TEN ZEN SECONGS BlogTour: WEEK FOUR

Author, ERIC MAISEL will be visiting an interesting group of bloggers this week to speak about his breathing and mindfulness techniques in his new book, Ten Zen Seconds . This week, Eric Maisel will address how this applies to the time element underlying Ten Zen Seconds, how writers can unclutter their minds, how mindfulness can help with both the business aspects and creative process of the artist, and centering, relationships among balance, energy, intention, and meditation for the everyday person. Here's this week's blog tour schedule. Enjoy!

May 7th - 12th

MONDAY, MAY 7
Quinn McDonald
http://quinncreative.com
Blog:http://quinncreative.wordpress.com/
Alexandria, Virginia

Quinn McDonald is a certified creativity coach. She designs and leads training programs on writing, giving presentations, and holding productive meetings. She is also a writer, speaker and artist. Her work has been published in Somerset Studio Magazine; The Crafts Report; Crafts Business Magazine; Sunshine Artist; Cloth, Paper, Scissors; Bead & Button, BeadWork, and American Heritage. She is a member of the Soul Food Cafe (http:// dailywriting.net) a community blog of writers and visual artists.

Quinn would like us to focus on the time element underlying Ten Zen Seconds--how can ten seconds be important enough to care about and why might they be especially important to any artist?


TUESDAY, MAY 8
Walter Logeman
Blog: http://www.thousandsketches.com/blog
Christchurch, New Zealand

Walter is currently engaged (in addition to his otherwise busy life) in a Thousand Sketches project: he plans to do a thousand sketches on a Tablet PC in one year’s time. Check out his efforts at his blog.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 9
Shannon Grissom
www.shannongrissom.com
Blog: http://shannongrissom.com/blog/index.htm
Blog: www.monkeymadeofsockies.blogspot.com/
Hollister, California

Shannon Grissom is a painter, author and television host who gives folks the opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look at her life and the creative process. Shannon Grissom started the blog “Monkey Made of Sockies” as a way to share her new monkey paintings. The blog is now evolving into a quirky examination of the seriously silly subject of sock monkeys.

Shannon and Eric will chat about mindfulness techniques for the everyday person: how to help “the poet trapped in the accountant's cubicle.”


THURSDAY, MAY 10
Sandy Lender
Blog: www.todaythedragonwins.blogspot.com
Naples, Florida

Sandy Lender is the author of the new fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods released from ArcheBooks Publishing March 20. Her 15-year career in journalism has been enhanced by a few years wearing a public relations officer's hat so she brings an interesting marketing perspective to her efforts promoting her first book and to the blog tour concept. Sandy also uses her years of experience to teach writing, grammar, vocabulary, and promotion tips at The Dragon between author and artist interviews.

Sandy and Eric will chat about how writers can unclutter their minds and solve problems that hinder their creative efforts and block them from fulfilling their purpose.


FRIDAY, MAY 11
Marcia Mauskopf
http://www.marciaphoto.com
Blog: http://www.marciaphoto.com/blog.html
Scottsdale, Arizona

Marcia Mauskopf is an acclaimed wedding and event photographer as well as magazine writer, poet, bead artist and musician. Her wedding images have been published in major Bridal Magazines across the United States. Her goal is to document the moments of each day with grace and beauty and she believes in capturing real moments in real time, as well as creating art for the home. As a woman she believe she shares a special sensitivity with brides, knowing how the moods and emotions of the day need to be savored...as an artist, she uses a wide variety of techniques to capture those moments, interpreting them in a way that brings the emotions flooding back again and again.

Marcia and Eric will be focusing on how mindfulness can help with both the business aspects and creative process of the artist.

SATURDAY, MAY 12
Phylameana lila Désy
http://chakracises.com
Blog: http://chakracises.wordpress.com/
Burlington, Iowa

Phylameana is certified in Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki and The Science of Intuition from the Holos Institutes of Health. She is a clairvoyant, intuitive counselor, flower essence consultant, and soul owner of Spiral Visions (spiralvisions.com). Her lifework includes writing, web-publishing, and healing work and she is the author of "The Everything Reiki Book: Channel Your Positive Energy to Reduce Stress, Promote Healing, and Enhance Your Quality of Life."

