tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19495157012759482112024-03-14T05:12:05.368-07:00Melissa Klein Art BLOGArtist. Writer. Owned by 2 horses, 2 cats and one dog.Melissa Klein Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01901061166907455546noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949515701275948211.post-27115286816551470712021-01-01T08:16:00.001-08:002021-01-01T08:16:22.208-08:00MOFO 2020 Melissa Klein Stand Up<div>Reflecting on what I learned from MOFO 2020...</div><div><br /></div><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/-n-uifqxJhw" width="480"></iframe>Melissa Klein Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01901061166907455546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949515701275948211.post-59834794605856504142017-09-04T11:37:00.000-07:002017-09-04T11:37:08.930-07:00Why Everyone Should Learn ART!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I did this in pre-school! I'm wearing the polka dotted undies because they were my favorite! <br />It's also a very early example of my dsylexia ; ) <br />And I left my mom out of the pic because I ran out of room and I was mad at her, because she had taken me to get my hair cut at this barber shop and I hated it....that's why the barber's pole is there...</td></tr>
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Art is a learnable, teachable skill. There is a tendency to mystify the process of creating art and identifying which students are artistic and which are not - when really it’s a matter of practice and habit over talent. Sure, not everyone is going to be Michelangelo, but neither is everyone going to be Einstein, yet we still expect all students to master the basics of high school mathematics but the not basics of visual literacy.
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Art is very good for the economy. Even though artists themselves may not make great money, they are a major tourist attraction as well as a way for rural communities to attraction professionals such as doctors into the area for the quality of life. It's a $730 billion dollar industry and accounts for 4.2 percent of America's GDP - more than transportation, tourism and agriculture.
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Art teaches problem solving skills. The number one desired characteristic of CEO’s according to Fast Company Magazine is creativity. What distinguishes a CEO’s leadership as compared to middle management is creative thinking and problem solving.
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Art is cross training for the brain. We become rigid in our thinking when we use only one or two modalities, which is usually the verbal/linguistic skills and the mathematical which is the main focus of curriculum in schools. Creating art helps us to access different areas of our brain and to see problems in a new light.
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Art is a high transferable skill. It’s too narrow to define it as art - it’s visual literacy. Visual literacy translates into many different fields whether that means being able to distinguish between the characteristics of different cell samples in the lab to setting up a store display to building a house to being able to identify different species of plants or creating a flyer or form.
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Visual literacy is a 20th century skill that is falling by the wayside. Most adults draw at the level of a third grader. That is because of the lack of arts education in schools. Schools are focusing on high stakes testing scores which has become the become the measure by which schools and instructors are judged. Teachers and administrators are constantly having to gut a student’s schedule and give them more of what’s not working (Failing math? Take 2 math classes now! Now there are fewer seats in the art class, lets cut back on the arts program… it’s a vicious cycle) so that they aren’t punished for lower scores. While I don’t believe in creating a standardized test for art, whether it’s “No Child Left Behind” or Common Core - when you combine high-stakes standardized tests with the underfunding of schools which is how schools are evaluated, that environment just pushes out the arts, slowly but steadily.
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You have a situation where many young people have this huge hole in their education. They are not learning how to become creative problem solvers and independent thinkers, they are learning how to pass standardized tests. They are missing out on some skills that are highly transferable into many different fields - science, technology, retail. On top of that, they have become extremely passive as they are excessively hooked into electronics. They are suffering - and it sucks!
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Art is fun. No matter what your age - this is a fun thing to do. And I'm tired of having to justify learning art as a "serious subject" any more. </div>
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When you gut the fun out of school, then students don’t want to go and they drop out. We still have high drop out rates - about 19% - and I believe that a good deal of those improved figures are a result of cooking the books a bit (for example a GED is considered to be a graduate - even though it only is equivalent to finishing 8th grade) and also passing and lowering standards just to get them to graduate. Turn school into a total drudgery, then don't wonder why students don’t attend! </div>
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What’s the problem with having some fun? It’s good for the health, good for morale (especially considering how many people are suffering depression and mood swings/anxiety), good for your brain. </div>
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I was recently given notice that my Commercial Art Program for the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center would not be continued in the fall. The reason why was because admin felt that I taught "fine art" too much and was "too arty" and that my students were not going to gain a job from taking my class.<br />
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Perhaps I should have explained that this is the equivalent of telling an English or math teacher that they are "too English-y" or "too math-y" because they teach the fundamentals of their disciplines. There seems to be a confusion between learning basic visual skills and fine art. Just as a language arts student needs to learn things like grammar, sentence structure, writing and rewriting, so does an art student need to learn the basics of drawing, composition, color, light, shadow and anatomy. Creating work around these subjects does not mean that a student is creating "Fine Art" any more than it means that a student who is writing a paper is creating a novel. While it's possible for student work to approach and be at professional level work, there's a reason why they are studying it - to learn the process. This means making mistakes. Making work that looks ugly. That isn't professional. This means learning. There are no short cuts.<br />
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The average adult draws at about a third grade level. That's when most children stop doing art. The focus on standardized testing is pushing out arts education. Most of my students come to my class with that level of skill. The exceptions are usually self-taught through manga and/or have a family member or friend who is an artist who gave them some training. It's a daunting task to bring their skills up. I'm humbled and awed by how hard many of them will work when given the opportunity and the tools to gain skills. Does this mean that they are making professional work? No. Not yet. They are catching up on years of gap in their training. It's the equivalent of expecting a third grade reader to read at college level within 3 months. I can help a student bring their skills up dramatically in a short time, but hell... it's a steep learning curve!<br />
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Once the fundamentals have been mastered - then the sequence is to overlap into the digital media and marketing/entrepreneurship elements. If the fundamentals are skipped, then the work is not going to be of very good quality. Too often people who are not educated in the arts, think that doing graphic arts is "moving clip art around on the computer!" And that you can skip over those fundamentals and just do everything on the computer. Nicole Phillips of Betazed who also serves on the advisory board for Commercial Art says "If people have a job that involves simply moving clip art on the computer, then they do it themselves. They come to me when they want something cool. They come to me for my art skills." They come from Seattle to Port Angeles for the privilege of working with her. Her work is that good.<br />
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The computer is a useful and necessary tool for any creative professional, and can be used to create digital work, but understanding how to to use graphic software isn't a substitute to understanding the fundamentals of visual literacy. You can have the fanciest computer and software on the planet, but without those fundamentals, your work will still look like crap.<br />
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It's true that most artists don't follow clear career paths. Our careers are often a combination of income streams. We are not easy to be identified by most conventional surveys of employment statistics. I'm a good example - I teach Commercial Art, so I'm identified as an educator. I also have a part-time gig at Nash's creating chalkboard signage and the staff considers me to be their artist in residence. On my pay stub, it just looks like I work at a grocery store. I also sell reproductions of my work on cards, take commissions and sell original work. I'm a working artist, and an artist who teaches. This profile is true for many people in the arts.<br />
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The mantra of my program has always been "Art is a medium to learn business skills." Students learn not only how to paint and draw but also how to digitize and market their work. They learn how to work collaboratively and they also work with real clients.<br />
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Most of my former students have sold work. One recent grad who went on to Northwest College of Art and Design told me that this class prepared him for art college because it was more like a college class. Another has started her own business and her parent says that what she took from my class gave her the fundamentals for business when she might not have thought of doing so before. A current student, Autumn Baker is exhibiting in a Port Townsend gallery and was awarded this year the first place for student art by Tidepools Magazine. Autumn says "Before this I never had a style, it was like everyone else's. I had no idea when I signed up it would've given me the opportunities I needed to be successful. My style has defined itself and created a more unique perspective; a perspective that defines <i>me</i>."<br />
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I don't expect all of my students to go into the arts field, and yet I do expect students to learn skills that can be applied to any field. Entrepreneurship. Collaboration. Public speaking. Creative expression. A former student, Lilly Eyl who serves on the Port Angeles School District says: "I would just say that being in Commercial Art and through doing business projects, I learned to have better communication skills and more confidence in public speaking. I wouldn't have had the confidence to apply for board rep if it wasn't for finding my voice in this class."<br />
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<br />Melissa Klein Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01901061166907455546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949515701275948211.post-17734884807907761592014-04-14T11:53:00.001-07:002014-04-14T11:53:35.634-07:00Invasion of the Boundary Snatchers<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;">While there ARE horses that are well-trained to not suddenly stop for any and every tempting bit of grass - that’s not our horses. Riding one of these beasts in spring can be an exercise in frustration when our horses do a nose dive and attempt to gobble up as much grass as possible before giving in to the pressure from the reins. It’s humiliating as joggers on the trail get to witness me trying to get a 2000lb horse’s head up off the grass. It’s comical to watch - and frustrating. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;">It’s a boundary issue. It’s a respect issue. It’s a training issue. And because we’ve had April for 8 years, and Hawthorne from birth - there is no blaming the former owner for bad habits. So I’ve decided to take this seriously and instead of avoiding being on grass have started to train on a fresh field of grass. When he does a nose-dive - I call him on it and make things more challenging to get his mind off the grass; side passes, obstacles, changes of gait. If it doesn’t feel solid, I get off, and do some remedial ground work. It’s getting better - slowly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;">How did this happen? I care about my horses and regularly train… I study training videos and ask questions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;">It happened slowly and imperceptibly - I accepted bad behavior because I didn’t want to rock the boat. I let them get away with things because I had low energy and didn’t want to deal. Maybe I got lazy with training - showing up, but only doing what was easy. Sometimes I was choosing battles and deciding to let more minor things go and at the time, those were more minor. Sometimes I was distracted with all of the other things going on in my life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;">This happens everywhere - in relationships with loved ones, in the classroom, with administrators…. I’ve also noticed a spike in behaviors with my high school students - who have their own version of spring fever. Do I want to fight every battle? And when do I need to crack down? Or if I do, will I lose all productivity in the classroom due to focusing on dealing with behavior issues?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;">It’s a waste of time and energy to be outraged at people and animals for testing limits. In a herd of horses, they are constantly challenging the pecking order. It’s how they figure out where they fit into the group - most importantly, to make sure that the leader is strong. A weak leader puts the herd in danger. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;"><b>Get really clear about what’s OK & NOT OK</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;">I wasn’t clear with my training because sometimes I let those “nose dives” for grass go. Sure, we can take grass breaks, but NOT when we are in the middle of doing something with the training. It has to be intentional, and because it’s been earned. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;">Now I have decided to not tolerate that behavior - and will call my horse on it consistently. It’s clear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;">Same thing with my students - sometimes I’ve tolerated disrespect, but now need to let it be known that it’s never OK. And that they will held accountable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;">A couple of months ago I had a student who was becoming increasingly disruptive and disrespectful. I tried to talk to him about it several times, and called home. He kept escalating and became verbally abusive. Administrators became involved. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;">I decided that he couldn’t be in my classroom anymore. It seemed harsh at the time, but I could honestly say that I had made several attempts to work with this student, and he wasn’t meeting me halfway. I couldn’t work with someone who was attacking me personally when I tried to confront him about his behavior.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;">Maybe the lesson that he needed to learn from me wasn’t art, but that if you can’t at least be civil then people won’t want to work with you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;">This might seem like a contradiction to the above, but it’s compatible - because boundary invasion is something that everyone does. Often unintentionally and unconsciously. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;">There’s a great line in the Catholic version of the Lord’s prayer that says:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #252525; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14px;">… and forgive us our trespasses,</span><br />
<span style="color: #252525; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 14px;">as we forgive those who trespass against us, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;">Which is a good reminder that we are often on both sides of this issue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;">(I’m not a part of any religious organization and choose to draw from many different spiritual practices.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;"><b>Release It</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;">I love this Polish saying: “Not my circus. Not my monkeys” which is about realizing which issues are ours and which are others'. I also like the phrase I came up when working on challenging paradigms: “I can’t control what others think, say or doo-doo!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;"><b>Take Responsibility</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;">And the flip is “My circus. My monkeys.” I created the situation with the horses - and need to take responsibility for their behavior. Accepting bad behavior from others is not taking responsibility for my own boundaries and expectations in life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;">Setting boundaries is <i>both</i> about creating fences <i>and</i> bridges of communication.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;">What are your thoughts on boundaries? I would love to hear about it!</span><br />
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<i>Many of you know that my mom taught me many things about watercolor and ink - but haven't had a chance to see her work. She is an amazing artist - and I'm so proud to be her daughter. Read below about our experiences collaborating on this talk.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Optima; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Join Melissa and Janet Klein, mother and daughter
artists who share insights about art, creativity and the mother/daughter
relationship. They will discuss secrets about both the differences and
similarities in their creative approaches and offer tips to cultivate your
inner creative self.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Optima; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Melissa Klein is a Sequim-based artist and art teacher
whose is concerned with mythology - invented and from traditional sources. As
