This is the beginning of the new astrological year! And as the first sign in the zodiac, Aries is the first one to get things started, initiating projects and leading others. The Ram is adventurous, ambitious, impulsive, enthusiastic and full of energy. Arians are pioneers both in thought and action, and are very open to … Read more
Nobody can be exactly like me.Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.— Tallulah Bankhead Self-sabotage is a very real danger on the road to recovery. Julia warns, “A common form for this sabotage is showing someone our morning pages. Remember, the morning pages are private and are not intended for the scrutiny of well-meaning friends. … Read more
© Eugenio RecuencoYou are the only person on earth who can use your ability. — Zig Ziglar We are taking the next, crucial step on the pathway to freeing our artist self who has been locked in a tower for unknown decades. To do so, we have already faced some of the monsters who guard … Read more
My spirit finds companionship in many forms.— Julia Cameron, from Heart Steps: Prayers and Declarations for a Creative Life Today we begin the second step of the 12-step process of creative recovery. How are you doing so far? How many days did you do your morning pages? How is that going? What artist date(s) did … Read more
Sorry, Patrick. You were no friend to my Pagan Irish ancestors. Instead, I join Deborah Oak in reclaiming the Green in the name of Manannan Mac Lir!
Many thanks to Sybil Archibald, the sumptuously gifted artist known as “Painter of Blue” on Twitter, for sharing this the other day. Obviously, she is also a discerning connoisseur of poetry.Intimate Hymnfrom Human, God’s Ineffable Name, by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel,translated by Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi From word to word I roam, from dawn to … Read more
Thanks to my friend M. Macha Nightmare, who posted this recently. I am glad to share it with you. Yes, the quality is a little fuzzy and it is more than a few years old. But the message is even more urgent today. We can’t really afford to let one ounce of our creativity go … Read more
I can believe anything, provided it is incredible.— Oscar Wilde We have been working some powerful exercises to recover a sense of safety for our tender Artist Selves. A big part of this work has been to uncover and face the damage done to us by the monsters in our past – those people and … Read more
The fair-weather gardener, who will do nothing except when wind and weather and everything else are favorable, is never a master of his craft.— Canon Ellacombe In today’s installment, we are encouraged to select one of our monster stories, and write it down in detail. You may have already started this, the way Thalia’s utterly … Read more
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes.Art is knowing which ones to keep. — Scott Adams Today, we have some more exercises that will help us work towards reassuring our Artist Selves that it is safe now for them to come out to play. First, if you haven’t already, go back over your twenty reasons … Read more