Painting Your Way Out of a Corner:
The Art of Getting Unstuck
I wrote Painting Your Way Out of a Corner to share an insightful painting process I developed to navigate obstacles that kept me from moving forward and making positive changes.
Through a series of exercises that emphasize imagination and risk-taking, the book introduces a process that quiets inner critics while making those first marks. As you rekindle innate creativity, you discover hidden options and strengths.
The practice of engaging in hands-on improvisational art is one of the most powerful ways to access inner resources inaccessible by thinking alone. Add spontaneity, play and imagination and you have a tool so faithful and reflective of individuality, that whatever arises on the page is uniquely your own.
My Journal Practice:
• Renews energy.
• Reveals how decisions are made
• Teaches how to navigate obstacles
• Enlivens the imagination
• Makes space for alternative thinking
• Strengthens flexibility
• Supports transition
• Opens up new options
• Helps to feel more grounded in yourself and the world around you
Improvisation is:
• Reflective and faithful to one’s individuality
• Agreeing to say yes to whatever appears
• Adding something more
• Not having to make sense
• Nothing is a mistake
Painting Your Way Out of a Corner: The Art of Getting Unstuck
is available at your local book store and online. Amazon, Barnes & Noble
224 pages, paperback, full color throughout, $18.95/$20.00 CAN, Tarcher/Penguin Group
ISBN 978-0-399-16335-7