Phylameana and Eric will chat about centering, the Chakras, and relationships among balance, energy, intention, and meditation.

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Author, ERIC MAISEL will be visiting an interesting group of bloggers this week to speak about his breathing and mindfulness techniques in his new book, Ten Zen Seconds . How this applies to an artful life and those who write, how to apply mindfulness for creative focus and even enriching relationships with pets will be addressed. Here's this week's blog tour schedule.

• MONDAY, APRIL 30
Dani Greer
http://www.womenwritingthewest.com
Blog: http://www.squidoo.com/writeprompts
Flagler, Colorado

Dani is a professional artist and writer who recently began to blog and squidoo. She first heard about Blog Book Tours through a fellow Women Writing the West colleague and believes that in light of Peak Oil and Climate Change, the Blog Book Tour idea is brilliant and bound to be a much-used marketing technique by many writers in the near future. Dani is particularly interested in discovering what kind of interest she can generate for the concept in the Squidoo Community. (For more information about the Squidoo Community, visit them at http://www.squidoo.com)

Dani and Eric will chat about how to use each of the Ten Zen Second incantations as a daily writing prompts.

• TUESDAY, MAY 1
Mary Gordon
Blog: www.creativevoyage.blogspot.com
Edinburgh, Scotland
Mary Gordon is an Artists Way group facilitator, documentary maker, knitter and blogger.
Mary and Eric will be chatting about using Zen Ten Second techniques to help us determine what we authentically want to create.

• WEDNESDAY, MAY 2
Judith Nasse http://www.judithnasse.com
Blog: http://childrens-book-reviews.blogspot.com
Taos, NM, USA
Judith Nasse loves children's books, and deeply enjoys reviewing the books that come her way, no matter the genre or age level. She is in the process of creating her own picture books and young adult historical fiction. She has a passion for the creative process in the making of children's books especially finding joy in the long process of research, writing, and illustrating.

Judith and Eric will focus on the creative process of children's books, especially how to maintain daily creativity and a positive outlook in the face of the long process, rejections, the inevitable doubts, and the plethora of conflicting attitudes from society and the publishing world, as well as Ten Zen Second techniques for children.

• THURSDAY, MAY 3
Martha Garvey - My Dog’s World I Just Live In It
http://www.myfatdogbook.com
Blog: http://myfatcat.typepad.com/kindly_eccentric_middleag/
Hoboken, New Jersey
Martha Garvey was once a dog-fearing writer who in 2001 adopted Faith, a pit bull mix, from a Jersey City shelter. It changed her life big time. Since then, she has written two books, “My Fat Dog” and “My Fat Cat,” both subtitled “10 Simple Steps to Help Your Pet Lose Weight,” which is what she writes about on her blogs, along with more general issues around the challenges of pet ownership. Though her books don’t quite have “10 Zen Seconds,” they do offer “Five Fat Minutes,” quick and easy tips for improving pet health.

The focus of the blogtour day will be on applying the spirit and the letter of “Ten Zen Seconds” to responsible pet ownership—that is, encouraging people to use their creativity in small, manageable doses to enrich their relationships with their pets; and, just as importantly, to relax while they do it. Martha thinks that she may also ask Eric if dogs meditate, if she finds herself in the right mood.

• FRIDAY, MAY 4
Jan Allsopp
Blog: http://janallsopp.blogspot.com
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Jan Allsopp is a visual artist with 20 years experience working in the mediums of painting, drawing and sculpture. About a year ago, Jan decided to turn her hand to sketching and journaling her travels and her everyday life. She was surprised at how challenging it was to work in this way, and how enjoyable and fulfilling. "...in my spare time" is the blog that came along for the ride. There Jan posts her sketches, journal entries and from time to time showcases her other work.

Jan and Eric will focus will be on everyday mindfulness for the visual artist.

• SATURDAY, MAY 5
Catherine
http://poetrychook.blogspot.com
Christchurch, New Zealand
Catherine is a poet, family historian and occasional quiltmaker who blogs about these topics in words and images, along with anything else that takes her fancy.

