The Artist's Way

Or something better. I would ask them to murmur, “Hush” and “Shh, shhh, it’s all right.” I would ask them ...

The Artist’s Way Questions and Answers INTRODUCTION ALTHOUGH CREATIVE RECOVERY IS a highly individual proc ...

As a culture, we tend to define creativity too narrowly and to think of it in elitist terms, as somethin ...

discourage us from pursuing an artist’s career. There is the mythology that artists are somehow ...

between creativity and spirituality. How are they connected? A: Creativity is a spiritual force. The for ...

jogging is not the same as putting on your Nikes and heading out to the running track. Map is not ter ...

exercises in the book will help you dismantle the hypercritical inner Censor and perfectionist. You ...

time obligations, etc., as a way (or ways) to keep us “safe” from the anxiety caused by stepping ...

Creative Clusters Guide WHEN THE ARTIST’S WAY WAS first published, I expressed a wish for Artis ...

nonhierarchical, peer-run, collective process. In this it differs from the academic and therapeutic ...

gather as peers to develop our strength, are best regarded as tribal gatherings, where creative beings raise ...

risks. This is a dialectic rather than a monologue—an egalitarian group process rather than a hierarchica ...

Love is important. Be kind to yourself. Be kind to one another. Expect Change in the Group Makeup. Many ...

than outer guidance. You are seeking to form an artist-to-artist relationship with the Great Creator. Keep ...

teachings, and that it is your interpretation, and your work with the book and its tools, that are central ...

APPENDIX: TRAIL MIX FORMING A SACRED CIRCLE When I was a little kid, one of my favorite heroes ...

For these reasons, it is mandatory that any gathering of artists be in the spirit of a sacred trust. We i ...

Envy, backbiting, criticism, have no place in our midst, nor do ill temper, hostility, sarcasm, chivvying for p ...

I have had ample opportunity to experience firsthand what it means to lack creative support and what i ...

trigger one of our own. Remember, we live in a culture that is toxic to art. A remarkable number of t ...