an artist, she works in a variety of mediums including a unique style of
crackle-milk paint layered with mixed media that she created. Janet Klein
illustrated plants from Panama to Hawaii and has taught botanical drawing in
six institution</span><span style="font-family: Optima; mso-fareast-language: JA;">s.</span><span style="font-family: Optima; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Optima; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-language: JA;">_____________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Optima; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-language: JA;">This has been such a joyful collaboration: we have
laughed so hard that we cried! There were so many memories: from the pet brick
to the imaginary friends, the toothbrush down the drain ‘by mistake,’ the
flocked wallpaper…. And deeper things – how the shyness we shared as children
led to vivid inner lives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Optima; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-language: JA;">In the process of creating this talk, we have
discovered so many elements we didn’t know about each other’s childhoods,
creative process and the stories behind our works. Melissa shares, “You can
know someone your whole life, and ‘think’ that you know her, and realize it’s
just the tip of the iceberg. This collaboration has opened new avenues in our
mother-daughter dialogue and has made us even closer.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Optima; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Join us to explore ways to enhance your creativity and
have a dialogue with your parent or family that is “outside the norm.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I’m very pleased and happy to announce that I’m one of the featured artists at Whim Gallery this month. The opening is Friday March 7th from 6 to 8pm. 100 Winslow Way West, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110. Come out for the Bainbridge First Friday Artwalk - it’s totally fab!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: start;">Lately, it seems like so many of my friends, colleagues and students are having a hard time. Me too; the last few weeks have. kicked. my. ass. Both personally and professionally. I don’t know if it’s just the fact that January and February are still so…. dark or something deeper and also more global. The internet seems awash with speculation about how the world is shifting (duh) and how we are on the cusp of some new phase in our cosmic evolution. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: start;">I think that one consequence of these shifts is that we are being forced to let go of things that we still want to cling onto… things that don’t work or are no longer relevant for our lives. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My husband had dug out my old Graphite iBook from the closet. Its hard to believe that I wrote my Masters thesis on something that doesn't have as much power as the average smart phone. I bought it with the windfall from the sale of our grand piano, and even at the time it seemed a weird trade: a beautiful classical instrument for something that would so quickly become obsolete. No one in my family had played it in years, and it had a cracked sound board - an expensive professional repair we couldn’t afford. Still there was some ambivalence in letting this beautiful instrument that was a glorified dust catcher go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The iBook helped me get my Masters. I enjoyed it every time I used it, but then it got slower… and slower… and the operating system wouldn’t work with most programs… and it was clearly time to get a new computer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But I hung onto this “just in case…” It’s obvious that it needs to be listed on eBay and/or Craigs List to be sold to a collector who will truly appreciate it or headed to the recycling program to be turned into something more useful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our dog, Captain has been struggling with an eye disorder these last several months that culminated in him having an operation to remove an eye. I initially felt really bad about it. To lose an eye is a horrible thing. And then I noticed that he had more energy and could now see better out of his remaining eye because it wasn’t being interfered with by the swelling in the bad eye. The lesson? Even something as precious as an eye can be a relief to let go of, if it isn’t working.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I recently attended a lecture by the fabulous Ray Troll - he’s an artist who is an enthusiastic paleontologist. He talks shop with university museum paleontologists and is an enthusiastic promoter of little known extinct animals for example, a shark with with teeth that grow in a spiral - like a circular saw. The great thing about seeing all of these fossil remains and his recreations of the animals, was realizing how we are all sharing in evolution and what David Attenborough refers to as “the tapestry of life.” Evolution involves change and releasing of old forms so that new ones can arise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My mom and I are working on a talk at the North West Center for Creative Aging this month - we excavated the old photo albums and it brought back many memories. We also laughed a lot about everything - and there lies the key - to let go with laughter. Here’s a totally goofy photo that was taken in Cape May of my family circa 1981? I have the parasol. We were all told not to smile so that it would be more like a real Victorian photograph - my dad just couldn’t help himself!</span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><strong>A quick heads up - the Waterfront Park Community Center likes to have their registration for the classes at least five days in advance of the actual class. So - if you are considering taking either the ARTiculate class, <u><span class="s1">now</span></u> is the time to register.</strong></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;">I designed the classes so they can be taken either individually or as a series. For the greatest impact, it’s best to take them as a series, but if you can only make one - or simply want to try it out for one instead of making the commitment for the ‘whole enchilada’ that is OK.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;">I am also offering the opportunity that if you bring a friend, then the 2nd person gets half off - just mention it to the registrar on the phone and she will figure out the math.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;">Consider this - we are at the time of the year when many brilliant New Year’s resolutions have fallen by the wayside. Reconnect to your creativity and put it at the heart of your day. Meet others who can support your growth. Learn new mindset tools and strategies for bringing your light into the world.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;"><strong>3 Easy Ways to Register</strong><br />1. Online Register for classes with our WebTrac system, and submit credit card payment online. Registration is processed immediately, and you can print your confirmation form and receipt. For more info on online registration click <span class="s1">here:</span> <a data-cke-saved-href="http://Art Lab Info: http://kleinart.blogspot.com/2014/01/art-lab-live-your-artistic-dream-invest.html ARTiculate Your Story Info: http://kleinart.blogspot.com/2014/01/articulate-your-story-your-story-is.html" href="http://art%20lab%20info:%20http//kleinart.blogspot.com/2014/01/art-lab-live-your-artistic-dream-invest.html%20%20ARTiculate%20Your%20Story%20Info:%20http://kleinart.blogspot.com/2014/01/articulate-your-story-your-story-is.html" target="_self"><span class="s2">http://www.biparks.org/programsandclasses/onlineregistration.html</span></a><span class="s3">. </span>Online registration is by far the best way of getting the classes you want! You will need your user name and password to register. If you can't remember them, call at least a day before registration begins! 842-2306 ext 118.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: georgia, times, 'times new roman', serif;">2. Drop Off Bring your completed registration form and payment to the Strawberry Hill Park District Office or the Aquatics Center. You will find a registration form in your printed brochure, or you can download a registration form <span class="s1">here:</span> <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.biparks.org/programsandclasses/documents/winter/registration.pdf" href="http://www.biparks.org/programsandclasses/documents/winter/registration.pdf" target="_self"><span class="s2">http://www.biparks.org/programsandclasses/documents/winter/registration.pdf</span></a><span class="s3">.</span></span></em></div>
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<a href="http://kleinart.blogspot.com/2014/01/art-lab-live-your-artistic-dream-invest.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://kleinart.blogspot.com/2014/01/art-lab-live-your-artistic-dream-invest.html</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 13px;">Happy Sunday Everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px;"><b>A quick heads up - the Waterfront Park Community Center likes to have their registration for the classes at least five days in advance of the actual class. So - if you are considering taking either the Art Lab or the ARTiculate class, <u>now</u> is the time to register. </b></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 13px;">I designed the classes so they can be taken either individually or as a series. For the greatest impact, it’s best to take them as a series, but if you can only make one - or simply want to try it out for one instead of making the commitment for the ‘whole enchilada’ that is OK.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px;">I am also offering the opportunity that if you bring a friend, then the 2nd person gets half off - just mention it to the registrar on the phone and she will figure out the math.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px;">Consider this - we are at the time of the year when many brilliant New Year’s resolutions have fallen by the wayside. Reconnect to your creativity and put it at the heart of your day. Meet others who can support your growth. Learn new mindset tools and strategies for bringing your light into the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">1. Online Register for classes with our WebTrac system, and submit credit card payment online. Registration is processed immediately, and you can print your confirmation form and receipt. For more info on online registration click <u>here:</u> </span><span style="color: #042eee; font-size: 13px;"><u><a href="http://www.biparks.org/programsandclasses/onlineregistration.html">http://www.biparks.org/programsandclasses/onlineregistration.html</a></u></span><span style="font-size: 13px;">. </span><span style="font-size: 12px;">Online registration is by far the best way of getting the classes you want! You will need your user name and password to register. If you can't remember them, call at least a day before registration begins! 842-2306 ext 118.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 12px;">2. Drop Off Bring your completed registration form and payment to the Strawberry Hill Park District Office or the Aquatics Center. You will find a registration form in your printed brochure, or you can download a registration form <u>here:</u> </span><span style="color: #042eee; font-size: 13px;"><u><a href="http://www.biparks.org/programsandclasses/documents/winter/registration.pdf">http://www.biparks.org/programsandclasses/documents/winter/registration.pdf</a></u></span><span style="font-size: 13px;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 12px;">3. Phone In Give us a call at (206) 842-2306, ext 118. mention the 2 for the price of 1 and a half deal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px;">By the way - the Waterfront Park people are really wonderful and very friendly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">There were some strong responses to my last article about “Who are YOU to judge?” - and it was great to have the discussion. The comments by Sue Bielka were so insightful that I asked to incorporate her words into this article. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">One of the most helpful frameworks that I’ve come across to understand creativity is by Roger von Oech in the book “A Kick in the Seat of the Pants” </span><span style="color: #042eee; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kick-Seat-Pants-Explorer-Creative/dp/0060960248/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391923086&sr=8-1&keywords=a+kick+in+the+seat+of+the+pants">http://www.amazon.com/Kick-Seat-Pants-Explorer-Creative/dp/0060960248/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391923086&sr=8-1&keywords=a+kick+in+the+seat+of+the+pants</a></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">He defines the creative process as four basic modes: Explorer, Artist, Judge and Warrior. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>EXPLORER</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Defining ideas, brainstorming and just generally gathering information.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>ARTIST</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Taking information and creating, arranging - playing with the material. In the groove of making the project happen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">When you step back and evaluate - Is this working? Do I need to change this? Scrap that? Add something?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">by Melissa Klein 5”x7” framed $125</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">While this is roughly the chronological order of the creative process - in any project it’s typical to shift between these roles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Especially between the Artist and Judge. Based on what your inner judge says, you would go back to re-creating and reforming the piece as an Artist. After you present your ideas to the world - let’s say Facebook, someone makes a helpful suggestion which you decide to incorporate into the work. Back to the drawing board. Or perhaps you realize you need more information to finish the work; put on the explorer hat again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">The main challenge is understanding when you need those roles most without letting them interfere with each other. When starting a project, many creative people go into the “Judge Mode” and skip the Explorer and the Artist. One assignment in my Commercial Art class is to draw a self-portrait. One of my new students got set up with a mirror and sat there stuck…. There were a few lines on his paper, but it was otherwise blank. I went over to him and he gave me a list of all the things that he does wrong when he draws a self-portrait - it doesn’t turn out symmetrical, his jawline is off etc… HIs judge stepped in and was really beating him up <i>about things that he hadn’t done</i>. He wasn’t trying to get out of the assignment; he really wanted to do a great job on it. He wasn’t lazy. I told him to kill his judge (and that they always come back like zombies.) He did, and did some beautiful work that really, really looked like him. I’m so proud of him. Tomorrow, he will probably have to kill that Judge again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Another one of my students, who does some incredible work - has a hard time finishing projects. Right before the deadline of a show, is when she goes into her Explorer mode - she looks up cool ideas on the internet, and decides that she wants to do those projects in addition to what she already has going, but “Don’t worry! I will get it all done in time!” Uh….. not without a lot of stress and late nights, and not to it’s best quality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>Explorer </b>- Mostly for the beginning and sometimes the middle of a project if it’s clear that more information is needed</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><i>Pitfalls</i>: Getting sucked into the "bright, shiny object" syndrome - particularly when a project is nearing completion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>Artist</b> - The heart of the project - give this one the most time and the most free rein. Double the time that you think it will take for this one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><i>Pitfalls</i>: Other roles interfering with the Artist - particularly the Judge. Keep that space sacred for the Artist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>Judge</b> - Kill your judge if he/she comes in too early in the project - and like zombies and vampires, they come back from the dead. Or if that’s too much, reschedule your judge - tell them to come back when the project is at a later stage. The judge is not a bad thing - I really value being able to take a critical eye to my work - but not as I’m trying to create.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><i>Pitfalls</i>: Not listening to the judge when you need to, that nagging question of “Gee, the anatomy of the hand looks awkward… but it’s OK! (when it really does need to be fixed). Or I really should re-write that passage or get rid of it, but…. I won’t!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>Warrior</b> - Many artists who struggle to bring their work out into the world need to meet their inner warrior. It’s not that you need to go to war with the world over your work, it’s that you need to be able to take both rejection and appreciation. It’s the public face. It’s the scary phone call, the post, the email, the application. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Have a mental posse. Mentally take your friends, dogs, horses, cats with you as your companions if that helps. Suit up - put on your armor of things you feel good about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Think about someone you admire who was able to put themselves out there - my father was an extrovert (I’m more introverted) and enjoyed promoting his cause for Gardens and Arboretums - below is a photo taken for the Philadelphia Inquirer by Nick Kelsh where he had to climb a tree 40 feet off the ground. I remind myself that he’s in me - I can find that side.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><i>Pitfalls</i>: avoidance tactics and procrastination. Accept that not everyone will love what you do - but there are many who will. They deserve to see your work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Bill Klein - Photo by Nick Kelsh & article “I was thinking about Leprechauns”</span><b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"> </b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
