All in Japan
Writing for divine guidance is what author Julia Cameron describes as the fourth essential artists’ tool. Yet I needed to travel to Japan to fully appreciate why going on an Artist Date (the third essential artists’ tool) is so important and why I’ll also be scheduling in dates with angels as part of my artistic practice.
How do you pull yourself out of artistic depression? I knew I had to take myself away. To burn off all resistance and confront my fear. Two weeks in Japan. Yet every morning I’d wake up and wonder why I was putting myself through this test. Was it worth it?
How do you make visible the invisible? On the ‘art island’ of Naoshima in Japan, artists have found inspiring ways to reframe the way you perceive time and its passing. It inspires me to slow down as well.
What happens when you bury paper in the snow? It’s probably going to fall apart. But an ancient practice of burying the raw material fibres of washi paper in the snow renders the paper it makes beautifully white. It’s called snow bleaching.
