Category Archives: Lessons

Meet the Enemy Part 6: Harboring

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Adena Atkins

Note: This is the sixth installment in a weeklong intensive, with one or two exercises per day (which are bolded). Please, if you follow this series in full or part, share your valuable experience and reaction to the enemy. And of … Continue reading →

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Meet the Enemy Part 3: Recognition

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Adena Atkins

Note: This is the third installment of a weeklong intensive, with one or two exercises per day (which are bolded). Please, if you follow this series in full or part, share your valuable experience and reaction to the enemy. And of … Continue reading →

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Meet the Enemy Part 2: Habitat

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Adena Atkins

Note: This is the second installment in a weeklong intensive, with one or two exercises per day (which are bolded). Please, if you follow this series in full or part, share your valuable experience and reaction to the enemy. And of … Continue reading →

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Repost: Beyond Turkey

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Adena Atkins

Hi all! It’s almost Thanksgiving again and I wanted to share this post. I still haven’t sent out all of  last year’s thank you cards, but they are waiting, patiently, along with a host of unwritten thanks for this year’s … Continue reading →

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Safety and Sirens and My Supposed Writer’s Block

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Adena Atkins

I’m drinking Earl Gray tea out of a big white mug and the mug is hot. I’m sitting inside the People’s Republic Koffee Shop. Today I worked on a new song. This is a big deal because in the past year … Continue reading →

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A Year of Blogging–What I Have and Haven’t Learned

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Adena Atkins

So my registration is up, like, tomorrow and I realize it’s been a year here at An Art Full Life. While I’m hardly a pro, I’ve learned a few things: I have learned that people who don’t comment do read. … Continue reading →

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Art and Amazement

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Adena Atkins

This is a refinement of a post I wrote a little while ago called Art and Choice. I was trying to tease out the difference between what’s commonly known as mundane and artistic activities. I noticed that there was a … Continue reading →

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Custodians

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Adena Atkins

I saw a headline the other day claiming that actress Demi Moore spends $150,000 per year on skin care. I was immediately offended. I didn’t actually read the article and I have no idea whether or not it’s true but … Continue reading →

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Rush

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Adena Atkins

Last week I missed the bus to work. I turned the corner just in time to see it totter by. My body broke out running–the kind of running where the only thing you feel is air rippling past you. In … Continue reading →

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Adopting Rituals

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Adena Atkins

About a half year ago, I began to make small changes in my life. In that time the universe–or what-not–handed me some big changes as well, but these little adjustments excite me even more, maybe because through them I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Flow, How-To, Lessons, Organization, Practices, Productivity, Rituals, Self-Discipline, Time, Traditions, Well Being | 9 Comments