<span style="color: #042eee; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><u><a href="http://howtophotographyourlife.com/what-was-i-thinking/i-was-thinking-about-elves/">http://howtophotographyourlife.com/what-was-i-thinking/i-was-thinking-about-elves/</a> </u></span><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">And check out Nick's website it's a wealth of information about photography </span><a data-cke-saved-href="http://howtophotographyourlife.com/nicks-tips/about-nick-kelsh-2/" href="http://howtophotographyourlife.com/nicks-tips/about-nick-kelsh-2/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" target="_self">http://howtophotographyourlife.com/nicks-tips/about-nick-kelsh-2/</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>Right Brain/Left Brain Evidence & Inspiration</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><i>Here’s a really beautiful story that Sue Bielka shared about her creative process - and what it feels like to really engage the Artist who resides mostly in the Right Brain:</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">As a current transition coach, once career artist, this is near and dear to my heart. There is a lovely book called My Stroke of Insight, by Dr. Jill Bolte-Taylor that explores what it’s like in the right-brained world. If you haven't heard of her, check out her Ted talk </span><span style="color: #042eee; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><u><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html">http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html</a></u></span><span style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"> as well. She is a brain specialist who experienced a ruptured aneurysm in the left hemisphere of her brain, in the language center. For a number of years she lived in the right side of her brain while the left repaired itself. The critic was gone. Yay! She said she lived in this beautiful world of pure creation. On the outside, it looked as if nothing of the old Jill existed, but on the inside she was learning about the intricate workings of the brain. Fascinating.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">I too had a brain aneurysm when I was 18 and experienced some of what she talked about, although mine was in the back of my head so I didn't lose my speech center. Back then, I didn't know what was happening to me, but some 30 years later, after hearing her words, I was able to relax into what I'd experienced. I decided to play around with my right brain to see if I could consciously open myself to that bliss. I wanted to find a way to get back to that feeling of pure creation.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">I was painting the basement of the Children's Museum in their old location. We (my assistant and I) were painting a coral reef and all the sea life on the walls. I was going to paint a sea turtle in a certain spot. I had my reference pictures and my paint and brushes ready then I allowed myself to go into that relaxed, non-judgmental space and just played with light, color and shape. I allowed myself not to worry about painting a perfect turtle. I knew I could always paint it out if my experiment didn't work. I slid so far into my right brain that I couldn't speak later when I was spoken to. (I'd always judged that before too!) When I looked back at what I'd painted on the wall, there was a gorgeous sea turtle there. I hadn't consciously painted it from my will but instead I let it paint me! I was shocked. I'd been in total bliss and there was the result.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">I certainly think there is a time and a place for judging in the world of art, but I think we need to spend more time in the early years of schooling on pure creation. So much of our schooling is placed in competition and achievement. The thing is, we live in a very masculine world that is competition based. My work is about bringing forth in women more feminine energy in order to balance the world in which we live. Unfortunately, many women have a knee jerk reaction to surrendering their competitive spirits because they're afraid they'll lose something in the process. My work is about showing them that they gain something far more valuable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><i>Her website is:</i></span><span style="color: #232323; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><i> </i></span><span style="color: #1255cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><u><i><a href="http://www.suebielka-personalcoach.com/">www.suebielka-personalcoach.com</a></i></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><b>So - what role do you most identify with? What role do you struggle with? Please post below!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Thanks for reading - and I hope to see you this next weekend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Best Wishes,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"></span>Melissa Klein Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01901061166907455546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949515701275948211.post-17723937585326586002014-02-05T00:57:00.000-08:002014-02-05T00:57:13.789-08:00Who are YOU to Judge? From criticism to self-acceptance<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was recently approached by a member of the Sequim Arts Association to judge their upcoming student show. It was an honor to be asked, but brought up a plethora of mixed emotions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m actually not a big fan of art competitions. While I recognize their value in helping artists gain recognition and exposure, I don’t like how by their very nature, they pit one artist against another. I don’t like how they really just reflect the whims and personal taste of the judges, and can intimidate audiences from loving the work that didn’t win because it’s considered inferior to the first place winner. And, imho - I’m a bit skeptical about how good they are at generating sales for artists. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At their worst, competitions are simply a way for an organization to generate funds in the form of entry fees from artists who hope to gain some recognition, but they don’t really help their careers. Or while an organization might have good intentions, they are usually run by volunteers, and are sometimes not well organized. I’ve had my name misspelled on more than one occasion and had a difficult time getting it fixed (“No, really - I AM Melissa Klein! And it’s spelled…” ). Uh - not really good for getting good name recognition if it’s not spelled correctly.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Cruelest One of All</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of my high school students is struggling. She works extra on her art at home. She’s thoughtful, considerate, kind. She’s engaged. She cares. She has good ideas and incorporates feedback well. She puts heart into her work, and her skills are strong. She does work that would earn “A’s” from me. IF it ever got in my inbox. But her work doesn’t get into the inbox because it doesn’t get finished. And it’s frightening how much she cares about what I and the world might think. She’s giving away her power. She has become paralyzed by both her own inner judge and fear about what others might think. Whatever I might think about her work, her inner judge will be far harsher than I would ever be as a teacher who sees my role as supportive. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mirror Mirror Who’s the Fairest of them All </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Comparison is the death of motivation. Recently I was hit with a triple-whammy of comparison blues: a person who had been in the same coaching program as I was (Christine Kane - and she’s awesome, here’s a link for that training <a href="https://christinekane.infusionsoft.com/go/cashflowcode/MelissaK"><span class="s1">https://christinekane.infusionsoft.com/go/cashflowcode/MelissaK</span></a>) just announced on Facebook that she had hit 10,000 likes for her page “Modern Married.” Then I saw a training that Christine did which featured two other women’s businesses who also started at around the same time that I did - one who had tripled her income and another who is now making over 100K a year. Uh…. I’m at 41 Facebook likes (and thank you so much to the 41!) and nowhere near that income. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started to beat myself up about it - “I have the same tools they do! Why didn’t I work harder and take more advantage of the program? Why did I slack? What is wrong with me?” and make excuses: "They are different businesses and live in highly populated areas, and I’m in the boonies! They’ve been <i>really </i>doing their businesses for much longer!” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is nothing to gain from this, this is the path of pain. I am friendly with all of these women - it wasn’t easy for any of them; they all had their struggles. They had breakdowns and doubts. And they are all kind, generous and wonderful people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I flipped it, and started to celebrate all that I had accomplished in the last couple of years: leaving a full-time job in Sped, the district creating a new position for me to teach Commercial Art, the successful shows, commissions for the EPA, being included in a presentation at the Gates Foundation recently, the people who have bought and loved the work… There doesn’t need to be any shame here.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You have to live spherically - in many directions. To accept yourself for what you are without inhibitions, to be open.” - Frederico Fellini</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">About a year and half ago, we moved our horses to a friend's pasture to keep a lonely, ancient pony named Taco company. It was a win-win - we needed pasture, Taco needed company. April and Hawthorne are two gorgeous Percheron draft horses that we use for trail riding and spoiling. About eight years ago, we adopted April, who was pregnant, as a rescue horse from the drug industry. Taco was Taco. Taco didn’t compare himself - he was tiny and scruffy. He was delighted to have a herd. He just enjoyed things for what they were and while it’s hard to say what was going on in his head, I doubt if there was any “Oh! I wish I was….” Taco has gone on to that great pasture in the sky, I sorely miss him and will never forget the gift he brought to my life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What brought you to love doing that work? Remember when you were five years old - or whenever that moment was that you went “This is cool! I love this!” Forget about the money that it’s supposed to bring in, forget about “the career” - you can think about that when you get ready for market. For now… do it for the pure pleasure. The only way to get better at something- is to do it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the movie <i>8 1/2</i> by Fellini, there’s a character who is a writer, always criticizing the main character who is a director. At one point the director fantasizes about hanging the writer, who then comes back in a later scene. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think that there’s a time and place for the judge, but not in the early stages of the creative process. Later, when it’s time to step back and reassess. I think of the inner judge as something you can “kill” many times, but it will always come back. Enjoy the respite and create during that time. It’s the brain trying to protect itself - like an overprotective parent who won’t let their child try anything to keep him or her from getting hurt - the result is that while nothing is lost, nothing is gained, and there is no joy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brene Brown in "Gift of Imperfection” suggests writing down the things that you fear the most - and talk back to them. Acknowledge them and say that you will do it anyway. Own it instead of pushing it away. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Celebrate accomplishments without any “buts…” Christine Kane (in her former career was as a muscian) talks about how she was able to land a gig opening for the opening act of the Olympics because the promoter was drunk at the time and in a moment of emotion, announced that she would do the spot. Who cares that that is how she got the spot? The main thing is that she did it - and it opened up new audiences who loved her work. Don’t apologize or explain away the accomplishment - sometimes we get lucky, but the hard work is still ours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wound up not judging the student competition - we realized that there is a conflict of interest because some my students are submitting their work to the show. I gracefully bowed out with relief.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don’t know if we are ever good enough… And I don’t know if we are ever done artistically. It’s both the joy and the frustration of this journey. Enjoy the ride!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PS - It’s really, really ironic because as I’m writing this - by coincidence, a song by Luke Dowler called “Good Enough” came on my iTunes. Check him out on NoiseTrade - he’s offering free downloads of his music and he will give 100% of his artist tip proceeds to the International Justice Mission. <a href="http://noisetrade.com/dowler/west"><span class="s1">http://noisetrade.com/dowler/west</span></a>' </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A picture is worth a thousand words and helps to
galvanize your emotional forces to create positive change. Many times we become
inundated with a tidal-wave of words or become demotivated by all of the
“shoulds” in life - which make it hard to see things clearly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right-brain exercises are a playful use of
visualization techniques to see concepts in a new light. Using simple materials
like ink, paper, sand, collage, and doodling - you will be able to engage your
visual side and have it communicate with you in a way that is outside of words
and creates a clear picture of issue and new possibilities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s not about creating art, its about using art to
create a new perspective. — Melissa Klein<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Happy Factor<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People get really happy when they are given permission
to play like children before they knew if something is “good” or “bad” — they
can’t fail. Remember the joy of mud pies before they were “dirty”? Accessing
problems from a positive and humorous perspective is more motivating to create
change.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your Journal is included in the workshop and is
something that you will take away with you as a physical reminder - and to add
onto as you gain new insights. This is about creating lasting change and
keeping inspired.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for a scholarship - from Sue Barrington (director of the Waterfront Park
Community Center):<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Scholarships for the
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from here. It requires a scheduled visit
with a Social Worker there who fills out the financial application. It is also a way for folks to find out about
other free or discounted programs and services available to help here on the
island."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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confirmation form and receipt. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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registration form and payment at the Strawberry Hill Park District Office (7666
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> or the Aquatics Center (8521 Madison Ave). No
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LABORATORY<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="" name="OLE_LINK10"></a><a href="" name="OLE_LINK9"><b>WATERFRONT PARK COMMUNITY CENTER <o:p></o:p></b></a></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ARTiculate
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="" name="OLE_LINK14"></a><a href="" name="OLE_LINK13"><b>WATERFRONT PARK COMMUNITY CENTER <o:p></o:p></b></a></span></div>
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<strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong><br />
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Contact: Melissa Klein<br />
360.809.0083<br />
me.lissa@melissaklein.com<br />
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Re: <strong>Using Right-Brain Activities to Solve Problems:</strong><br />
Art Laboratory & ARTiculate Your Story Workshops<br />
<strong><span style="color: firebrick;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">(</span><em><span style="background-color: yellow;">see below for dates</span></em><span style="background-color: yellow;">)</span></span></strong><br />
Waterfront Park Community Center<br />
370 Brien Drive SE, Bainbridge Island 98110<br />
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Click to download high-resolution photos of Klein’s art & word document<br />
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Get your new year off to an inspired and creative start. Starting on January 25th at the Waterfront Park Community Center on Bainbridge Island, artist and art instructor Melissa Klein will present <em>Art Laboratory </em>& <em>ARTiculate Your Story</em> workshops, which integrate right-brain activities to help solve problems and find creative solutions.</div>
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Art Laboratory is designed for novice & professional artists as a forum to share ideas, explore monthly themes and develop practical business skills to support an artistic lifestyle.<br />
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ARTiculate facilitates the ‘emerging’ creative to share their story with clarity and power with pictures, words or a combination of both.<br />
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In these playful workshops Klein will share right-brain techniques for using art and imagery as a powerful tools to take control of your life.<br />
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“I’ve had to weather some great changes and challenges in my life – professionally and personally. When I really decided to commit myself to a career in art – my verbal side was freaking out, saying things like ‘You will starve! You will fall flat on your face…Who do you think you are?!’ At the same time, I was creating paintings that were saying something very different – that saw the world in a different way – and that some of the emotions I was going through were simply a result of breaking out of my shell; which is an uncomfortable process – which made it all OK.<br />
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“As an artist, I am able to access my right brain – which has a very different modality for problem solving, and sees things in a more holistic light. As I was showing my art and talking to people about my process and symbols – they started to ask me to teach them some of the techniques that I had intuited for creative problem solving.“ explains Klein.<br />
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There is some startling information about how the right brain solves problems. Dr. Mark Beeman’s research shows “About a second and a half before people solved the problem with insight, they had this sudden and prolonged increase in alpha band activity over the right occipital lobe, the region that processes visual information coming into the brain.” (Your Brain at Work, David Rock) This was exciting, organic evidence about how important the right brain is for making connections and global thinking.<br />
