The Balancing Stones Sculpture Writing Project
FEBRUARY - MARCH 2017
It is a new day, and we are back with our Journals. We last left off with instructions on what we were to write in our Journals. As last stated, before we were to begin to write in our Journals about our Stone 6 word, we were to think about what angle we were writing from. Did you choose to write from the angle of a Poet? A Journalist? A News Reporter? A Novelist? A Film-Maker? A Song Writer? A Short-Story Teller? or some other angle that was on your heart?
Once you took the time to answer the above question in your head & heart, then you were to WRITE a full page based upon your Stone 6 word, and the angle from which you are writing from (Poet, Journalist, News Reporter, Novelist, Film-Maker, Song Writer, Short-Story Teller, etc.).
SPECIAL NOTE: If you were just joining us on the last Blog post, you could easily go back and look at previous Blog posts to catch up with us, or you could just start right where we are at present with Stone 6. Just purchase a Journal and you can come right on into our Balancing Stones Sculpture Writing Project writing a full page based upon a word that you choose that is near and dear to your Writing and what you are concerned about. [Example: The Environment, The Arts, The Community . . .]
Due to the questions that came flooding in, a few people asked me to post a Journal Example on the Blog so that they could understand exactly how they were to write the full page on their Stone 6 word in their Journal with the instructions given. There were also new participants that joined us, and wanted to start with our Stone 6 Journal entry. So here is the example requested using my personal Balancing Stones Sculpture Writing Project Journal entry for Stone 6...
Journal Entry Stone 6 (Excerpt Above)
FULL JOURNAL ENTRY EXAMPLE
STONE 6 word: “Therapy”
WRITING ANGLE: Novelist
Journal Entry . . .
The
day was dreary, the atmosphere bland.
While she worked with much effort, it all felt fruitless. For the sake of coming into the space of
creative progress, therapy was
needed. Sandra was always ready and
willing to pull things together. And,
today was the day that she decided she was going to pull herself together by
signing up for “therapy of the soul”. It
was a class that she had seen on the Billboard at King’s College on the
Psychology Campus.
Sandra
had decided to visit King’s College from time to time just to check out what
was going on there. She had long since
graduated College, but went back because there was always something interesting
going on, and she knew many of the Faculty Members.
As
she thought about therapy of her soul, and what that might mean to her, she
determined that it could only equal out to a positive outcome. After all, what could she loose?
While
visiting the Psychology Campus of King’s College she ran into her friend
Elmira. They had become friends while in
College there at King’s, and Elmira had went on to become a Professor there at
the College. Her area of expertise was
of course, Psychology. They had both
graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in “Behavioral Psychology”.
Behavioral psychology is also known as “Behaviorism”. Behavioral psychology is a
theory of learning based on the idea that all behaviors are acquired through
conditioning. Conditioning occurs through interaction with the environment.
Behaviorists believe that our responses to environmental stimuli shape our
actions. Sandra felt that the
theory was indeed true. She thought back
on one of her other courses in College...
PSYC 321 — Brain and Behavior
The course was designed to provide
students with an introductory overview of how brain processes impact behavior
and psychological functioning. The course
material as she remembered it was discussed in the context of the implications
for both normal and abnormal behavior.
The connection to the course she had
on the Brain and Behavior made her think about behaviorism as it related to her
own personal conditioning and the interaction with the environment in which she
lived. As she thought about her learning
over the years, she realized that her environment was shaping her actions. Thus she could understand why there was a
need inside of her to take a class on “therapy of the soul”.
What could come of her taking this
particular class at this time in her life?
She didn’t know for sure, but she was hoping and expecting the best
results possible. And with that in mind,
she was ready for a change of both mental and spiritual framing. One more week before the class was to take
place. She took a breath.
By René Allen
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René Allen - MARCH 2017 - All Rights Reserved
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The full page Journal entry above should help you to get an idea of how to write your Journal entry from the angle of a Novelist. If you would like to write from the angle of a Poet, then your Journal entry will consist of Poetry. If from the angle of a Film Writer, you'd write your Film idea out in a full page in your Journal. Go ahead and be creative!
Understand that whatever you write will lead you to increased writing ideas, and help you to write in a daily fashion in your new Journal.
Now if you would, please pull out your Journal, and if you have not yet written your full page Journal entry on your Stone 6 word, please do so. If you feel you need to edit your Journal entry, please write the edited version on the next page of your Journal. If you would like to share an excerpt of your Journal entry, you may do so in the Comments here on the Blog. If you have any questions, please post them in the comments section here on the Blog.
Remember, this is an eye-opening Writing Project that is personal to you and your writing desires. Your new Journal will help you to get started on your writing, and keep you on track with what is going on inside of your head.
Join us back here for instructions on Stone 7 !
Peace, Love & Light,
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