01 · the philosophy

LifeArts

The central idea. Everything else — the method, the process, the structure, the spaces, the evidence and the tools — follows from it. LifeArts is not a planning system; planning sits several levels below.

→ A life can be approached as a creative work.

The LifeArts universe

Philosophy → evidence
  1. 01
    LifeArtsthe philosophy

    A life can be approached as a creative work.

  2. 02
    The Practicethe method

    A repeatable way of living according to that philosophy.

  3. 03
    The Creative Compassthe creative process

    Inspiration → Preparation → Creation/Action → Connection, with the crucial acts of choosing, committing, acting and releasing along the journey.

  4. 04
    The Galleriesthe life structure

    The major areas in which the work of a life is expressed and accumulated.

  5. 05
    The Studiosthe working spaces

    Where particular kinds of work are actually undertaken.

  6. 06
    Portfolio / LifeStoriesthe evidence and meaning

    What was made, experienced, learned, remembered and ultimately added to the “Museum of a Life.”

Beneath it all sit the tools — Journals, Sketchbooks, Signatures, project plans, calendars, lists, Notes, Reminders, worksheets, and whatever digital system a LifeArtist chooses. Open the Tools