Freedom Fridays: Chapter 11 – Investigate
When news is an echo of an echo, from an unknown source (which may turn out to be a hostile foreign power), it is no longer news. It is propaganda.
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Freedom Fridays: Lesson 10 – Believe In Truth
If nothing is true, no one can criticize those in power; all is spectacle; the biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights. It’s Freedom Friday.
We Are SO Not Going Away
There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come. ~ Victor Hugo The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt Every effort has been made … Read more
Our True North
As you may know, on the weekends, I like to turn my posts over to the wisdom, insights and creativity of other visionaries. Today, I offer a meditation from Caitlin Matthews’ glorious The Celtic Spirit, Daily Meditations for the Turning Year. Her wise words are guidance for all in the midst of transformation and transition. … Read more
New Beginnings on this New Virgo Moon
Dark of the Moon New beginnings Dark of the Moon Plant a seed tonight Dark of the Moon What we envision Will come to be by the Full Moon’s light. Wordless Wednesday is being preempted today, so we can begin our spell working. First, we start with a lovely piece by astrologer P.P., regarding this … Read more
The Path of Bliss
Enough words have been exchanged; Now at last let me see some deeds! — Goethe, Faust I Everything that we have been doing – examining our assumptions about abundance, healing our wounds, facing our fears about our place in the Multiverse, the months of hard labor on our archaeological dig to discover our authenticity – … Read more
Chapter Nine Begins: Recovering A Sense of Compassion
The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. — Sylvia Plath Welcome back! I’m so glad you have found your way here to my new digs and that you are still with us on this journey of The Artist’s Way begun at Imbolc (Feb.) this year. I hope you haven’t abandoned ship (which you will see … Read more
The Critical Truth
We have no friends. We have no enemies. We have only teachers. — Anonymous proverb As we begin to explore our artistic yearnings, we are going to run into challenges and difficulties. Because we are “in recovery,” our tender egos can easily want to abandon everything and send our artist self back into hiding again. … Read more
Buckle Your Seatbelt and Get Ready
The Star – © Ellen Lorenzi-Prince, Tarot of the Crone And we pray, not for new earth or heaven, but to be quiet in heart, and in eye, clear. What we need is here. — Wendell Berry And now, we must take a big, deep breath. It’s time to prepare for Reading Deprivation Week. Did … Read more
More Morning Pages Thoughts
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