Amanda Palmer: The art of asking

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Only 10 more days to our semiannual SINGERS' NIGHT -  live and unplugged, in the intimate setting of a private house concert. It is this unconventional way and this very close intimacy with the performing artist, that makes the listening so enjoyable and special at this concert. 

JUNE 1 - BERLIN 

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I am thrilled to announce that once again Mr. Reggie Moore will join us for the evening. Berlin based pianist-composer-arranger Reggie Moore is a jazz legend in his own right. His unique art, which he himself calls "Communicable Music"and his dedicated teaching at the "Jazz Institute of Berlin", have been impacting the German jazz scene for the last 20 years. 

We are creators. Creating songs. Creating articles. Creating blogs and podcasts. Day in and day out, we are creating fresh and new content.

So what should we do
when we fall into a doubt vortex?

We arrive at moments when we lose sight of where we want to go and start walking in circles.

We are struggling to stay in touch with the colors that move through us and doubt that we are on the right track.

to have a vision board to look at.

A vision board is a great way to illustrate your dreams and increase the likelihood that you can get what you really wish for. It helps us get in touch and stay in touch,  with our big WHY and paint a picture of where we would really like to go.

Now many of you have heard about the law of attraction.

Creating your own vision board is a very practical way to attract more of what you want in your life and become consciously aware of what you don't want.

There are many studies that when you graphically illustrate your hopes and visions it is increasing the likelihood that you will attract it.

HOW TO CREATE A VISION BOARD?

THE BASICS

Get a piece of poster board, some glue, colorful pens, find magazines and pictures and quotes and start to cut out pictures and words that inspire you to be all that you would love to be.  

Now this is the easiest and quickest way to work.

THE BASICS AND BEYOND

So a basic vision board is the first step, and yet there is an advanced method. Do you know that emotion is often called energy in motion. When you connect  your visions with powerful emotions, the likelihood of them coming true increase dramatically.

"Thought = creation. If these thoughts are attached to powerful

emotions (good or bad) that speeds the creation"

CONNECTING YOUR VISION TO YOUR MEGA EMOTIONS

How to take the normal vision board process to a place that will really jump start and super charge your visions?

CREATE TWO BOARDS: THE PRO - VISION AND THE ANTI - VISION BOARD

Yes - we need to awaken very powerful emotions for the visions to crystalize.

By creating an anti vision board you can make the vision board process more powerful.

Why? Because to create big visions we need to tap into our emotional lives. If we let our brains rule, we can end up with a vision board that has lots of super ideals and yet is devoid of an emotion.

To be able to super-charge a vision, you have to connect the images to deeper emotions and strong belief systems.

VISION BOARDS BEYOND THE NORM: CREATE AN ANTI VISION BOARD 

Dare to gather images that make you angry or your stomach turn. Images that disgust you. Becoming clear what you do not want, is often the very first step to being clear what you deeply long for.

It is kind of like jumping into a big pool of water and using the bottom of the pool  to push up against. You push off the bottom and shoot straight up. How high can you go? Are you able to push through the resistance?

it is easier to become clear what you do want.

  We need to find the courage to say NO

if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

Barbara De Angelis

So this is the reason for two vision boards. The anti vision board is so that you get clearer to which things you want to use to push off against.

When I did this the first time I had the courage to look at which pictures disgusted me. They were pictures of a woman being stoned, a Tibetan nun burning, children running amidst piles of garbage scavenging for food, pictures of hospitals rooms in war zones where  limbs had been blown off of innocent bystanders as they stood at the market. My stomach turned and my heart bled. The pictures for the new big car or the perfume advertisements paled in comparison.

made me very clear in which direction
I was meant to walk in as an artist. 

The visionary is the one who brings his or her voice into the world and who refuses to edit, rehearse, perform, or hide. It is the visionary who knows that the power of creativity is aligned with authenticity. Angeles Arrien

CREATING TWO VISION BOARDS clears our vision.

In looking at the ANTI VISION BOARD I had created, my focus became clear. I saw that my path as an artist was to connect us back to the stories that uplift and heal. My work became easier, as I could no longer be swallowed by the doubt vortex. Writer's block disappeared and stage fright left the room.

The message of hope. 

The incredible challenges we can survive when we have each other and understand words such as kindness, compassion, gratitude, respect and dedicate our lives to be in service of protecting human rights and creating a healthy environment. I found myself being pulled to pictures where people were saving beached whales and moved by stories where people put their own lives at risk to help their neighbor. 

VISION BOARD EXERCISE

Go to the a bookstore that has a great magazine selection or look for images on the world wide web. If you use the magazines that you have at home, these may represent the life you have now, but not necessarily the ones that will take you beyond what you thought was possible.

Now, remember the game you used to play as a kid with hot and cold. Find out which magazines or pictures are the ones that pull you in your direction - these we put into the HOT category. And which are the ones that repulse you, which ones do you move strongly away from. These magazines we put into the cold category. Feel and do not think your way through this process.

Now grab the stack and go sit down somewhere. Give yourself time to page through and absorb all these many new images.

Powerful action can occur without any thought. Allow yourself to gaze and scan through the magazines and take the pictures that trigger and move something deep within you. Whether it is for the ANTI - VISION BOARD or your VISION BOARD. The images have to touch you in a way beyond reason.

It is all too easy to look for pictures that you believe is the next logical step in your career. You move from a small office to a slightly bigger one, you move from being single to married. Life doesn't have to work in a linear logical movement. I have known people to suddenly receive a world tour out of the blue and have known another writer who got a big film offer although he wasn't expecting it or even go to a tropical island on a last minute flight even though they had only enough cash for a camping trip.

Life is full of the most wondrous possibilities . 

It is fun to attract and nourish what you wish to create.

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Why does the VISION BOARD WORK?

As is your desire, so is your will.

As is your will, so is your deed.

As is your deed, so is your destiny.

The Upanishads

A vision boards helps us to pay attention and stay focused.

Here are a couple of sites that might inspire you for your Vision Board:

 http://postsecretarchive.com/
Post Secret is a fascinating blog site where people share their deepest secrets.

 www.webdesignerwall.com
A place to gather ideas on some of the most creative and top web sites and design imagery.

www.boardofwisdom.com
A site of many inspirational and motivational quotes.

 http://pinterest.com/
A site where people create pinboards of photos that move them.

 http://www.flickr.com/ 
a community of people that love photography.

Enjoy creating your VISION BOARDS and share with me the things that have worked and where this adventure has taken you. Remember:

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. Judy Garland

Much love,

Kara