Comments | ahavah: Artist Way Week 4 Check-in (late as hell)

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Artist Way Week 4 Check-in (late as hell)

Aug 14, 2012 08:30

Hello, artist way friends! How many of you are still with me? I'd forgotten that someone suggested starting a community. Does anyone want to do that, or is it too late? I'm not even sure how many people are still trucking along ( Read more... )

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theafaye August 14 2012, 13:57:00 UTC

I saw the coursera link on your FB and signed up for a few things. I don't think there's much overlap in classes given when they start, which is good. I wanted to do the fantasy paper too but because it's already started, I chose not to - we're going camping in a couple of weeks, then it's birthday week, so I'm not really in a position to commit to anything until end of September when the Greek and Roman myth course starts.

ahavah August 19 2012, 02:01:20 UTC

Right on. Well I hope you have good birthday celebrations! I did sign up, because I'm so crazy about spec fic and would have hated it if I missed out. The way assignments are due, I thought I would only miss two weeks, but there was no way I had time to read Dracula and do that week's assignments in two days, so I skipped that. They do the grade based on your top 7/10 scores, so I just have to try not to miss anymore. Although I might, with computer problems. But I'm in it more for the experience than any grade or certificate, so I'm going to try to just stick with it regardless and do as much as I can. I'm taking the mythology course too, so hopefully I'll see you there! As long as this keeps trucking along, however slowly *knock wood*. I can't seem to watch any of the videos, but I hope to make it to the library sometime soon to do those.

theafaye August 21 2012, 18:00:49 UTC

With the camp next week and everything else, I knew it was too much to throw myself in right now, but I reckon that by the end of September, I'll be up for it. I may well have problems watching the videos as well - for some reason this desktop doesn't like videos and lets me watch exactly 12 seconds before stopping to think about it and never gets started again. I would have loved to do the course you're on but I figure the mythology course will have the same element of analytical thinking and be more relevant to the things I'm doing now anyway. I hadn't even realised you got a grade - that's pretty cool. I just wish my maths was good enough for things like the astronomy course - there's a lot of courses that look fascinating but I don't have the basic knowledge to be able to do them.

kiwiria August 14 2012, 14:13:57 UTC

I tried depriving myself of fictional book for Lent this year. I could still read, but only non-fiction.

I think it may have been the biggest test I've ever given myself. By the end of the third week I was feeling horrible. I read to recharge, and reading non-fiction just really isn't the same. Of course it didn't help that work was crazily busy at that time too, but did I handle it badly because I couldn't read, or was it just sucky timing? I'm inclined to think the former.

I don't know if it's healthy to be that dependent on something, but as addictions go, at least it's fairly benign - even healthy at times.

ahavah August 19 2012, 02:03:39 UTC

Oh man, I could never do that! I don't consider reading an addiction, at least for myself. It's more like oxygen or food. LOL I think that's part of why I was having a lot of creative blocks, is because I started doing a lot of internet stuff and just stopped reading novels. I wasn't reading hardly any fiction at all, and you're absolutely right, there's a HUGE difference. I'm reading the hardcopies of the books for my sci fi/fantasy course, and I do feel infinitely better to be getting into real books again. I need to stop going so long without them.

kiwiria August 19 2012, 18:34:30 UTC

You're right, it is more like oxygen or food ;-)

I wanted to try giving something up for Lent that would actually be a hardship for me... I'd say I succeeded with a vengeance :-/ If I ever do something similar it will definitely be restricted to weekdays only, leaving weekends open for whatever.

ahavah August 19 2012, 19:26:10 UTC

You do know that Sundays don't count towards Lent, right? Sundays are free days!

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anonymous August 14 2012, 14:21:15 UTC

Having a crappy week here, so I'm now 2 weeks behind! I also just checked my Google account, and have 2000 new followers, so I need to get some real writing done. I am putting the mindless morning pages, which have sadly petered out, out to pasture. I don't see how pulling up old stuff that is buried and keeps sending me back into the pit of depression-hell is going to make any difference, but I'm going to jump into week 5 just go with it. I don't have the gas money to do artist dates out and about, so I'm doing things at home - sewing, beading, gardening, and cooking for fun.

I too have a great dislike for the phrase, "You can't." I heard it so much growing up that I jump anyone's case who utters it. I don't think anything ticks me off more, and I'm like you - I'll do whatever it takes to prove the naysayer wrong.

beadalley August 14 2012, 14:21:49 UTC

ahavah August 19 2012, 02:08:29 UTC

Wow, congrats on all the followers! I really need to make time to post to my GS blog again. I really let the ball drop on that, and this comp issue's not going to help ( ... )

songindarkness August 14 2012, 21:42:09 UTC

Maybe it's better to redo week4 if the reading ban has been tough? I understand it's tough, I've basically dropped out. I need to restart! I would love to have a community for it. :)

Wow I'm on Coursera! I keep starting courses but it was stressing me out so I've only been doing bits and pieces. I did the first essay for the Sci-Fi and Fantasy course but not on time. We can share stuffs about it!

I think you do absolutely amazingly managing everything - your house, family, the farm, so I think it sounds like you really do need to make time for those Artist Dates. Or at least something. Because you need time for you too. I'm glad you did some spiritual work. :)

ahavah August 19 2012, 02:13:46 UTC

Why thank you! I'm glad someone thinks I'm doing amazingly. I haven't really been feeling it.

No way am I redoing it again though! I hated that no reading thing the first time. I'm more than happy to move on. LOL

I didn't know you were in there! I posted an intro post, but otherwise I'm mostly lurking for now. Especially with the computer troubles. But I finally found Frankenstein at the library and have been working on that all day today. Hopefully I'll finish tomorrow and be able to do the videos at the library Monday. I'm a bit nervous, since I'm not really sure how to tackle literary essays, especially with such a small word count. You'd think that would be easier, but I have no clue what to talk about! lol Hopefully it'll be less intimidating after I get to see the videos.