We are always doing something, talking, reading, listening to the radio, planning what next. The mind is kept naggingly busy on some easy, unimportant external thing all day. — Brenda Ueland During our upcoming reading deprivation week, we are urged to continue with our morning pages, and it really is the ideal time to treat … Read more
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare;it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.— Seneca Working our way through our kriyas, or at least the small and large shifts of how we perceive ourselves, many peripheral things will change, too. Things that seem to have no obvious … Read more
© Osho Zen Tarot The significant problems we have in the world today cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them. — Albert Einstein As we take the steps necessary to restore our sense of integrity, we are cultivating new ways to understand and identify our true creative self. … Read more
We have art in order not to perish of truth. — Friedrich Nietzsche As we prepare for what may be one of the most challenging steps on our journey of artistic recovery, the spotlight is on the importance of the morning pages. Julia states over and over that they are not optional, or only when … Read more
Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good.If it doesn’t, it is of no use.— Carlos Castaneda Nowadays, many people are discovering that they have a powerful sixth sense, and are seeking ways to understand and cultivate their intuitive powers. So a question that often comes up for my clients … Read more
If you ignore beauty,you will soon find yourself without it;but if you invest in beauty,it will remain with you all the days of your life. — Frank Lloyd Wright (Thank you to my heart sister, Isar Danu, for sharing this quote for us today. I offer it with all my love, in memory of her … Read more
from the Esocentric Tarot Deck © Shot in the Dark Photography Taking a new step, uttering a new word is what people fear most.— Fyodor Dostoyevsky Today, we begin the fourth step together, Recovering a Sense of Integrity. And frankly, I have a lot of complex feelings about this one. I will warn you, it … Read more
To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind. — Theophile Gautier Today we finish our exercises for the third stage of The Artist’s Way. Then, for the next few days, we will pause to observe the great Sabbat of Beltane, one of the two most magical times … Read more
To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.— Robert Louis Stevenson As we are discovering, many of us carry hidden grief, where our fragile young creative self was shamed and wounded. When this happens enough, we … 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