Hope is like a road in the country; there never was a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. – Lin Yutang We have been talking about how our need for greatness can overwhelm us, causing us to procrastinate, delay, and then beat ourselves up for our inability to … Read more
We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents. — Ralph Waldo Emerson We are beginning Chapter Nine, Recovering a Sense of Compassion, by examining the power of words. As you know, words have enormous power, from spells to curses, from treaties to laws. The old childhood … Read more
Evergreen Surrealist Pearl FryarI walk slowly, but I never walk backward. — Abraham Lincoln I left you with a real cliff-hanger yesterday! Rather than moving gently ahead one step at a time in our artistic recovery, we have a tendency to be addicted to Big Drama, so we rush madly to the precipice of complete … Read more
Andy GoldsworthyThe two most powerful warriors are patience and time. — Leo TolstoyWhy is it so hard to take things in baby steps? Why are micromovements (which seem ridiculously obvious, once you think about them) such a revelation? I think that part of it comes from an unspoken expectation for humans to now move at … Read more
You can’t use up your creativity. The more you use, the more you have. — Maya AngelouAfter a lifetime of repressing and thwarting our creative urges, we may want to swing radically back in the other direction. So, we may suddenly find ourselves overwhelmed by the enormous changes we feel will be necessary, once we … Read more
The Harvest Moon is the Full Moon closest to the Autumn Equinox. Like all Full Moons, it rises as the sun sets. But at the harvest time, this was especially helpful, allowing farmers to continue to work in the fields by the light of the Moon. The Full Moon is always in the sign opposite … Read more
To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self. — Joan Didion Dan Furst, author of the acclaimed, Dance of the Moon: Celebrating the Sacred Cycles of the Earth (Llewellyn) tells us that this Full Moon is a complimentary balance of Earth and Water. It brings us a time … Read more
The Painter’s Honeymoon by Frederic LeightonA painting is never finished. It simply stops in interesting places. — Paul Gardner We are now working with the seventh chapter of The Artist’s Way, which focuses on recovering a sense of connection. Last week, we began working with the section of the chapter that examines a big, big … Read more
from The Hypochondriacs Alphabet © Holly T. BurrowsI don’t know how things are going in your life, but here at the Owl’s Nest, things have been a bit heavy. As I’ve mentioned, there have been two unexpected deaths of loved ones in recent weeks. And then, in just the last three days, two other very … Read more
Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no consequence whatsoever. — Isak Dinesen We’re discovering our connectedness to the Divine and the flow of ideas, energy and support that we … Read more