The 2018 Artists’ Gratitude Project: A Weekly Practice

The potential for positivity, hope, change, and appreciation.

Do you feel the dichotomy? Many artists come from an upbringing of extensive support and opportunity – with training, classes, private lessons, workshops, mentors, supplies, and equipment. Many go onto colleges, conservatories, and masters programs. Yet, as artists in the U.S. today, many of us live with modest incomes to support our families and to keep making our work. Many times – we can end up feeling bitter, resentful, and negative.

Would a weekly gratitude practice inspire and promote personal change, hope, and contentment?

Whether you consider each weekly idea while on the subway commuting to work – or you decide to write in a personal journal – please join us on this journey in 2018. The 52 ideas were brainstormed and then placed in a random order. Thank you to colleagues Valerie Gutwirth, Juliana Monin, and Brian Smith for help launching this project.

Each week, one idea/intention/consideration will be shared.

 

Week 3: Space

Today and this week, I offer gratitude for: 

Space to make my work and to share my work

Today I am thinking and considering space in my artistic life. Where do I make my work, tinker, build, develop, and create? Which spaces promote creativity and art making? Where do I find flow and feel productive? 

Whether for studio time, or performances and art on display…..which spaces are free of charge and which ones do I pay for? 

I offer gratitude for place and opportunity. I offer gratitude for containers and incubators, sanctuaries and places of respite and reflection. I also consider shared space and personal space. 
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