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There is also a strong correlation between emotions and problem solving – the greater the happiness, the greater the likelihood of solving the problem which is also inversely proportional with anxiety. (Your Brain at Work, David Rock)<br />
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Unfortunately – so much problem solving is approached with a sense of ”<em>heaviness</em>” about the magnitude of the issue that our brain generates a strong “away” response – which is a variation of fight or flight. This explains why people procrastinate, and don’t follow through with their dreams. It’s not fun! Working with visual imagery, which is how our brains are hard-wired to think, creates “pure excitement for our minds” (Unfolding the Napkin, Dan Roam) and generates a positive “towards” response for putting vision into action.<br />
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“I started to create activities to help activate visual problem-solving and reach out to either the blocked artist, or help the person who doesn’t consider themself creative to access their creativity. In many ways this is what I’ve been doing for years as a Commercial Art Instructor; working with disengaged teenagers who are reluctant learners, helping them become excited about what they can accomplish. The point isn’t to create art – it’s to use art as a way to create a new perspective and stay connected to your vision.”<br />
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Whether you are looking for ways to stay connected to your intentions for the New Year or are looking to reconnect with touchstones to your truest self - these workshops will support you in your journey through a combination of exploratory exercises and visual information provided in a safe and fun environment.<br />
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“Visual images, symbols and mythology have a direct access to our emotions and can help us to harness the power of emotion and heal the gap between intention and reality. They can also act as a ‘True North’ to keep you in touch with what you really want in life instead of what you ‘should’ want or is perhaps what others think is best. When these are in alignment, the power of human intention is unstoppable.” Klein says.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>What are Right-Brain Exercises?</strong><br />A picture is worth a thousand words and helps to galvanize your emotional forces to create positive change. Many times we become inundated with a tidal-wave of words or become demotivated by all of the “shoulds” in life - which make it hard to see things clearly. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I love new beginnings - which is what I love about the celebration of a new year. If it was a “good” year then I can celebrate accomplishments and milestones and feel "a moment of smug." If it was a tough year - then the new year offers the opportunity to put last year behind me and move forward. "<i>Thank God that’s over with!"</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><b>Resolution. Flake. Beat. Drag. Repeat.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I used to make resolutions aplenty - they were pretty typical: lose weight, get organized etc. I would create a schedule of all the things that I was gonna do - and oh yeah, usually this schedule was so tight that it didn’t allow for things like eating, sleep, transition between activities… and it ignored the fact that I was working a full-time+++ job and was completely stressed out. It was a real “Type A” schedule for someone who doesn’t need any sleep and is on high-octane drugs!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">And, following the typical pattern - I would be disciplined for about 6 weeks and then start to flake out. Get discouraged. Beat myself up mentally. Drag myself through whatever was the resolution.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Flake. Beat. Drag. Repeat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><b>Symbols Not Words</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Then I stopped making resolutions and started to visualize what I really wanted. I drew pictures - and the pictures told me more about what was going on than creating a rigid set of resolutions or “commandments.” This is the image that I used to help me lose weight: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">-its the symbol of a waistline, and how I wanted to have a waist that looked like ) ( and not ( ). I pulled up that image in my mind whenever confronted with eating something that wasn’t in line with getting a slim waist. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><b>Create & Tweak the Routine</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I focused on routines and systems to help me stay on track. I looked for openings in my schedule where I could realistically work towards my dreams. If I didn’t keep my intention, then I looked to a flaw in the routine or system rather than the flaw in my character. This was much more productive and kept the focus on finding a solution rather than the problem. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I work better at night. If I get up really early in the morning I tend to feel really off and often have a headache and am spacey for the day. I negotiated to have my teaching in the afternoon rather than the morning. Which means that it’s OK to sleep in when I stayed up until 2am doing stuff. All morning if necessary. No more beating myself up for not getting up at the crack of dawn!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><b>Congruency</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Horse trainers Pat and Linda Parelli say most horse accidents happen due to a lack of congruency. In a nutshell - in falling off a horse - the horse bucks up and your body loses contact with the saddle. Wham! Or you will be trotting along just dandy - suddenly your foot comes out of the stirrup, you lose balance…. Your bodies were incongruent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Life is like that - when you are not congruent with your real mission, you fall off the horse!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I got real about who I am, and focused on getting congruent with that identity. I started to act like the person I wanted to be rather than always chasing the dream. How would a successful artist have her schedule support her so she can make her best work?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It’s kind of like dating: ever meet the person who is desperately single? Pretty much everyone runs for the door. Now imagine someone who is secure in their independence - how are they? Confident, fun, and certainly not grasping for a date. The paradox is that quality makes them more desirable and likely to attract partners versus that desperately single candidate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Be the change that you want to see. Operate from a place of having already fulfilled the goal rather than grasping for it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><b>Self-Fulfilling Prophecy</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It’s really true that we create our reality - which can be annoying since it’s so much easier (and fun!) to place blame on the circumstances and people around us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">A colleague told me that when we point the finger at someone else, then three fingers point back at us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I had never heard of this before, and eagerly shared this wisdom with my students (who had all heard this metaphor before) - and their answer to this gem? To point ALL of their fingers at the offending party instead of just one! Too bad it just doesn’t work that way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">A couple of years ago, I was at a conference for aspiring entrepreneurs. There was a woman who had a great idea for a business, was really excited and seemed to have the resources to make it happen. At one point, she stood up and asked our coach “Is this going to be one of those things where we all say these empty affirmations and then go home and do nothing?” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Sure enough - a few months later, her accountability partner reported that she just “disappeared." In their last conversation, she shared that her husband was pressuring her to help out with their family business instead of starting her own. Which was odd because he had come to a conference and seemed supportive... She sunk about $6,000 plus travel expenses to be in the program that year. She fulfilled her own prophesy and was pointing the finger. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Other people from that same conference moved from just having an idea to running highly successful businesses and receiving national and international attention for their work. They also had prophesies to fulfill.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">ACTION and CONNECTION</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">They took regular action - even if only for 15 minutes or half an hour a day. And if it didn’t happen that day - they got back on the horse the next day, and didn’t waste energy beating themselves up about it or being dramatic. They cultivated connections (that even included husbands) to bolster their success. They didn’t point fingers - except at themselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Action is the glue that heals the disconnect between dreams and real life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I find that one of the worst things I can do, to NOT accomplish a goal is to rely upon my own “self discipline” to make it happen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Instead I look for outside influences - I sign up for a class because it forces me to set aside the time to actually do it. I schedule an art event that requires me to have new work. My horses are my workout partners, I have to show up to feed them no matter what and they get cranky if I don’t.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I have two accountability partners to check in with about what I want to accomplish - and to trouble shoot if I don’t make the goal. I answer to them on a weekly, or more, basis. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Goals happen in incremental ways - focus on habits and routines and the goals will take care of themselves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Get back on the horse. Don’t beat yourself up or the horse! Again. Get back on the horse. Your actions will make your dreams and reality become congruent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px;">Resolutions are all about creating change - which is a great thing. The main thing is to find a way to create that change for you that is lasting and sustainable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><i>If this article interested you and you want to explore this more in-depth, I will be offering two workshop series ARTiculate which is about telling your story & ART LAB for supporting people with creative projects. It will be a combination of entertaining storytelling, art history, discussion and right-brain art exercises. </i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><b>What are Right-Brain Exercises?</b><br />A picture is worth a thousand words and helps to galvanize your emotional forces to create positive change. Many times we become inundated with a tidal-wave of words or become demotivated by all of the “shoulds” in life - which make it hard to see things clearly. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Right-brain exercises are a playful use of visualization techniques to see concepts in a new light. Using simple materials like ink, paper, sand, collage, and doodling - you will be able to engage your visual side and have it communicate with you in a way that is outside of words and creates a clear picture of issue and new possibilities. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><i>It’s not about creating art, its about using art to create a new perspective. — Melissa Klein</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Journal of Journey</b><br />Your Journal is included in the workshop and is something that you will take away with you as a physical reminder - and to add onto as you gain new insights. This is about creating lasting change and keeping inspired.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><i>As the holidays approach, I find myself in that “love-hate” mode about them: love seeing relatives and friends, hate feeling obligated to do things that feel incongruent to my values. And of course, there are always the complications of dealing with some difficult family members or difficult moments around self-worth.</i></span></div>
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Here’s a method that I’ve devised to deal with some of those situations. I call it “<b>ICER</b>” and I like to think of the iciness of it as an antidote for the hot, angry feeling that happens around triggers. </div>
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<b>ID</b><br /><br />Identify the triggers; OK - you know who and what the main ones are: “that relative” or “that co-worker” or “the _______ (job, health, spouse etc.) situation” but what about the more subtle ones? </div>
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How about the fact that you only got a few hours of sleep the night before? That is a trigger. </div>
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What about booze? How well do you hold it? I enjoy booze, but it doesn’t take much to make me silly. Um… maybe half a glass is better than two glasses in some situations… That could be a trigger as well.</div>
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Same with eating - I had a couple of bites of cake at a staff potluck lunch, and suddenly I couldn’t think straight. I’m not really used to eating that much sugar, especially at that time of day. And then I had to teach… and then something went kinda sideways with a student… you get the picture. It wasn’t completely horrible, but I can’t help but wonder if I couldn’t have handled things better without that cake. It wasn’t really worth it. </div>
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Triggers are not only situations and people, but they can be also things that you can control - sleep, eating and thoughts.</div>
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Watch your thoughts; do they tend towards the negative? “That person is going to make me feel stupid….” Is it 100% true that it will happen? Probably not. </div>
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Can you find a choice in how you look at it? “That person has talked down to me in the past. They may or may not behave that way this time. It’s really their problem - I don’t have to make it mine.” The choice is yours in how you take it. </div>
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Or this is a mantra I made up: <b>“I can’t control what others think, say or doo-doo! That’s their poop!”</b></div>
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And while you can’t control what others do (or doo-doo) - you always have a choice somewhere. It can be as small a choice as “I can choose to ask to reschedule this…” larger, “I have a choice to either keep this engagement or to cancel it,” or big “I can choose to go to Africa and celebrate Kwanza instead!” </div>
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Reframe it in a way that acknowledges your choice. And while it’s a choice that you may or may not regret, <span class="s1">it’s yours! Own it.</span></div>
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Even if no-one else notices that something is getting to you, you feel it…. There’s always the bathroom. I know that this feels really silly, but there’s ALWAYS THE BATHROOM! And you have the perfect, socially acceptable reason to go and take a few minutes to be in your own private hideaway. So what if it seems like your bladder is out of whack? It’s unlikely that anyone will notice, and so what if they do?</div>
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Here’s another one; keep your dog in the car and go out periodically to check on him, it will do both of you good. Borrow the neighbor’s dog if you have to, perhaps they need someone to babysit the dog while they are away?</div>
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Set an alarm on your phone - and say that it’s a call you have to take. Step outside to take that VIP call.</div>
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Or - deep breath, say that you just need a minute.</div>
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In that escape mode, ask yourself “What is the best outcome for this situation? What do I really want out of what is going on here?”</div>
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• It may be that you want to enjoy the company of the loved ones despite something uncomfortable.<br />• It may be that you want to be alone.<br />• It may be that you need to set a boundary for “that person.”</div>
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So… What are you going to do about it? Confront them? Stay? Leave? Decide to go along with it to keep the peace? All are valid choices depending on the situation.</div>
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• I am choosing to stay for the festivities, but I don’t feel comfortable with ___________. I will ignore their behavior as best as possible so that I can enjoy seeing the rest of my family.<br />• I need to be alone so I will say my goodbyes and honor that need without guilt, shame or blame.<br />• I need to be clear about what I am willing to do to contribute - I am willing to help with ___________, but not with ___________. Or I have a limited budget, so I will not be able to purchase anything over _____$.<br />• This may make _______ angry, but how he/she know if I don’t say anything? (repeat the mantra<i> - “I can’t control what others think, say or doo-doo! That’s their poop!”</i>)</div>
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<br />Communicate from the perspective of humor and kindness - this will probably be more funny than tragic in a year or less. Take it from that perspective. Remember the things that got you steamed in high school? That are now just funny? What if you could have approached it from the perspective of ten years or more later? Totally different - right? </div>
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And realize that as triggered as you might feel, there are probably others who are just as triggered you are or more. Compassion is the root of kindness.<br /><br />May the ICER be with you!</div>
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And….. Happy Holidays!<br /><br />-Melissa</div>
