Cinderellas of the World Unite!

Cinderella – by Edmond DulacWhere there is no extravagance there is no love, and where there is no love there is no understanding.— Oscar Wilde How are you feeling about all this focus on luxury? In a world where there is enormous suffering, where so many have so little, and less every day, does it … Read more

We Interrupt This Programming

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. — Norman MacEwan What if we were to question the basic premise we’ve all learned since (at least) grade school, that competition and survival are the driving forces in the biosphere? What if that isn’t the whole picture, … Read more

Still Learning

Over and over, we have to go back to our beginning. We should not be ashamed of this. It is good. It’s like drinking water.— Natalie GoldbergSo. How was your weekend? Did you examine where you really are in terms of living your life like you actually have Divine help available at all times? Did … Read more

Forbidden Joys

I want to sing like birds singNot worrying who hears orWhat they think.— Rumi I really love how many of you decided to color outside the lines on our last exercise, and add an eleventh question, so that it would not end by focusing on what makes us sad! Well done! As we wind down … Read more

Our Friend Anger

© 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

Slow Enough To See

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

The Monster Hall of Fame

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