Journal Meditations of a Working Artist is published for Members two to four times a week.

In addition to PDFs of the Heron Dance Art Studio books described below, Members also receive 50% off all Heron Dance originals and prints, framed and unframed, other than new abstract work.

PDFs of all recent Heron Dance Art Studio books and some past Heron Dance Press books, poetry diaries and
one back issue:

• Nurturing the Song Within

• Meditations on Gratitude, Beauty and Mystery

• The Nurturing the Song Within Diary Planner

• The Pausing for Beauty Poetry Diary (2024 edition)

• The Heron Dance Book of Love & Gratitude

• Heron Dance Poetry Diary (2013 edition)

• Meditations On Nature, Meditations On Silence

• Thoreau And The Art of Life

• The Song I Came To Sing - Adult Content.

These explore, in an in-depth way, the subjects in Journal Meditations of a Working Artist:
the inner work underlying creative work and gratitude as a philosophy of life and a spiritual practice.

Journal Meditations of a Working Artist
The inner work underlying creative work;
Gratitude as a philosophy of life and as a spiritual practice.
(online publication)

Journal Meditations of a Working Artist excerpts the journals of artist Roderick MacIver as his work evolves from impressionistic to abstract. The entries are taken from his personal journal — inspirational thoughts that guide his work. Some of these are his own, some from other artists that he's interviewed, and from the journals, memoirs, biographies and novels of other creative outsiders.

Journaling can help us understand the hidden currents underlying our lives, the myths that guide us without us knowing, or wanting, the wisdom right on the cusp of our consciousness, the perceptions that dream worlds offer and the messages that come bubbling up when we welcome them. They can help us confront the questions we’d rather avoid — questions important to living a quality life.

Members receive PDFs in two formats:

• Smaller file size, easy to download and in sufficient resolution to easily read.

• Higher-resolution file so that you can print the pages you find most thought-provoking and incorporate those into your own journals. All of these books are printed 11 x 8.5 so can be easily accommodated on home printers.

  You can read more about these books here. The first draft of the introduction to the next book, which explores journaling tools and techniques, (Journal Meditations of a Working Artist), can be viewed here.

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