, 206
V
value-based meaning, 159
values, 159
Van Gogh Blues, The (Maisel), 71
vision, 194
visual data, 124
visualizations, guided, 38, 91
visual library, 48–49
volunteering, 134
W
warmth, human, 28
wildness, 207
wisdom, 63
wishing, 25
working, 26
world stress, 88
writers’ conferences, 109
Y
yearly planning, 201–3