Comments on: Please hold http://turningturning.com/please-hold/ An art therapist on creativity, healing, and the power of making. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:12:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: B http://turningturning.com/please-hold/comment-page-1/#comment-1478 B Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:01:55 +0000 http://turningturning.com/?p=1109#comment-1478 Good luck on your exams! Taking a break could be a good thing if you come back from it with million of new ideas and inspiration! Your mind will surely wander while studying (or is it only me?) so keep a notebook at hand to write down all the ideas you have! Good luck on your exams! Taking a break could be a good thing if you come back from it with million of new ideas and inspiration! Your mind will surely wander while studying (or is it only me?) so keep a notebook at hand to write down all the ideas you have!

]]> By: Amy http://turningturning.com/please-hold/comment-page-1/#comment-1473 Amy Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:03:27 +0000 http://turningturning.com/?p=1109#comment-1473 sorry you have to pause your creative pursuits for a time - I can only imagine how tough that will be for you. don't forget though that they will wait for you when you are ready... sorry you have to pause your creative pursuits for a time – I can only imagine how tough that will be for you. don’t forget though that they will wait for you when you are ready…

]]> By: Tally http://turningturning.com/please-hold/comment-page-1/#comment-1470 Tally Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:38:38 +0000 http://turningturning.com/?p=1109#comment-1470 I wish you good luck for your exams! Besides that the reason for my comment is that I want to thank you (again?, am not sure) for this profound blog. In a short home-stop between summer travels I scipped over your posts and I look forwards to reading them after return. I'm summer-nating for quite a while now. That does not meen for me incubating, it's just a matter of time and other interests. In June/July too much work and all free time spent outdoors. Now travelling. I keep my fingers crossed for you Tally I wish you good luck for your exams!
Besides that the reason for my comment is that I want to thank you (again?, am not sure) for this profound blog.
In a short home-stop between summer travels I scipped over your posts and I look forwards to reading them after return.

I’m summer-nating for quite a while now. That does not meen for me incubating, it’s just a matter of time and other interests. In June/July too much work and all free time spent outdoors. Now travelling.

I keep my fingers crossed for you
Tally

]]> By: liz http://turningturning.com/please-hold/comment-page-1/#comment-1465 liz Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:34:09 +0000 http://turningturning.com/?p=1109#comment-1465 Goodluck on your exams Mal! Incubating sometimes makes for more powerful artwork. Then again...it can also make you feel like your going to burst. Hopefully you're the former ;) Goodluck on your exams Mal!

Incubating sometimes makes for more powerful artwork. Then again…it can also make you feel like your going to burst. Hopefully you’re the former ;)

]]> By: Nazim Khimani http://turningturning.com/please-hold/comment-page-1/#comment-1459 Nazim Khimani Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:36:16 +0000 http://turningturning.com/?p=1109#comment-1459 I just too exams. I find that spreading test prep out into small slots is more efficient than an all-out marathon session so I feel I can still manifest and harvest then as well. I just too exams. I find that spreading test prep out into small slots is more efficient than an all-out marathon session so I feel I can still manifest and harvest then as well.

]]> By: Victoria http://turningturning.com/please-hold/comment-page-1/#comment-1457 Victoria Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:51:43 +0000 http://turningturning.com/?p=1109#comment-1457 Best wishes on your exams! (Tests make me break out in a cold sweat, and I admire your courage!) Love the Andrew Wyeth quote, (I have made many trips since I was a child to Brandywine to see his works. Even though he is considered a realist I see so much of that dream like quality in everything he has done.) As for me, I also spend a lot of time incubating. I think it's essential to the creative process! Again, best wishes, I am sure you will do just fine! Best wishes on your exams! (Tests make me break out in a cold sweat, and I admire your courage!) Love the Andrew Wyeth quote, (I have made many trips since I was a child to Brandywine to see his works. Even though he is considered a realist I see so much of that dream like quality in everything he has done.) As for me, I also spend a lot of time incubating. I think it’s essential to the creative process! Again, best wishes, I am sure you will do just fine!

