More homework for this weekend as we approach the end of the third step on our road to recovering our Inner Artist self. Yesterday, we worked through the first ten. Today, spend some time completing, in whatever way you wish, the following: 11. I am afraid that if I start dreaming …12. I secretly enjoy … Read more
Dark of the MoonNew beginningsDark of the MoonPlant a seed tonightDark of the MoonWhat we envisionWill come to be by the Full Moon’s light. How divine! Now, with the New Moon in Taurus, we can connect to a powerful upsurge of magic. Astrologer Lynn Hayes writes of this Moon, “We are flooded with new ideas … Read more
The Frustrated Artist – © 2007 Bill Shain He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.— Abraham Lincoln We’ve been exploring the wounds of shaming that may have shut down or hampered our inner artist for many years. This is hard to look at sometimes, and if anger, grief, and fear … Read more
We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents. — Ralph Waldo Emerson In discussing the ways that we make known to the Goddess our secretly whispered heart’s desires, we have to also look at the shadow that is (at least until we have done a lot … Read more
© Osho Zen TarotI merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.— Duke Ellington In the Osho Zen Tarot, there is a very instructive card called “Suppression,” or the Ten of Fire. In the more traditional Rider-Waite-Smith Ten of Wands, the card shows a heavily burdened man who is soldiering on, … Read more
Blue Anger ©1998, Jamie Alaine HulleyAnger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world. — William Shenstone (1714-1763) This week, we begin the third step of our twelve-step recovery, healing the artist within us. This step focuses on “Recovering a Sense of … Read more
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.— Lao TzuAs we get ready to take our next step, there is one more task to complete. This might be another micromovement exercise, or it could be bigger. You can read it in The Artist’s Way, but I am going to … Read more
There’s no secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves.— Frank HerbertAstrologer Lisa Dale Miller tells us “When the Moon is full in Libra, the Sun is shining brightly in Aries. The polarity of these two opposing signs represents knowing self in an effort to know others; thereby allowing others to truly know … Read more
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.– Andre Gide, Nobel prize winner (1869-1951) Tomorrow, we’re going to celebrate the lovely Libra Full Moon! As you probably know, Full Moons are the climactic moment when our dreams and intentions, set during the New Moon, come to fruition. … Read more
Genius is nothing but continued attention.— Claude Adrien Helvetius, French philosopher (1715-1771) Paying attention, slowing down – these are powerful healing antidotes for self-doubt, cynicism and fear. Focusing on the now gives us the necessary perspective to overcome every circumstance, and reminds us that we are interconnected to a web of creative support and love.In … Read more