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<br /><b><i>If this article interested you and you want to explore this more in-depth, I will be offering a workshop about confronting and overcoming your Personal Demons. It will be a combination of entertaining storytelling, art history, discussion and right-brain art exercises. </i></b></div>
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<b>What are Right-Brain Exercises?</b><br />A picture is worth a thousand words and helps to galvanize your emotional forces to create positive change. Many times we become inundated with a tidal-wave of words or become demotivated by all of the “shoulds” in life - which make it hard to see things clearly. </div>
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Right-brain exercises are a playful use of visualization techniques to see concepts in a new light. Using simple materials like ink, paper, sand, collage, and doodling - you will be able to engage your visual side and have it communicate with you in a way that is outside of words and creates a clear picture of issue and new possibilities. </div>
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<b>The Happy Factor</b><br />People get really happy when they are given permission to play like children before they knew if something is “good” or “bad” — they can’t fail. Remember the joy of mud pies before they were “dirty”? Accessing problems from a positive and humorous perspective is more motivating to create change.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>“Attachment is the root of suffering.”</i><span class="s1"><i> - Buddha</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I was planning the Personal Mythology series of workshops for the Fall/Winter, and thinking of a logical order of topics I realized that the Personal Demon workshop would be falling right before the Christmas/Hanukkah season. I thought…. “Well, doesn’t that just make perfect sense!” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Holidays tend to bring out so many personal demons - I think because they become a condensed metaphor for life. We play out our family dramas at the holiday table. Things that were thought to be over, done with and that we had grown out of come to light around the swirl of parties and celebrations. Gifts become grounds for competition, manipulation and obligation rather than tokens of affection. And… if you aren’t a part of that “picture perfect” American Dream, it can be an isolating time. Many people have recently experienced such huge financial hardships: loss of “secure” careers and homes. Being gay. Being divorced. Being single. Being disabled. Being either too young or too old to be taken seriously; all of these things point to being on the outside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My own relationship with the holidays has been conflicted since the age of 9. I loved the lights, the tree and the cool holiday crafts that I got to do at our church. I also loved Hanukkah, (which I still really enjoy) celebrated by our Jewish friends in Saint Louis. My younger sister relentlessly counting presents and noting that she was ahead - not so much. Even though my mom tried to control that damage by explaining that things cost different amounts and that <span class="s2"><i>really</i></span> we got the same… to a nine year old, it translated into not measuring up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When my family lived in Philadelphia, a large part of my dad’s job involved publicity and fundraising; he was the director of the Morris Arboretum. We lived in a beautiful Victorian house that was provided for the director by the arboretum. Because Christmas was a major part of the fundraising season, our house was used to entertain important donors. Professional florists came in and decorated our house. It all had to be “authentic” Victorian (or at least as close as we could get to it in the 1980s!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No more tinsel, and most of the beloved decorations that we made in church were not considered “good” enough to be displayed in this new environment and so were either thrown away or packed up. OK - I admit the decorations made out of a salty dough recipe that were supposed to keep forever but went moldy definitely had to go, but not the toilet paper roll and pipe cleaner horse!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One year, Philadelphia Magazine asked to photograph us as a featured family in their holiday special. We dressed up in these totally dorky dresses and had to simulate decorating the tree, pretending to put on the same ornament over and over so that the photographer could get the right shot. I hated it. When I saw the photo in the magazine, I wondered if this is what it looks like from the outside? When you are inside, it feels completely different.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fast forward to young adulthood and feeling the internal pressure of not measuring up. Being single surrounded by marrieds and wondering if I would ever have a holiday that wasn’t fraught with anxiety about a relationship that was going nowhere or processing another breakup. Being a struggling artist working shit jobs when others had professional careers. Seeing ads and gift suggestion articles in magazines for items for my loved ones and realizing that any one of those items cost more than my entire budget for the holidays.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few years ago, my husband and I decided to opt out of the holidays that year and go to Victoria, BC. We carefully informed both sides of the family. And you know what? None of my family members cared about the presents! Some of them gave token gifts, some not and some did their usual thing. They completely supported our decision that year - and there was no push back, guilt, or weirdness in anyway - ever. They cared about us not the stuff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All of those years that I had been feeling weird about the holidays and not measuring up, was all internal. I was letting myself be controlled by a false belief about prosperity and career status. It was all inside. I had created a perfect cocktail for unhappiness and a perfect place for my Personal Demon to live. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Humans are a tribal society - we are hard-wired to conform. That’s a large part of how we have survived and thrived as a species. We are not comfortable being outside of the herd. Some hardy souls have a greater tolerance for being on the outside, and some of those become great leaders. But most people like to be on the inside, where it seems safe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pressure to conform is always present, but it’s really up to me to decide what to do with it. While there are always those people who will look down on you for almost any reason, they are not the ones who are on your side. Maybe they never will be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why did those false beliefs fall on such fertile ground to be internalized? While there are all kinds of reasons that could be pointed to - from family history, birth order, a competitive environment, marketing, consumer society, etc. I believe that at the heart of it, for whatever reason, was a feeling of inadequacy. <span class="s3">That was the grain of truth that made the lie seem believable.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The truth of feeling inadequate made me buy into the lie of having more and that others were measuring and/or judging me. But it wasn’t the real truth - which is that my real friends and family will love me regardless of my success or failure. Ironically, in my family I’m seen as someone who is able to give great gifts - and I’m often approached for advice about what to buy for others. Of course, being an artist, I sometimes produce a piece that I just know is “_______’s” from the minute the inspiration hits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Talk to it. Call it out. Call it out by name. Let it know that you know it’s not true. Reassure it. Because at the heart of that feeling of inadequacy is a desire to self-protect. It just became distorted in that desire to be helpful. Forgive it, but don’t let it off the hook. </span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If this article interested you and you want to explore this more in-depth, I will be offering a workshop about confronting and overcoming your Personal Demons. It will be a combination of entertaining storytelling, art history, discussion and right-brain art exercises. </span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A picture is worth a thousand words and helps to galvanize your emotional forces to create positive change. Many times we become inundated with a tidal-wave of words or become demotivated by all of the “shoulds” in life - which make it hard to see things clearly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right-brain exercises are a playful use of visualization techniques to see concepts in a new light. Using simple materials like ink, paper, sand, collage, and doodling - you will be able to engage your visual side and have it communicate with you in a way that is outside of words and creates a clear picture of issue and new possibilities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People get really happy when they are given permission to play like children before they knew if something is “good” or “bad” — they can’t fail. Remember the joy of mud pies before they were “dirty”? Accessing problems from a positive and humorous perspective is more motivating to create change.</span></div>
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<br /><span style="line-height: normal;">In mythology, the Hero or Warrior fights two battles - the inner battle against personal demons and the exterior battle to accomplish a great task. </span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;">Grimm's fairy tale - “The Golden Goose” shows many of the archetypal patterns of the Hero’s journey.</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;">In "The Golden Goose," two of three brothers are sent out to chop wood, given plenty of cake and wine for their lunch. Each is greedy and refuses to share with a mysterious little man they meet on the road. Because of their greed each brother suffers an injury and cannot work leaving the youngest son to provide wood for the family. This son is called “Simpleton” by his family, and even though he has been given only poor food and little of it, unlike his brothers he shares with the strange little man, generosity winning out over greed in the inner battle - and it becomes fine wine and cake. </span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;">Directed by the little man to chop down a specific tree, </span><span style="line-height: normal;">Simpleton</span><span style="line-height: normal;"> finds the golden goose who lays golden eggs. When greedy villagers learn of the goose they try to steal a golden feather but instead become stuck to the goose and are forced to trail behind him. </span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;">This creates such a spectacle that Simpleton is presented to the king’s daughter who never smiles - whom the king has promised to the man who can make her laugh. She bursts out laughing at the sight, but the king decides that he doesn’t want a son-in-law named “Simpleton” so he sets three impossible tasks for him to accomplish. Each time the funny little man helps him easily win his exterior battle, the king relents and Simpleton wins the princess’ hand and eventually the kingdom.</span><br /><br /><br /><img align="none" height="200" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/cc1f61535047888533b251f94/images/woman_093ff57d.png" style="border: 0px; display: inline; line-height: 14px; min-height: 200px; outline: none; width: 402px;" width="402" /><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;"><b>Anyone can become a hero, especially those who don’t have special advantages.</b></span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;">Many fairy tales involve an unlikely hero - often a youngest child, or a step-child (think Cinderella). They are ridiculed by the very people who owe them the most. Often they are abused and mocked by family members and are relentlessly given the message they are "less than" their peers.</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;"><b><img align="none" height="225" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/cc1f61535047888533b251f94/images/FunDraw_dot_com_The_Crooked_Man.png" style="border: 0px; display: inline; line-height: 14px; min-height: 225px; outline: none; width: 200px;" width="200" /><br /><br />Powerful friends and allies can be found in very unlikely places.</b></span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;">The strange little man who greets the brothers in the path - the stranger who is different, small, and seems helpless, proves to be extremely powerful. He is able to inflict harm when slighted causing both of the older brothers to injure themselves almost mortally. When shown kindness, he can be an amazing benefactor.</span><br /><br /><img align="none" height="176" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/cc1f61535047888533b251f94/images/johnny_automatic_smile.png" style="border: 0px; display: inline; line-height: 14px; min-height: 176px; outline: none; width: 150px;" width="150" /><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;"><b>Cultivate kindness, compassion and good humor</b></span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;">Archetypal</span><span style="line-height: normal;"> Heroes show the personal qualities of kindness, compassion, a sense of humor and remain good-natured even in hard circumstances. Simpleton is good-natured in the face of being called a demeaning name, kind to the strange man in sharing his food and because he is able to have a a sense of humor about himself he is able to win the princess by making her laugh. While I am not advocating putting up with abusive situation, the main point in these tales is that by cultivating these qualities, they will serve you well in hard times.</span><br /><br /><br /><img align="none" height="228" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/cc1f61535047888533b251f94/images/trophy1.png" style="border: 0px; display: inline; line-height: 14px; min-height: 228px; outline: none; width: 200px;" width="200" /><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;"><b>Perseverance pays</b></span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;">Even though Simpleton had won the princess’ hand fair and square, the king wanted to cheat him of his just reward. This happens. Instead of throwing a temper tantrum, hiring a lawyer and suing the king for all he was worth, Simpleton accepts the challenges. There is an element of him being willing to accept that he needs to prove his worth. He could have wasted time protesting the unfairness of it all - or he could go about solving the problem. Eventually, the king had no ground to stand on and Simpleton won not only the princess and the kingdom, but also the reward of a ship that could sail on land and sea (one of the tasks).</span><br /><br /><br /><img align="none" height="225" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/cc1f61535047888533b251f94/images/cibo00_King_and_Citizen.png" style="border: 0px; display: inline; line-height: 14px; min-height: 225px; outline: none; width: 300px;" width="300" /><br /><b style="line-height: normal;">Challenge authority and the status quo</b><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;">Even though the king claimed that he wanted his daughter to to be happy, so much he was willing to give her up to anyone who could make her laugh, he didn’t really mean that when it came about by someone who did not meet with his approval; a Simpleton. Part of why the princess was so solemn might have had to do with her awareness of the hopelessness of her situation? Many times those in authority say they want change, but they don’t really mean it. It rocks the boat and challenges the comfortable (for them) status quo. They will find ways to break agreements. Hold them to it. Keep coming back until there are no more excuses.</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;">If this article interested you and you want to explore this more in-depth, I will be offering a workshop that is cultivating your inner hero and outer warrior. It will be a combination of entertaining storytelling, art history, discussion and right-brain art exercises. What are “Right Brain exercises?” A combination of playful materials like ink, paper, sand, collage, doodling and problem-solving games in a high quality journal to keep you connected to the ideas after the workshop. These engage your visual side in a way that is beyond words to gain a clear understanding of your questions, to see challenges in a new perspective and overcome inner obstacles. </span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;">Please call me at <a href="tel:360.809.0083" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" value="+13608090083">360.809.0083</a> or email me at <a href="mailto:me.lissa@melissaklein.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">me.lissa@melissaklein.com</a> to reserve your place. </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Best Wishes,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">-Melissa</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif;"><img align="none" height="88" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/cc1f61535047888533b251f94/images/2ndSignature220percent350dpi_mobile.png" style="border: 0px; display: inline; line-height: 14px; min-height: 88px; outline: none; width: 150px;" width="150" /></span><br /><br /><br />PS - Please forward this to any interested friends - I'd really appreciate the help in getting the word out!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif;">This program is generously hosted by the Bodhi Center. 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<span style="font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">I've been thinking about how people are "triggered" and how to overcome those triggers. A trigger can be defined as anything which causes someone to either over-react or under-react because of a past experience or trauma that reminds them of something or someone with which they had a unpleasant encounter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">It's all about resiliency. Letting go of past experiences, gaining wisdom and then using that knowledge to deal with the present without getting bogged down in the baggage. How to overcome obstacles in a way that is beyond empty affirmation "If I just wish for a million dollars hard enough, then it will happen! If I don't get the money, then I just need to wish harder! And it will come to me! I'm not going to do anything beyond wishing!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Tolkien wrote "Lord of the Rings" to give the English people a modern mythology or rather a mythology. England didn't have a mythology. She had been wracked by two world wars, and had lost most of two generations of young men. People felt hopeless. He identified a new villain - the one of mechanization and mass production that harmed the environment. A faceless wizard that was only a great eye watching everything. