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 We've recently started a new "Creating Time" Facebook community, to count down the release of Creating Time: Using Creativity to Reinvent the Clock and Reclaim Your Life.
We've had a really fun week of creative prompts and games to see and experience time in our lives. I posted the question:
"If you could design a watch that had any image in it...what would you most want to see, whenever you checked the time?"
Check out just a sampling of the amazing responses:
"A pool of water that I could send ripples across. Peaceful, relaxing and endless like the ocean."
"A ballet dancer, floating on pointe!"
The words "You're just where you should be"
"A field of bright poppies dancing in the breeze!"
Oh, I'm so inspired! If you'd like, you can get all the details below to join in our ongoing creative explorations of time and other related topics like synchronicity, flow, ritual, and much more.
Speaking of ritual, one of my own time-honored rituals for the past 10 years has been sharing creative thoughts and bits of inspiration through an e-zine for the Artella community. In honor of Artella's 10th year, we are introducing many new excitements and new renovations in Artella Land this year, including a snazzy new Artellagram that is customized to your specific interests. I'm totally excited about continuing the Artellagram ritual in this new, robust format.
In order to support this new format, and streamline communications within all corners of Artella Land, we are moving to a new list server for the Artellagram. *Important*-> If you would like to continue to receive the Artellagram, please check your email this Saturday for message with the subject, "Continue Receiving Artellagram: Easy Instructions & Fun Gifts" and follow the quick, easy instructions to sign up for our sparkly new list. To thank you for taking a moment to join the new list, we'll have some fun creative thank-you's that you can access immediately. Thank you in advance for keeping an eye out for this email on Saturday, and joining us for an amazing year!
For those short on time, to simplify this week's Artellagram, here are some ”quick links” to the highlights in this edition. You can simply follow the links that you're interested in and go directly to that section.
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1. Join in the Countdown! My book Creating Time: Using Creativity to Reinvent the Clock and Reclaim Your Life, will be released by New World Library and will hit bookstores in April, and we're going to be doing all kinds of great things to count down and share lots of fun games and prizes! Artella Land's newest destination on our website is a cozy "book bungalow" where you can jump in and get involved ...visit here to learn more about the book and join our celebration!
To receive creative prompts and games related to "Creating Time", simply click "like" on the Facebook page and join the growing community as we countdown to the end of time as we know it...!
2. NEW! Get a Free ARTbundance™ Coaching Session! Yes, it's that time again! We're once again accepting volunteer clients to work with a new group of talented Coaches-in-training in Artella's ARTbundance™ Certification Training Program. ARTbundance™ Coaching Session! As in previous sessions, since this opportunity has turned out to be so popular, we can only take signups on a first-come basis, at which point, like last time, we will start a waiting list. Those on the wait list, however, who do not get to work with a coach, will still get the exciting package of freebies outside of the coaching session, and will be contacted if a space opens up. You can get all the exciting details and sign up for your complimentary session, here!
 3. Mystery Muse Project Update! There is one more week in the "2012 Mystery Muse Project"! If you are participating, remember that your commitment is to send two creative offerings by the end of the month, and you'll even get a fun little gift from Artella when you mail your second gift, to thank you for keeping your commitment! If you have any questions, please contact NanLeah, our Mystery Muse Coordinator, at mysterymuse@artellaland.com. We love this tradition of doing our own creative twist on "Secret Santas" and we're so glad to be ringing in the new year with such positive, creative energy! Thanks to everyone who has made this annual tradition so successful!
4. Artella Member Ship Update January's inspiring Luxury Cabin goodies were sent out this week, so if you are a Luxury Member and you have not received these things, please let us know so that we can check into it right away.
If you're not currently a Member, you can read about all the new goodies in the Luxury Cabins, here! If one of our cabins is calling out to you -- it's easy to sign up, and you'll get a "Welcome Basket" of free goodies and coupons, too! Come sail with us during 2012 for an unforgettable ride!
 5. Join the ARTfiliate Program! Join Artella's generous ARTfiliate Program and enjoy all the new affiliate tools that we’ve recently added! You can get more info by clicking here.
 6. Interested in Becoming Part of Artella's Team? We are expanding our team right now in January for all the exciting things we're working on in early and mid-2012, so if you've ever been interested in becoming part of the Artella Team, now is the time! Check out this page for details.
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  For today's "In the Studio" Interview, I'm delighted to present a wonderfully talented ARTbundance Coach and Practitioner, Tracie Sage. Tracie, who seamlessly integrates ARTbundance™ into her work as a yoga instructor, is so very so gifted at living in the present, I knew she was the ideal Coach to connect to our theme this week!
Enjoy getting to know Tracie!
Artella: What led you to become a Certified ARTbundance™ Coach?
Tracie: I was attracted to the playful and flexible "tools not rules" approach of the ARTbundance Coach Training. I had already been experiencing great results with my clients using creative expression as a means for powerful shifts, so ARTbundance was a perfect way for me to expand that element of my coaching. It also allowed me to follow my passion for learning more tools that serve and support me and my clients in having more magic in our relationships and our lives.
Artella: How has your ARTbundance™ training affected your work and/or life?
Tracie: Right out of the gate, the inner journey of using the ARTbundance™ tools helped me to have a deeper understanding of my unique gifts and discover my brand, Wild Spirit Yoga & Coaching. The next week I was inspired to create a beautiful business postcard that really expresses what I offer. The first time I put my new postcard on a bulletin board, I received an immediate response from a potential client! This was especially significant because I never had anyone call me from a business card I'd posted on a bulletin board before.
You can read the rest of Tracie's interview, here
The 6th session of the ARTbundance™ Certification Training (ACT) program starts on January 30, 2012. If you would like to be notified when the next ACT session is scheduled, simply, fill out this form!
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Inspired by the responses on Facebook to the query, "If you could design a watch that had any image in it...what would you most want to see, whenever you checked the time?", I designed a watch with my own favorite images: blue sky, to calm me and connect me to the vast expansiveness of life beyond the immediate concerns of the moment; a loving couple to fill my heart with joy; travel imagery to remind me of the places I go when I am still; and art supplies to remind me that I get to create and design time.
I created a piece of digital art but you can design your watch however you like
What do you most want to watch? Put that in your watch!
Please upload your art in our Facebook community if you like! And stay tuned for lots more fun time-related ARTsignments™ as we continue to explore "the ending of time as we know it..."
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This Quotz Crystal is a high-resolution jpeg image, suitable for printing. I invite you to print it out as a fun reminder of the fluid flexibility of time!
~celebrating that's time has come!,
 Marney
p.s. Remember to check your email on Saturday and follow the simple instructions to keep receiving the Artellagram!
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