]]> By: Jules http://turningturning.com/please-hold/comment-page-1/#comment-1456 Jules Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:56:08 +0000 http://turningturning.com/?p=1109#comment-1456 Tons of luck with your exams! I will miss your inspirational posts and look forward to catching up with you again in a couple of weeks. Sending you lots of positive thoughts "across the pond"! Tons of luck with your exams! I will miss your inspirational posts and look forward to catching up with you again in a couple of weeks. Sending you lots of positive thoughts “across the pond”!

]]> By: Debbie http://turningturning.com/please-hold/comment-page-1/#comment-1453 Debbie Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:57:26 +0000 http://turningturning.com/?p=1109#comment-1453 PS I will miss your blogging but look forward to reading it again in a couple of weeks. PS I will miss your blogging but look forward to reading it again in a couple of weeks.

]]> By: Debbie http://turningturning.com/please-hold/comment-page-1/#comment-1452 Debbie Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:56:53 +0000 http://turningturning.com/?p=1109#comment-1452 Good luck with your exams! I am hoping you pass first time through! And I am also hoping you can squeeze 15 minutes here or there for artmaking or journaling (it does help process info) Good luck with your exams! I am hoping you pass first time through! And I am also hoping you can squeeze 15 minutes here or there for artmaking or journaling (it does help process info)

]]> By: Laura Smith http://turningturning.com/please-hold/comment-page-1/#comment-1450 Laura Smith Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:04:56 +0000 http://turningturning.com/?p=1109#comment-1450 Mal - sending good thoughts your way on the exam! To answer your question, I am taking a trip of a lifetime right now. Hoping to experience cool, new and exciting things. I think that falls into the harvesting category. Mal – sending good thoughts your way on the exam! To answer your question, I am taking a trip of a lifetime right now. Hoping to experience cool, new and exciting things. I think that falls into the harvesting category.

]]> By: arlee http://turningturning.com/please-hold/comment-page-1/#comment-1447 arlee Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:35:45 +0000 http://turningturning.com/?p=1109#comment-1447 Incubating, i like that. Yes, i am incubating, that must be what it is. There are things forming and growing inside, and hopefully the chrysalis will split soon. Be well, be calm, be artful when you can. Incubating, i like that. Yes, i am incubating, that must be what it is. There are things forming and growing inside, and hopefully the chrysalis will split soon.
Be well, be calm, be artful when you can.

]]> By: Christine http://turningturning.com/please-hold/comment-page-1/#comment-1446 Christine Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:31:59 +0000 http://turningturning.com/?p=1109#comment-1446 I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you! Cheers, Christine I’m keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Cheers,
Christine

]]> By: Tracy http://turningturning.com/please-hold/comment-page-1/#comment-1445 Tracy Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:09:53 +0000 http://turningturning.com/?p=1109#comment-1445 Mal, I hope that during this two weeks you will at least continue using transit time for your art journal--if not the whole time, then at least keep the first five minutes for yourself. Remember how healing it can be just to make contact with materials even when you can't fully engage. I am now going to practice what I'm preaching by digging out my journal and watercolors from the bottom of my overstuffed "absolute essentials" bag (the stuff that didn't get wedged into the U-Haul)...because I keep thinking I'm too overwhelmed by moving-in-progress to get out the art journal, and then I realize this is exactly the sort of time when I actually *need* it. Best wishes to you on exam #1. Mal, I hope that during this two weeks you will at least continue using transit time for your art journal–if not the whole time, then at least keep the first five minutes for yourself. Remember how healing it can be just to make contact with materials even when you can’t fully engage.

I am now going to practice what I’m preaching by digging out my journal and watercolors from the bottom of my overstuffed “absolute essentials” bag (the stuff that didn’t get wedged into the U-Haul)…because I keep thinking I’m too overwhelmed by moving-in-progress to get out the art journal, and then I realize this is exactly the sort of time when I actually *need* it.

Best wishes to you on exam #1.

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