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">While Lord of the Rings is a fantasy, every time that I see it, what's striking is how relevant it is to modern times. Take away the window dressing of elves, dwarfs, sword fighting, medieval armor, magic etc. and the parallels are striking. Leaders who are corrupted. Heroes who have lost their direction. Fighting between factions when they should be joining forces against a common enemy. Plans that go awry. Companies that destroy the environment and faceless corporations who use the government politicians as pawns. D</span><span style="font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">uring these times of political fighting and government shut down, we are embroiled in conflicts while on the brink of major environmental disaster which is already creating severe climate changes. Our land and water are polluted. That's the real threat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: normal;">Most of all, not giving up. When Gimli utters the words "Certainty of Death. Small chance of success…. What are we waiting for?" While he's acknowledging the reality of what they are facing by going to the gates of Mordor, he still has hope. In spite of the odds, Gimli is resilient. "This Emotional Life" by PBS defines resilience as "...the capacity to adapt successfully in the face of threats or disaster. People can improve their capacity for resilience at any time of life." </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: normal;">Emmy Werner, who started a land-breaking longitudinal study on of all of the children born on Kauai in 1955 studies resiliency and protective factors. Their lives are followed to this to this day. Some children were born with high-risk factors - poverty, birth trauma, learning disabilities, divorce etc and yet, one out of three, lead happy and productive lives... She identifies a set of protective factors that helped children who were born into adverse conditions not only survive, but thrive. These fall into three basic categories: personal qualities, protective factors in the family and in the community. Personal qualities include a curiosity about learning, achievement and the ability to reach out to others and bond. Protective factors within the family is having an extended network of people to "recruit" surrogate parents such as grandparents, aunts, uncles etc. And in the community it also meant that the child had the ability to reach out for support from neighbors, teachers and elders who are available. This study has been replicated in other countries with similar findings.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">To explore your modern personal mythology, please join me at the Bodhi Center next week. I will be offering a series of workshops at the Bodhi Center. Are you living the story you want to be?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The horse trail is a small dirt trail that splits off of the main trail. It's unmarked. It's easy to miss. It involves walking through a tunnel of high grass and over small streams. Theres a bit of bush whacking - and some branches of deer trails that go nowhere. It goes under the bridge. Down to the river to where the salmon spawn. You can be so close as to touch them and identify them as individuals. The river can be crossed in knee boots. You can see salmon eggs, salmon spawning and dead salmon in the same 10 foot stretch of river.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It's a much more interesting path - and connects to the poetry of the salmon song as they fight their way up the river and complete their life cycle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">My client was delighted - she breamed at the wonder of it all. Afterwards we talked about what that meant - how a subtle shift can lead to a radically different departure. In charting a course for ships - 1 degree can make the difference between reaching the correct destination and winding up in a far-flung port. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">So many times in making changes in life - there is an urge to make a 90 degree or 180 degree turn. While that's sometimes necessary (I've done that for both better and worse), some of the most radical changes can be made by making a subtle shift in direction. The one small habit or routine that is incorporated into the day or week. A shift in focus. A conscious choice in thinking patterns. Minimizing contact with negative people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Here are some of the subtle shifts that I've made over the years that added up to radical changes:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><b>1. Choosing to go Complaint Free: </b>The goal was to make it to 21 days without complaining. It was designed by a minister who challenged his congregation to go for 21 days complaint free. It wasn't easy. It took me a year to accomplish. Sometimes, I slip back into old bad habits and have to re-commit. It helped all of my relationships - personal and professional. Conversations are more interesting. If there is an issue that needs to be resolved, even if I'm talking to someone who isn't "complaint free," we are more focused on problem-solving and solution. Here's a resource for more information: </span><span style="color: #042eee; font-size: 13px;"><u>http://www.acomplaintfreeworld.org/</u></span><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>2. Cutting down on sugar: </b>Wayne Dyer mentioned it as an aside in his audio book "Making the Shift" - he said: "If you want to lose the fat around your middle, cut down on sugar." While it's obvious to not eat things like candy/cake/cookies, sugar is loaded into things like milk, fruit juice, alcohol, potato chips and ketchup. I cut waaaaay back. Looked more critically at what I was putting in my mouth from the sugar perspective. The first 2 to 3 weeks, I was constantly hungry. I filled up on veggies or just acknowledged it for what it was and did something else. Then the cravings eased. I don't know to this day how much weight I Iost (I don't have a scale), but I think it was@ 15 to 20lbs in the last 6 months - especially since I keep hearing "Wow! You lost a lot of weight! What did you do?" Recently I decided to treat myself to a hot chocolate for completing my website. Sorta enjoyed it and then felt sick. I'm in a radically different place than six months ago. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>3. Put stuff in places</b> <b>where they will automatically remind you: </b>Like vitamins. Just saying this as a fact (not complaining!): I. hate. taking. pills! Yet when my doctor identified severe B-12 and iron deficiencies, it was clear that that had to change. At night I would get into bed and then go "Ungh! Forgot to take vitamins!" Zzzzzzzzz. Henry, my husband, suggested moving the vitamins and a carafe of water to my night table - because that's where I remembered to take them. They stare at me. I stare at them. I take them. I have more energy and better health. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>5. The No Asshole Rule</b>: I read the book "The No Asshole Rule - Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't" by Robert Sutton because I was dealing with a difficult and negative workplace situation several years ago. I stopped having lunch in the staff room. I closed my door. I got out of unproductive staff meetings. While the ultimate solution was to leave that organization, just by realizing that I could at the very least minimize if not completely avoid contact with negative people was extremely empowering. It's a great policy and has helped to avoid some situations that would have been a complete drain on my time and energy. I'm happy to report that I'm now surrounded by colleagues who are funny, uplifting and supportive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">These subtle changes also explain why so many people get off track with their lives. It wasn't like they decided to screw up their lives consciously - it was a series of small 1 degree decisions that charted their course to a place where they didn't want to be. It's scary to think about how easy it can be to become disconnected from what we want in life. The good news is that it's still possible to make those small changes which can chart the course to greater possibilities and happiness in life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">One crucial first step making changes is to to take inventory of the different areas of your life and from a variety of "lenses" - (time, symbols, and stories) I developed the "Personal Mythology Guide" as a series of exercises to help people gain perspective from a right-brain perspective. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The beauty of using is images and symbols and games is that it helps to defuse the "logical" left side of the brain which can interfere with deep truths through imposing memes (false rules) or can be so judgmental and overbearing that all motivation is lost. An example of a false rule would be "I can't have horses, I am an artist and am too poor!" Guess what - I've had horses for eight years now. An example of the judgmental side is "You are so fat! You have been pigging out and that's what you deserve." Feel the motivation to change habits drain away. Instead by visualizing what I wanted: this shape ) ( which symbolized a slim waistline, it was easier to make positive decisions without feeling discouraged.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Sign up here to download<span style="background-color: yellow;"> <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.melissaklein.com/" target="_blank">Your Personal Mythology Guidebook</a>.</span> </span>I strongly encourage you to print it out and write things down - gain inventory, and identify the subtle shifts for radical changes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Please let me know how if goes - I would love to hear your feedback.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Also - if you want to receive a more personalized and in-depth look at using stories and visualization techniques, I will be giving three workshops at the Bodhi Center in Bainbridge (just a ferry ride from Seattle) on Sunday October 20th; Sunday, November 17 and Sunday, December 15 from 10am to 1pm. Tuition is $80 per workshop, or $200 for all three workshops together (a $40 discount). You can choose to attend any combination of workshops, but it's best to attend all three to get the most benefit. Space is limited, so call or email to reserve your spot and "Journal of Journey" that accompanies the workshop.</span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: darkslategrey;">Special Event planning - <em>the tentative theme for this year is</em> <span style="background-color: gold;">"Steam Punk Halloween"</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: darkslategrey;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Professional Artist studio visits - starting with Jackson Smart - muralist and sign painter</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: darkslategrey;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">2 or more field trips a month - either to view art galleries or to draw/paint outside - including Port Townsend, Sequim, Joyce, Neah Bay etc.</span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: darkslategrey;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Learning Adobe Creative Suite Photoshop Pro version curriculum</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: darkslategrey;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Airbrush Mastery - beyond the basic stencil</span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: darkslategrey;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Your website or your life!</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: darkslategrey;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Putting on your own show at the Skills Center</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;"><span style="color: darkslategrey;"><span style="line-height: normal;">Last year Akamai Art, and the community donated about $2,000 worth of supplies - in addition to Perkins Funds of about $1500 and our annual budget of $1,000 for a total of $4,500 which means that we have materials that are... AWESOME!!!! New digital cameras, airbrushes, and paints - oh my!</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;">All of the students who showed work at our spring 2013 student art show "Spring Loaded" sold work. Some sold more than one piece and others also were commissioned by the pubic to create original works of art. All that marketing that we did paid off - literally! And a shout out to the students from the 2013 Summer School for accomplishing the B.H.A.G. (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) of producing a professional quality comic book in three weeks - 77 pages of wild imagination.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: mediumblue;">You can register for classes either by stopping by the Skills Center (905 West 9th Street, Port Angeles WA 98363 (360) 565-1533 </span></span><a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.nopsc.org/" href="http://www.nopsc.org/" target="_self">http://www.nopsc.org/</a><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;"><span style="color: mediumblue;">) and filling out the form, or through your high school counselor. Classes start Tuesday Sept 3rd, but registration is open through Sept 11th. </span></span><br /><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;"><span style="color: darkslategrey;"><span style="line-height: normal;">What's great is that no matter what career path you choose - you will know how to communicate what you have to offer in a way that doesn't feel like being an "icky salesman." This can be applied to job interviews and being a leader in the workplace. Best of all - it means learning how to work with people in a way that is fun and builds organizations. Helps you to be the MVP of your company or the CEO of your own empire.</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;">These last few weeks I've been reflecting and putting together new material for the school year. What worked? What didn't work? What could be improved? Should this be scrapped? Should that be added? How does a student know that they are making progress? How do I know? These are all questions that are revisited not only at the beginning, but continuously throughout the school year. It's how you get better. It's how anything is improved.</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;">In education, there's this focus on "Get the paper/project/test done. Get a grade (hopefully a good one) and move on." I remember thinking as a student "Oh, I will be so happy to be done with this American History class. I will never have to deal with it again!" Ummmmmm. Guess what? If you are an American citizen - you are never done with American history. Because you are a part of it in the making."</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;">As a student artist, I would think very differently. "I'm getting more accurate with drawing faces - and that picture of my sister looking serious really looks like her. How can I get a drawing or painting that really captures how she smiles without her looking scary?" I was never done. It was all about getting better. This is how things work in the real world.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;"><span style="color: darkslategrey;"><span style="line-height: normal;">Those of you who have taken my classes before know about how I incorporate a "Mindset" piece into the curriculum. Mindset is everything. With it you can accomplish anything. Without it, nothing can be accomplished. While letting go of the freedom of summer is difficult - there is something to embracing the change of seasons, and starting a new school year. </span></span></span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;"><span style="color: darkslategrey;"><span style="line-height: normal;">In sports, many people believe great athletes are "just born" or are "naturals." This is not true for most of them. It's the mindset and working towards improving skills that gets them to the high levels of performance. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school varsity team, not recruited by his choice of college and passed over by two teams that could have had him for the draft pick. But he worked harder than his coaches had ever seen an athlete work - and became considered one of the greatest basketball players <i>ever</i>. This is true for art and any other skill or subject. </span></span></span><br /></div>
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<br /><em>Here's a video about Michael Jordan and his mindset</em><br /><a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n0w7F5hGYM" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n0w7F5hGYM" target="_self">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n0w7F5hGYM</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;"><span style="color: darkslategrey;"><span style="line-height: normal;">Instead of berating yourself for something that you didn't do well (I suck at __________! or I wish I hadn't done____________.) - can you look at it more from the perspective of where you can grow. (I can improve _____________. Next time, I can try doing ___________________ instead.)</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;">What was something that you did last year that turned out great? Could you do something like it, but even better?</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;">Is there a habit that isn't really working for you any more? Can you let it go or replace it with a better habit?</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;">May you have the BEST. SCHOOL YEAR. EVER!</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: normal;">-Melissa</span><br /><br /><img align="none" data-cke-saved-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/cc1f61535047888533b251f94/images/image_13208213086001320821309_mobile.png" height="88" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/cc1f61535047888533b251f94/images/image_13208213086001320821309_mobile.png" style="border: 0px; cursor: default; height: 88px; line-height: 14px; outline: none; width: 150px;" width="150" /><br />Melissa Klein<br />me.lissa@melissaklein.com 360.809.0083 PO Box 2272 Sequim WA 98382</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: firebrick;">PS - Please help out by passing on the word about the Commercial Art class and other Skills Center classes - let your friends know! Feel free to forward this email or give them my contact info. Many classes have openings, and if there is not enough enrollment, then the class gets cancelled (which would suck). Thanks so much!</span></div>
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Hi Everyone,</div>
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As an artist, I deal with myths and how they can reveal great truths. But there are truthful myths and there are false myths. The importance is knowing the difference.</div>