Catherine and Eric will chat about the use of mindfulness techniques for finding a creative focus - in particular for those whose energies are necessarily spread in several directions (day job, family, creative pursuits etc). How can mindfulness help with the energy needed to start or re-start our creative tasks, when competing demands require that these tasks must fit into small portions of our time?

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Ten Zen Seconds has climbed to number 28!

AMAZING! I just wanted to let you know that of the 2200 total Zen books that Amazon tracks, Ten Zen Seconds has climbed to number 28! This Amazon list includes all of the famous Zen books, including Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, etc.

Pretty darn good! Continue on the Blog Tour with Author Eric Maisel here

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Day Two: Eric Maisel's Ten Zen Seconds Blogtour

Today at No One's the Bitch, Jennifer Marine interviews author, Eric Maisel on ways to use TZS to cultivate centeredness, calm and positive results while navigating issues of mother/stepmother relationships. Join her and Eric Maisel today and tomorrow.

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Reduce Anxiety and Center Yourself in Just Ten Zen Seconds

Mark the Date! - Join me here on June 1, 2007 for a chat with Dr. Eric Maisel, Ph.D. (Check back often for more updates.)

As a creative person, I juggle many aspects of art making, art marketing and family life. The creative process is an ongoing discovery of intention, focus and action. Dr. Eric Maisel, a leader in the field of creativity and mindfulness training has written Ten Zen Seconds, the first in a series of books which introduces a new, powerful approach to mindfulness. It is a book, a practice, and an invitation to live a more centered, grounded, and meaningful life. I came across Eric Maisel's writings on the creative process in 2003 and have been reading his insightful and "on target" books ever since. Dr. Maisel provides a look inside the creative processes that challenge artists to do their best, most authentic work. He offers insights and methods to challenge many artistic roadblocks.

I'm excited to be able to share some of Dr. Maisel's insights during his two month virtual book tour of Ten Zen Seconds beginning April 16 - June 1, 2007. Eric Maisel will be traveling around the world from blog to blog, visiting with tour hosts and discussing different aspects of the Ten Zen Seconds approach to mindfulness. Join me and Dr. Maisel, here at Painterly Visions, on June 1, 2007. I will focus on asking Dr. Maisel questions on how Ten Zen Seconds techniques can help visual artists focus on the daily creation of artwork. The blog tour schedule is now posted Here. I hope that you'll take a peek at it and visit on the days that interest you or maybe even come along for the whole ride. Dr. Maisel will be visiting a different blog each day, where he will discuss the book and explain its valuable centering and mindfulness techniques.

These techniques help people:
• Reduce their anxiety
• Trust their inner resources
• Feel present in the moment
• Free themselves from the past
• Take necessary action
• Get their creative work accomplished
• Make personal meaning
• And much, much more

The Library Journal review of Ten Zen Seconds declared that it is perfect “for anyone interested in improving his or her ability to center and to become calmer and more powerful.” This is the first book to marry Eastern ideas of breath awareness and mindfulness with Western ideas of cognitive and positive psychology to produce a simple, powerful tool that you can use anytime and anywhere. You will enjoy learning about this!

Eric Maisel, Ph.D., is the author of more than thirty books. Dr. Maisel is widely regarded as America's foremost creativity coach and has taught thousands of creative and performing artists how to incorporate Ten Zen Second mindfulness techniques into their creativity practice. He holds Bachelor’s degrees in Philosophy and Psychology, Master's degrees in Creative Writing and Counseling, and a Doctorate in Counseling Psychology. He is a California licensed marriage and family therapist, a creativity coach and trainer of creativity coaches, a columnist for Art Calendar Magazine, provides regular segments for Art of the Song Creativity Radio, and teaches Ten Zen Second techniques through lectures, workshops, and teleseminars. He lives in San Francisco. His books include: Ten Zen Seconds, Creativity for Life, Everyday You, The Van Gogh Blues, Toxic Criticism, Coaching the Artist Within, Fearless Creating, The Creativity Book, Affirmations for Artists.

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