Integrity (Nine of Wands) – © Voyager TarotThe death rate for people who play it safe and for people who live boldly is the same: 100 percent.–– Patti Dingh, Life is a Verb Did you work on your homework over the weekend? What sorts of affirmations did you come up with? This week, the chapter … Read more
It is never too late to have a happy childhood.— Attributed to Tom Robbins, Wayne Dyer, Berke Breathed and probably more As we wind down the third step of our journey of artistic recovery, the emphasis is on being especially kind to ourselves while we continue to gently uncover our past memories. One of the … Read more
More homework for this weekend as we approach the end of the third step on our road to recovering our Inner Artist self. Yesterday, we worked through the first ten. Today, spend some time completing, in whatever way you wish, the following: 11. I am afraid that if I start dreaming …12. I secretly enjoy … Read more
Dark of the MoonNew beginningsDark of the MoonPlant a seed tonightDark of the MoonWhat we envisionWill come to be by the Full Moon’s light. How divine! Now, with the New Moon in Taurus, we can connect to a powerful upsurge of magic. Astrologer Lynn Hayes writes of this Moon, “We are flooded with new ideas … Read more
Blue Anger ©1998, Jamie Alaine HulleyAnger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world. — William Shenstone (1714-1763) This week, we begin the third step of our twelve-step recovery, healing the artist within us. This step focuses on “Recovering a Sense of … Read more
Barn’s burnt down —now I can see the moon.— Mizuta Masahide, 1688 Today, I’m going to share a wonderful, powerful tool that will help us overcome our reluctance to believe we are being helped and guided. In fact, it is one of the best tools I know of, for holding at bay, if not permanently … Read more
Sai, of the Naruto anime series, by Masashi KishimotoWe have met the enemy, and he is us.— Pogo (Walt Kelly) We’ve been examining the ways that the people in our intimate circles thwart our efforts and good intentions to be creative. But inevitably, we must take a long, honest look at how we derail ourselves. … Read more
I am Hecate of the Ways, of the Cross-Ways, of the Darkness, of the Heaven and the Earth and the Sea; saffron-clad Goddess of the Grave, exulting among the spirits of the dead; Perseia, lover of loneliness; Queen who holdest the Keys of the world… — from The Woman at the Cross-ways by Fiona Macleod … Read more
When you get enough inner peace and feel really positive about yourself, it’s almost impossible for you to be controlled or manipulated by anyone else.— Dr. Wayne Dyer At this stage of our recovery process, we are having to face the not-so-pleasant facts of assessing exactly where we are, and who (and what) have contributed … Read more
Dark of the MoonNew beginningsDark of the MoonPlant a seed tonightDark of the MoonWhat we envisionWill come to be by the Full Moon’s light. The New Moon is traditionally the time for planting the seeds of a new intention, a dream, or beginning a new project. And this New Moon is the first one of … Read more