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		<title>Don&#8217;t Magnify Your Difficulties!</title>
		<link>http://ericmaisel.com/2013/06/14/dont-magnify-your-difficulties-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We cause our own distress if we magnify the difficulty of our tasks. Our tasks are already real: there is no need to magnify them. Our language should not make hills into mountains. Making mountains out of hills is a habit to avoid. Refusing to add incendiary language to our everyday self-talk is a habit to cultivate. If we say, “Let me call that gallery,” we have added no unnecessary distress to an already charged task. If we say, “Let me call that gallery, but where did I put that number, and I’ll probably get &#8230; <a href="http://ericmaisel.com/2013/06/14/dont-magnify-your-difficulties-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Showing Up</title>
		<link>http://ericmaisel.com/2013/06/07/showing-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past week I taught a weeklong writing workshop at Esalen (on the Big Sur coast of California). Some of the writers in the room got as much as a quarter of their current book written—because they sat in their chairs and wrote! There is simply no substitute for showing up and doing the work. If you want to produce a body of work you must produce it. Could anything be more obvious? And yet many artists hope that somehow their inventory will grow because they are thinking about painting or planning for painting or &#8230; <a href="http://ericmaisel.com/2013/06/07/showing-up/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Value of Patient Study</title>
		<link>http://ericmaisel.com/2013/05/31/the-value-of-patient-study/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 17:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Van Gogh explained, “If we look at a Japanese artist, we see a man who is undoubtedly wise. What does he spend his time doing? Studying a single blade of grass.” It is rare for a busy artist, one who is trying to find time to create and also trying to deal with the rest of life, to engage in the equivalent of studying a single blade of grass. But that intense, quiet practice is a valuable one to inaugurate. Focusing on one thing deeply and patiently helps us learn about that thing. If you &#8230; <a href="http://ericmaisel.com/2013/05/31/the-value-of-patient-study/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Think Big!</title>
		<link>http://ericmaisel.com/2013/05/24/think-big/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Think Big! What would help you think big and see yourself mastering large projects and getting known in the world? Let’s take a look! Most people can’t answer the question, how can I think bigger about my art and my career? They don’t know what inner movement would allow them to see themselves equal to tackling enormous projects or becoming a star in their field. If they do come up with an answer, it typically sounds like “Maybe I need to find more time” or “Maybe I need to recover from my early traumas.” Rarely &#8230; <a href="http://ericmaisel.com/2013/05/24/think-big/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Better Thoughts for Better Painting</title>
		<link>http://ericmaisel.com/2013/05/17/better-thoughts-for-better-painting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin-eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The more you align your thoughts with your intentions the more great painting you’ll do! Here are some simple ideas for getting a better grip on your mind … Do you feel mentally fatigued a lot? Feeling mentally fatigued isn’t exactly the same thing as feeling physically fatigued. Sometimes we’re mentally fatigued because we’ve been using our brain all day and we’ve so-to-speak used up our neurons – that’s pretty analogous to getting physically tired. But more often we get mentally fatigued as a result of feeling taxed by the work directly in front of &#8230; <a href="http://ericmaisel.com/2013/05/17/better-thoughts-for-better-painting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Value of a Morning Art Practice</title>
		<link>http://ericmaisel.com/2013/05/10/the-value-of-a-morning-art-practice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 22:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin-eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interviewer asked me some interesting questions about the value of a morning art practice, why it’s so important to get a grip on your mind, and more. Read my answers now! INT: Is there one habit or practice that really makes a difference between getting your creative work done and not getting it done? EM: Yes, it’s a morning creativity practice, the idea that you get directly to your creative work before your “real day” begins. Most people are too tired by the end of the day to get to their creative work; it’s &#8230; <a href="http://ericmaisel.com/2013/05/10/the-value-of-a-morning-art-practice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Out of the Maybe Trap</title>
		<link>http://ericmaisel.com/2013/05/04/getting-out-of-the-maybe-trap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 12:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I chatted about “the maybe trap.” Each of us knows why we shouldn’t hang out in maybe. Maybe is a state that puts us right the verge of meaninglessness. Maybe plays to our weaknesses, our anxieties, and our doubts. Maybe annoys us, frustrates us, and disappoints us. But still we get trapped there because of our everyday resistance to mustering our inner resources, pulling ourselves by the collar or the bootstraps in the direction of some hard creative work, sticking with that work even in the face of inevitable messes, and then doing &#8230; <a href="http://ericmaisel.com/2013/05/04/getting-out-of-the-maybe-trap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Trapped in Maybe?</title>
		<link>http://ericmaisel.com/2013/04/26/are-you-trapped-in-maybe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you trapped in maybe, that special indecisiveness that can haunt an artist? Find out more now! What does being trapped in maybe sound like? Q: “Which will be your painting days this week?” A: “Maybe I can get in some painting on Tuesday and Thursday.” Q: “Will you approach some galleries on your trip to New York?” A: “Maybe if I have a little time left over after family obligations.” Q: “When are you planning on moving to the larger format paintings we discussed?” A: “Maybe when I can find some cheaper canvas.” And &#8230; <a href="http://ericmaisel.com/2013/04/26/are-you-trapped-in-maybe/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Worried About Your Drawing Skills?</title>
		<link>http://ericmaisel.com/2013/04/19/are-you-worried-about-your-drawing-skills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin-eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I chatted about Jane, who had trouble embracing “complete abstraction.” By contrast, Bill was already painting fully abstractly when he called me. In his case, he wanted to move away from full abstraction but didn’t know why he wanted to make that move and didn’t know in what direction he wanted to move.  He only knew, as he put it, that “my paintings aren’t testing me and, bottom line, they feel too easy.” Ten minutes into the session Bill revealed what was on his mind. “I love the figure.  But I came to &#8230; <a href="http://ericmaisel.com/2013/04/19/are-you-worried-about-your-drawing-skills/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Learning From Jane&#8217;s Fear</title>
		<link>http://ericmaisel.com/2013/04/12/learning-from-janes-fear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin-eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A painter we’ll call Jane had become reasonably successful creating and selling a certain kind of imagery: abstract paintings whose major motifs were triangles and circles.  She complained to me that she wanted to try her hand at full abstraction and wanted to let go of the triangles and the circles but found that she couldn’t, that something in her balked at producing paintings where there was “nothing to read.” The precipitating crisis came when she visited a painter friend, looked at one of her friend’s new, fully abstract paintings, and blurted out, “That’s what &#8230; <a href="http://ericmaisel.com/2013/04/12/learning-from-janes-fear/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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