The Artist's Way

overwork,” we like to tell ourselves, “but I am not really a workaholic.” Try answering these questions ...

seldom, often, never? I allow calls to interrupt—and lengthen—my work day: seldom, often, never? I prioritiz ...

abuse creates in our artist a Cinderella Complex. We are always dreaming of the ball and al ...

to set a bottom line. Each person’s bottom line is different but should specifically mention those behavi ...

WORKAHOLISM IS A BLOCK, NOT A BUILDING BLOCK. DROUGHT In any creative life there are dry seasons. These ...

they hiss. Or “What do you expect?” Droughts tell us that they will last forever—and that we ...

dreams. Too listless to even know our losses, we put one page after another, more from habit than ...

it won’t happen. Of course, it is fame. Fame is not the same as success, and in our true souls we know ...

The unconscious wants truth. It ceases to speak to those who want something else more than truth. A ...

consciously, consistently, and creatively nurture our artist selves. When the fame drug hits, ...

often ask these questions as we try to talk ourselves out of creating. Questions like these allow us to ...

asks us to define our own creativity in terms of someone else’s. This compare-and-contrast school of thinking ...

When we respond to art we are responding to its resonance in terms of our own experience. We seldom ...

incorrectly. Never, ever, judge a fledgling piece of work too quickly. Be willing to paint or write b ...

The Deadlies: Take a piece of paper and cut seven small strips from it. On each strip write one of t ...

as being inadequate? ... A great deal depends upon the thought patterns we choose and on ...

friends? If the answer is, “I like them,” the next question is, “Why?” Which destructive habits do ...

best, you very often get it. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Bottom Line I will no longer work weekends. I will no ...

CHECK-IN How many days this week did you do your morning pages? Has reading your pages changed your writi ...

WEEK 11 Recovering a Sense of Autonomy This week we focus on our artistic autonomy. We examine the o ...