Artist's Dates: Centering and Recharging

My artitsts' play group is kicking off our new year next week. We're going to be using Julia Cameron's newest book, It's never too late to begin again, to guide our year. One of the tools to feed our creativity is a weekly artist date, a time we set aside each week to individually do explore something. I've brainstormed a list of some things I'd like to do below, but I'd also love to hear what your ideas are.

1. Coffee, cake and Islam at Baitul Ata in Norcross
2. Visit the Istanbul Center in Alpharetta
3. Check out the Alif Institute
4. Visit the Hindu temple in Lilburn
5. Chant at Kashi in Atlanta
6. Attend a Friday meal at Al-Farooq Masjid in Atlanta
7. Take fiddle lessons at the Frank Hamilton school of folk music
8. Dance - check out waltz play or CCD
9. Visit the National Center for Human and Civil Rights in Atlanta
10. Visit the Millennium Gate Museum in Atlanta
11. Ride my bicycle
12. Visit the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory (list of free admission dates here)
13. Visit the Atlanta History Museum

What's Up?

Not posting much this week - my energy is going to an application for promotion at work (I hate online applications that won't let me save a partial application!) and other life stuff. Like a sing at a local hospice last weekend, my Artist Play group gearing up for fall, and getting ready to facilitate a small group at my place of worship. Oh yes, and reading. I've currently got 3 books started.

The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead

The Race Beat
by Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff

All the birds in the sky
by Charlie Jane Anders 

And two book-related events I'd like to go to this fall:

AJC Decatur Book Festival Labor Day Weekedn

(I consider this annual event my birthday present!)

Nisi Shaw (Everfair) at Charis Books September 23

What are you up to?