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While many of you know me more as a professional artist - I also teach at the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center in Port Angeles. Last year, I started a Commercial Art program at the Skills Center and over the course of the year I have gotten to know the other instructors in a wide range of fields - from auto collision to culinary to video production. They share a passion for their subjects, the students and a deep knowledge of their industries. Our facilities are state of the art, but in talking to people in the community - it is clear there are a many misconceptions about the Skills Center. </div>
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Many people are frustrated by the education system. I've been frustrated by the education system - both as a student and as a teacher. Ghandi says "Be the change you want to see." For me, the Skills Center is the change I want to see. My only regret is that I didn't have an opportunity to take classes like these, it would have saved so much time, effort, and struggle. </div>
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Ron Craig, our new director, created an information sheet I want to share with you to clear up some of these myths. We want a dialogue with the community about what we offer. </div>
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<span style="color: teal;">Registration is still open - and it's not too late to enroll. It's a great opportunity for students who have completed 8th grade and are under 21. It's open to home school students and to people who are no longer in high school who meet the age requirements. </span></div>
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<br /><img align="none" data-cke-saved-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/cc1f61535047888533b251f94/images/dragons_in_the_mist_joshwatson1.jpg" height="397" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/cc1f61535047888533b251f94/images/dragons_in_the_mist_joshwatson1.jpg" style="border: 0px; cursor: default; height: 397px; line-height: 14px; outline: none; width: 500px;" width="500" /><br />Dragons in the Mist by Josh Watson - Skills Center & Lincoln Student</div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong><em>5 MYTHS ABOUT THE SKILLS CENTER</em></strong></span><br /><strong> <br />“The Skills Center Is Not Academic”</strong></div>
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<li>Skills Center Students can earn Core Credit or College Credit while taking Technical Classes.</li>
<li>Skills Center Students often work and study side-by-side with Peninsula College Students.</li>
<li>Many people with college degrees go back to school for training at Technical Colleges similar to the Skills Center. Why not get those skills in High School?</li>
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<strong>“There Are No Good Jobs For Skills Center Graduates”</strong></div>
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<li>Our courses lead to industry certification.</li>
<li>·Many of our graduates go on to successful careers: International Chef, Composites Technician at ACTI, Composites Technician at Westport, CNA in Medical Clinics, IT Technician, Auto Body repair, Auto Body Painting, and many more.<strong> </strong></li>
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<strong>“Skills Center Classes Are Expensive”</strong>· </div>
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<li>you keep.)</li>
<li>Bus Passes are available for students who qualify. Inquire at the office or with the instructor.</li>
<li>Free Tech Prep college classes (High School classes where you can earn college credits which means that you pay less for your college education)</li>
<li>No College Loans to repay.</li>
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<strong>“I Don’t Have Time For Skills Center Classes”</strong></div>
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<li>3 time slots available: Morning, afternoon, and evening.</li>
<li>Some classes offer part-time and independent study options</li>
<li>Online learning options</li>
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<strong>“Education Is Out Of Touch With The Real World”</strong></div>
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<li>All instructors have industry experience. In order to become a Career and Technical Education Instructor, teachers have to prove that they have the real-world experience.</li>
<li>Every Skills Center instructor has a committee of industry professionals giving them advice.</li>
<li>The Skills Center provides hands on experience with industry tools. For example, Composites Technology offers a technology lab, CNC Router, composites baking oven, and an updated computer lab.</li>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><em>Can you afford to not do this?</em></strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span><br /><br /><img align="none" data-cke-saved-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/cc1f61535047888533b251f94/images/Rachel_Catterson_Jeanette_Dewey_Abigail_Nicholls_Brandon_Fudally.jpg" height="375" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/cc1f61535047888533b251f94/images/Rachel_Catterson_Jeanette_Dewey_Abigail_Nicholls_Brandon_Fudally.jpg" style="border: 0px; cursor: default; height: 375px; line-height: 14px; outline: none; width: 500px;" width="500" /><br />From right: Rachel Catterson, Jeanette Dewey, Abigail Nicholls, Brandon Fudally</div>
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Ninja by Destiny Walters-Spencer - Skills Center and Port Angeles High School Student<br /><br /></div>
Melissa Klein Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01901061166907455546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949515701275948211.post-79760203682931728312013-08-20T21:02:00.000-07:002013-08-20T21:02:16.731-07:00Primal Scream! Commercial Art Class & Ka-Pow Comic<br />
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<b style="color: firebrick; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.nopsc.org" href="http://www.nopsc.org/" target="_blank"><img align="none" data-cke-saved-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/cc1f61535047888533b251f94/images/Commercial_Art_flyer_Fall_2013.jpeg" height="647" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/cc1f61535047888533b251f94/images/Commercial_Art_flyer_Fall_2013.jpeg" style="border: 0px; cursor: default; height: 647px; line-height: 24px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 500px;" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><br />Lighten a Heavy Mood... Primal Scream!</b></div>
<br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">Hi Everyone,</span><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">It's been a fabulous summer filled with art, horse training and camping. The series that I did for the library connecting art and literature was really well received - and there were plenty of great supplies left over that I hope they will use in the future. One thing that was great about it was the investment the Friends of the Library made in getting quality supplies - crow quill pens, colored inks and real manga paper. Here's a link to one of the presentations I did about heroes - thought it might suit you at this time of year as you are gearing up for school. If you were at the library - thanks! And please let them know if you would like to have more classes like it.</span><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><strong style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">History of Illustration, Heroes & Techniques</strong><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><a data-cke-saved-href="http://prezi.com/_yml_zc3njmx/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share" href="http://prezi.com/_yml_zc3njmx/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" target="_self">http://prezi.com/_yml_zc3njmx/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share</a><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><a data-cke-saved-href="http://prezi.com/_yml_zc3njmx/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share" href="http://prezi.com/_yml_zc3njmx/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><img align="none" data-cke-saved-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/cc1f61535047888533b251f94/images/Screenshot_8_20_13_5_55_PM_2.jpeg" height="291" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/cc1f61535047888533b251f94/images/Screenshot_8_20_13_5_55_PM_2.jpeg" style="border: 0px; cursor: default; height: 291px; line-height: 14px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; width: 300px;" width="300" /></a><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><strong style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">Primal Scream</strong><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">And... If you are bumming that summer is almost over... there is a solution: Primal Scream! Here's an inspirational video of little to no instructional value: </span><strong style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">Animals Screaming! </strong><a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LTxZ2aNytc" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LTxZ2aNytc" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" target="_self">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LTxZ2aNytc</a><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><strong style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">Ka-Pow</strong><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">My apologies - some of the people from my summer class didn't receive the student comic "Ka-Pow" - seems like I had a hard time entering in the email addresses - and if it's not perfect, it doesn't work. Please feel free to pass it along to your classmates or friends, or have them email me at </span><a data-cke-saved-href="mailto:me.lissa@melissaklein.com?subject=Corrected%20email%20address" href="mailto:me.lissa@melissaklein.com?subject=Corrected%20email%20address" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" target="_self">me.lissa@MelissaKlein.com</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"> and I will send it to them again. I don't want anyone to be left out. Thank you so much for choosing to take this the class - and next year, I am planning on calling it something much cooler than "Artist Entrepreneur Boot Camp" -(yeeech!) I'm open to any and all suggestions - please. Who says that high school students can't achieve? You accomplished the B.H.A.G. of a 117 page comic book with professional quality in 3 weeks and....had fun in the process. </span><em style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><strong>Scroll to the bottom for download links.</strong></em><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><strong style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">Cooking up mural plans with Jackson Smart</strong><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">I ran into Jackson Smart, who is on my board for Commercial Art - he's a professional sign and mural painter who gives me advice about what to do with the program. He's agreed to have the class tour his studio - and we are cooking up plans for mural painting as well as for student shows. Last year, all of my students sold work at their first show - and a couple of them also were commissioned to create additional paintings by the public.</span><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">Here's an article about Jackson: </span><a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010310189992" href="http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010310189992" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" target="_self">http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010310189992</a><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><img align="none" data-cke-saved-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/cc1f61535047888533b251f94/images/Screenshot_8_20_13_5_59_PM.jpeg" height="257" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/cc1f61535047888533b251f94/images/Screenshot_8_20_13_5_59_PM.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #505050; cursor: default; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; height: 257px; line-height: 14px; outline: none; text-align: left; width: 300px;" width="300" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">I'm looking forward to this next year of teaching Commercial Art! So while the end of summer is bittersweet - I'm happy to be embracing fall.</span><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">Best Wishes,</span><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><img align="none" data-cke-saved-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/cc1f61535047888533b251f94/images/image_13208213086001320821309_mobile.png" height="88" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/cc1f61535047888533b251f94/images/image_13208213086001320821309_mobile.png" style="border: 0px; color: #505050; cursor: default; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; height: 88px; line-height: 14px; outline: none; text-align: left; width: 150px;" width="150" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">Melissa Klein</span><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">me.lissa@melissaklein.com 360.809.0083 PO Box 2272 Sequim WA 98382</span><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">PS - and if you are still down about the end of summer - and if the Primal Scream doesn't work, then try twerking! 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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: saddlebrown;">There is a tale of a Tibetan monk who was followed by a dragon wherever he went. This dragon tormented him and made his life a living hell. The monk tried moving to many different places, but always after a day or two, the dragon would appear and torment him. Finally, the monk said to the dragon "Open your mouth." The dragon opened his mouth. The monk went in. The dragon disappeared.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: #222222;">About 8 years ago, we adopted a pregnant, Percheron (draft) rescue horse from the pharmaceutical industry - that was a tipping point for many positive changes. About six weeks after we adopted April, (full name "April Hester Prynne - after the lady in "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne) she gave birth to Hawthorne. Even at birth, he was never small. And then he got bigger… </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">I've been working on training Hawthorne - who is now considered a teenager in draft horse years. He tips the scale at about 1800+ pounds and his back is higher than my head. Training April was challenging, but she's a really easy horse for me - we think alike and when not certain, slowing down and petting works wonders. She's turned out to be a great trail horse - solid, sensible and willing. Hawthorne - needs play, creativity, games, reverse psychology, and fun - which can be hard to deliver when I'm feeling unconfident.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: saddlebrown;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">"This dragon tormented him and made his life a living hell."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Hawthorne… has developed some bad habits due in part to my inexperience and in part to an inconsistent training schedule. And any bad habits he has - are my responsibility to work out. No former owner or past trauma to blame here… No finger pointing. One of those bad habits is if he gets bored during ground work, or if I push him too much, he just turns and bolts. It sucks! I try to stop him by jerking the rope, or if I can think quickly enough, have him turn around or do something different. But there's this moment where he turns, his massive butt bunching up and then he springs away like a runaway freight train and I am helpless to stop him. I've tried and have the rope burns and blisters to prove it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: saddlebrown;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">"The monk tried moving to many different places, but always after a day or two, the dragon would appear and torment him."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">I've been working hard on this for the last nine months - and while there are a few days here and there that are missed - overall I am so much more consistent. He is more respectful - and has a better attitude and is willing to do much more. It happens less frequently, but there are still those times, where he turns and bolts. It happens usually just when I feel like we are "making real progress" and maybe ready take him off the property and out on a trail in the next week. Hopes dashed. Back to square one. Two steps forward, three steps back. And it sucks! Because until this problem is fixed, there is no way I would take him outside a fenced in area - the idea of him running into the street or over some hapless bystander is terrifying. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: saddlebrown;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">"Finally, the monk said to the dragon "Open your mouth." The dragon opened his mouth. The monk went in. The dragon disappeared."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">I had an "A-hah" moment. Train him to come to me when I let go of the rope. Let go of the rope on purpose. Give him lots of rewards, scratches and praise for doing so. Instead of the reward for him being when he gets to run away from me; make the reward be to come to me. Try it at the walk, the trot and the cantor. Try it in the round pen, and then in the larger field. Try it on a 12' foot, 20' and 40' rope. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Something shifted in doing this. It took only minutes to train him to do this. And while I haven't quite tested it thoroughly enough to take him off outside a fenced area - it seems to be working - at least on a 20' rope on an acre pasture. He comes more quickly to me now, even when he's at liberty. He seems more positive. I'm feeling good enough about the groundwork, to start riding regularily.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">For me, to go into the dragon's mouth was to let go of the rope. This made what I had wanted all along to happen - to have my horse want to stay with me. It enabled having more control through letting go.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">In "Switch - How to Change When Change is Hard" by Chip and Dan Heath, one of the things that can galvanize people is something called a "B.H.A.G." which stands for "Big, Hairy, Audacious, Goal." Hawthorne is my B.H.A.G. - do groundwork without having him bolt away, ride him at the walk, trot and canter with confidence. Ride on trails with streams, bridges and through rough terrain. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">What's your B.H.A.G.? What rope do you need to let go of?</span></span></div>
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<em><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> Please email me at <a href="mailto:me.lissa@melissaklein.com">me.lissa@melissaklein.com</a></span></span></span></em></div>
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We all want to be heard and we all want to speak in a way that others will listen. Many of the frustrations in life are a result of not being heard: a boss, a spouse, a child, a co-worker that "won't listen."
