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Accountability and Results

by annalisaloop
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| accountability, artist toolbox, creative practice, creativity, david garrett, process, success, writing
January 27, 2011

I’ve been talking to people a lot about accountability. Maybe it’s the new year, or the latest issue of O Magazine that explores the creativity in all of us, or perhaps it’s my own frustration at not being more productive with my writing, but it’s in the air right now....
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Excitement versus Structure

by annalisaloop

| art creative work, art institute of chicago, blocked, clients, creatively unstuck, joy, structure, Uncategorized, writing
November 8, 2010

So, it’s a paradox for me that while my work is to study and master the art of getting people creatively unstuck; that pursuit is not an end in itself. The work is the true goal. I was recently at the Art Institute of Chicago for the first time, and...
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It’s Working! And so am I

by annalisaloop

| novel, writing
September 29, 2010

The weirdest thing to report. All the tricks of demon management, regular practice, reward for good behavior, and just plain plunging in have done something no amount of flogging could; I’m back at the novel. THE novel. The one I spent five years on. The one that ALMOST got me...
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