In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities. In the expert’s mind there are few. — Shunryu Suzukii Over the weekend, I invited you to imagine how things would be different if you had received all the deep nurturing your child artist needed; as well as what your creative life might look like if you … Read more
Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown. — Claude Bernard We have been spending some time in this chapter going deeper into our dark memories of the losses that our artist self has endured. From our long ago baby steps that were shamed or thwarted, to more recent attempts … Read more
Success is bounding from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. — Winston Churchill Just because our creativity is (I believe with all my heart) guided and sourced from the Divine, this does not mean that the road is always easy, without bumps and potholes. In fact, sometimes, there will be chasms! To be … Read more
The Great Leap of Faith © Jane EvershedThe fates lead him who will; him who won’t, they drag.–Seneca First, my deepest thanks to all who have posted, emailed and called with your condolences. I can’t begin to tell you how much your support and love have meant to me. I am truly a blessed woman. … Read more
Drawing Hands by M. C. EscherThis, then, is salvation: When we marvel at the beauty of created things and praise their beautiful Creator. — Meister Eckhart This is where things get really interesting, my friends. If we are serious about our creativity, we must learn to dance with it, knowing when to push, when to … Read more
We are awakening our creative, artistic spirits. By tending and spreading the flames of Creativity, we ourselves become creators and healers.
What we really want to do is what we’re meant to do.— Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way Beginning to cooperate with the abundance that surrounds you and wants to guide you is a critical step towards being in the creative flow. It is also one of the most toxic, fear-distorted areas in our culture, and … Read more
Money is the blood of the planet.Heal the money and we can heal the world. — Barbara Wilder, Money is Love Now in Chapter Six, we arrive at one of the biggest challenges in our creative recovery. Money, abundance, being supported in our endeavors in terms of cold, hard cash. At the risk of boring … Read more
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons. — Woody Allen Many of us have already run into money obstacles that threaten to hinder our creative desires. After all, we may have awakened some wild, long-lost dreams but we also live in the real world, don’t we? We may be managing to survive … Read more
St. Francis – Frederick Franck These drawings were done for one reason only: to see before I die. — Frederick Franck The bottom line of discovering and recovering our sense to what is possible is to examine why we feel like we have to edit or defer who we are, in order to seem “good” … Read more