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I used to work for a woman who no matter how I tried to communicate that I wasn't happy with my job description - just didn't get it. She would give lip service or would simply try to "steam-roll" me into doing things that were incongruent with the direction that I wanted to go and my talents.<br />
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Does this story sound familiar? While the details are going to be different from experience to experience or from person to person - it's a familiar lament.
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<b>Is this the story that you want to be?</b></div>
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<span style="display: inline !important; float: none;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">When I was going through this, my thinking brain was saying things like "Poor little me. A victim of a cruel boss." and "I'm going to starve!" "I won't be able to pay my bills and we will have to give up the horses and the house!" "I'm being difficult! I'm being a bitch! Why can't I just go along with her plan and be a nice girl?" </span></div>
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All through this, I was painting, creating some of my strongest work. Through the painting and using images, I was able to access messages from my unconscious about what was going on. And the messages I got from this process were very different. When I was creating this painting I was actually in a really bad funk that day - and was somewhat puzzled to have such a happy image come out of me.
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And then there was the "A-hah!" - The dragon is a symbol that I've been drawing since childhood. And I realized that what was happening was the dragon was breaking out of it's shell, which is a hard process - but necessary.
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If a well-meaning person was tries to "help" a chick break out of the shell, by peeling the shell away, then the chick will die. The chick needs to develop their muscles by going through the process of struggling through the shell. Breaking out of the shell is a difficult and uncomfortable process - but it's necessary for growth. The larger dragon behind the baby dragon could either be read as a supportive powerful mother figure or as the baby dragon all grown up. Either way - a positive thing. The painting is called "Naissance" which means birth.
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This painting helped me to not give up. This story helped me to hang in there.
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I kept talking and sending emails and phone calls and questioning the status-quo until - finally - I was heard! A higher-up in the organization read my proposal about what I wanted to do and I was offered a much, much better position working with people who understood my vision.
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Without the paintings - I don't know if I could have done it. Images helped to change the story from being a victim to seeing growth and accepting the uncomfortableness of change. That acceptance lead to being on a path of growth and to break out of those old paradigms and see them as shells that needed to discarded.
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We all need to tell our story, we all want to be heard, but…. <b><i>the most important audience for your story is </i></b><i><b>YOU!</b> </i>
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A Story.... Imagine a rider on an elephant. Our logical brain, the "thinker" is the rider. The emotions are the elephant. If rider tries to direct the elephant to a place where the elephant doesn't want to go, the rider will quickly tire from the effort and give up. We have had that experience, where in spite of all of the best intentions and the logical reasons to do (or not do something) we fail in some endeavor - whether it is weight loss, saving money etc. The elephant overpowers the rider and grabs the cupcake! Or buys the shoes! The key is to get the elephant and the rider to work together - where the powerful emotions are in alignment with the logistical talents of the rider. (paraphrased from "Switch - How to Change When Change is Hard" by Chip & Dan Heath)
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Mythology and symbols can access the subconscious brain in deep ways that can words simply cannot! The linguistic area of our brains is located in the frontal lobes, mostly on the left hemisphere, but the emotions which drive our behavior is in the deep, "primitive" areas of the brain - in the area of the amygdala. Visual images and symbols have a direct access to our emotions. We have emotional responses to color and symbols can encapsulate whole idea systems - for example, consider these symbols: a cross, a Star of David, a swastika. They all evoke powerful emotions, and have moved people to great lengths - for good and bad.
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I believe that people already know what is special to them. Many people have certain symbols that have had special meaning for them throughout their whole lives - it's often an animal, but it can be other things - a ladybug, a pair of shoes, a mermaid etc. We develop these symbols and attach strong emotions to them - and go to great lengths to find them. And when we do - we light up. Like, finally! I have found what I need! We are starved for those images. But sometimes it's hard to find just the right illustration of what is your symbols, and the right combination - that works with your environment and personal style.
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I strongly identify with horses, but many of the images of horses are well, kind of cheesy. I still like them, but my tastes have evolved from being a kid, and in my 40's those horse posters just don't look good anymore in my living room (although the plastic figurines are still kinda cool!). </div>
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I want something with more depth that reaches beyond the beauty of the animals to what they mean - the freedom, strength, courage and wisdom that I have learned from them. Luckily because I'm an artist - I can create the painting that I want to see, and often it feels like I am making the image that I <i>need</i> to see. These images help me navigate through my day and help reassure me during difficult times. Many times I've had someone buy a card or print of a horse and she will say "I don't even know why I'm have to have this! I'm afraid of horses and don't ride." When I point out that the for many people horses symbolize freedom - seeing her face light up with an "Aha! That's what it is." is just magic.
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>One thing about Skills Center classes is that if they don't have the enrollment, they don't happen - and I feel so strongly that I will be giving students the skills that they need to be successful in life. Especially since the Artist Entrepreneur Summer Boot Camp <u>rocked</u> and the students had a really positive response to it. Everyone felt energized by the work that they were doing. And, it was FUN!!</i></span></div>
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<b>New Class offered at North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center<br />by Melissa Klein</b></div>
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<b>Classes start Tuesday, September 2nd, 2012<br /><br />Mon-Fri 12:30pm-3:15pm </b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>OR</b></span></div>
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<b><i>Submit form to Skills Center to register: </i> </b><a href="http://www.nopsc.org/" style="color: #336699;"><span style="color: #1349fa;"><b>nopsc.org</b></span></a></div>
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When I graduated from college with a fancy art degree, I had no idea of how to make a living at it. Over the years, I've learned slowly, through trial and error as well as through taking marketing and business courses. One thing that kept coming back to me through all of this is - "Why didn't I learn this in college? I could have learned it in high school even!" And it would have been so much easier! </div>
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Art is an effective medium to learn business skills because it develops personal expression and self-awareness, once the art is completed, presenting it and selling it in the marketplace requires all of the same skills sets that any entrepreneur needs to run their business. I tell students - "If you can explain your painting, then you can totally rock any interview." Students who completed my art class at Lincoln High School for example, the Fish on the Fence program with the Feiro Marine Center tended to be better at presenting themselves and more professional - a critical skill for navigating the workplace and the "real world." Job opportunities for young people, (fast food anyone?) are limited in this area, so having entrepreneurial skills and being able to start their own business for many people is their best shot at earning a living wage. And many businesses, Boeing for example are stressing how they want to have a workforce that is creative and proactive. Art is a process of creative problem-solving.</div>
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Having this class offered through the Skills Center where the classes are longer (almost 3 hours) gives time for students to develop both their artistic skills and products as well as learn how to sell the work that they create and run their own businesses. They are given the time to really focus and hone their craft to a professional level and interact with community members and professional artists.</div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">Students entering 10th grade to age </span><span style="color: #333333;">21 who have not yet earned a high school diploma. </span><b>Students will earn 1.5 credit for high school in a semester. </b></div>
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For many years, I have taught a combination of Special Education, remedial reading/Language arts and special education math. What I noticed was that the students who made the most progress with me - whether they were in Special Education or in regular education, were the ones who had me for an academic course AND an art course. It was because they were getting both sides of their brain stimulated and it showed in their test scores.</div>
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Ron Craig, who is the new director at the Skills Center and Melissa Klein will be promoting the program and the Skills Center offerings during registration at Port Angeles High School on Monday 8/24 & Tuesday 8/25 from 8am-2pm. <span style="color: #333333;">The NOPSC offers many other classes including: Culinary Arts, Composites, Digital Media, Cosmetology and Natural Resources. Visit <a href="http://www.nopsc.org/" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">nopsc.org</a> for more information.</span></div>
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<br />Melissa Klein Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01901061166907455546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949515701275948211.post-38331821324199356892012-05-21T18:55:00.000-07:002012-05-21T19:59:45.512-07:00Are You Following Directions or Creating Your Own Path?"Heart Strings Attached" by Melissa Klein<br /><br />(will be on exhibit at the Art Shack at the Juan de Fuca Festival)<br /><br />Painted during a time when life was very…. complicated. I felt like I could feel the ground shifting daily as I was making positive changes, but also upsetting the status quo and "daring to disturb the universe." <br />$800 24" x 36" Shipping Available<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/05/21/4004.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/05/21/s_4004.jpg' border='0' width='500' height='335' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/05/21/4005.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/05/21/s_4005.jpg' border='0' width='300' height='774' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />ARE YOU FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS OR CREATING YOUR OWN PATH?<br /><br />My little sister volunteers at her son's elementary school. They teach art by showing the children the work of a famous painter, and then having the kids "create" work that imitates the style of that artist. I found this disturbing - because as both an artist and an educator, the creative process is a matter of discovering your own voice and discovering those unique qualities of personal expression. Those great artists are great because they were able to tap into a new way of seeing things that was different and opened up other people's eyes. While I think that it's a good idea for children to learn about art history and study the techniques that other artists used, by teaching children to imitate rather than to develop their own expression doesn't serve to develop their creativity. I'm NOT advocating just "letting them do their own thing and everything is just great." as a way of learning either - when I set up an art lesson there are specific skills sets to master and I want them to learn that process and be accurate within those guidelines. Then they can use those techniques in any way they choose. My high school art teacher Elaine Weinstone put it really well: "Is that distorted because you wanted it to be distorted or is that distorted because you didn't know how to draw it?" (True confessions, it was the latter - I hadn't mastered proportion.)<br /><br />Another way that people learn art is to do the "follow the demonstration" example - i.e. "Here is how you make a landscape just like this and these are the steps. Follow the directions and you will wind up with something that looks just like it!" There's nothing particularly wrong with that - it makes people happy, gives them a goof-proof format to follow and gets them involved in art. I admire Bob Ross for making art accessible to a wider audience. However, it doesn't really teach them how to develop their own vision. <br /><br />So... How do artists see things? What are they looking for? For me - some of the basics are: how colors interact, edges, hand/eye coordination, composition, optical illusion and personal symbolism. I developed the "Art Factory" as a way to demonstrate those concepts through having people interact with those elements in a way that is process rather than product oriented. The idea is to activate the right brain and engage in the creative process in a nonjudgmental, supportive atmosphere. Many businesses are discovering that by having their employees take art classes and using drawings they are finding solutions for previously unsolvable problems. It's cross training for the brain, and the benefit is to be able to see the world from a different perspective and find new opportunities for solutions. Betty Edwards, the author of "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" reported that her students saw the world in a clearer, more vivid way after taking art lessons. <br /><br />The Art Factory is a series of workstations for visitors to explore these ideas through hands-on activities which will be supported by the fabulous "Team Art Factory" from Lincoln High School: Angel, Grace, Marcela, Brandy, Stephanie and Linda Chapman - who is a wonderful artist/ceramicist - www.lindachapmandesign.com. Most of all - it's fun! We had a blast doing the "dry run" of the projects. Shout out to the team!!! You rock!!!<br /><br />Here are a few tips on carving out your own creative path:<br /><br />1. Know the rules. And then break them. Accept that there may be some fall-<br />out for disturbing the universe. <br /><br />2. Don't look for approval or permission, you are not going to get it. It may be that by following the standard format, you made life very easy for some of the people around you, and they want you stay in that comfortable (for them) position... But was that what you wanted? My husband gave me this great advice when I was stressing about making some changes: "Don't worry about disappointing people who don't care about your best interest."<br /><br />3. Your true friends will still love you, now you know who they are. Those who cannot accept the changes need to be let go with love and good will.<br /><br />4. Be very kind to yourself. This is new territory - and you will make mistakes. Forgive those mistakes and work to do it better next time. The universe provides opportunities for another go-around.<br /><br />5. Get an accountability partner. She/he don't have to be in your field, but they have to have a light in their eye and a fire in their belly. Look for them in unlikely packages. Reach out and stay connected. Last year, I was at a conference for artists to develop their business skills. I was at a presentation by Jackie Peterson who offered a book called "Better Smarter Richer" - I knew that even with all the best intentions, I was unlikely to actually read and do the activities in it and didn't want another dust collector on my shelf. There was another woman who seemed really interested in it as well, she was a complete stranger, a fabric artist, and seemed a bit daunting. I asked her if she wanted to do a book study together and do a chapter a week. She agreed. This evolved into a weekly check-in; an important routine that keeps me moving forward on my "to do" list and she has become one of my best friends. Now I have two accountability partners - another one from Christine Kane's Uplevel Gold program - and they have both had a huge positive impact on staying the course. <br /><br />Hope to see you there - and whatever you do - enjoy the weather!<br /><br />Best Wishes,<br /><br />-Melissa<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=12/05/21/4006.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/12/05/21/s_4006.jpg' border='0' width='300' height='774' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />melissaklein.com • me.lissa@melissaklein.com • PO Box 2272 Sequim WA 98382 • 360-809-0083 <br />Melissa Klein Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01901061166907455546noreply@blogger.com0