The Artist's Way

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand. BARUCH SPINOZA Carolyn, herself a gifted photographer, made a ...

anyhow. In a twisted version of Darwinian determinism, we tell ourselves that real artists can ...

When you are feeling depreciated, angry or drained, it is a sign that other people are not open to y ...

what we should be asking of ourselves. Too far, too fast, and we can undo ourselves. Creative recovery is ...

YOUR ENEMY WITHIN: CORE NEGATIVE BELIEFS Most of the time when we are blocked in an area of our life, it i ...

fool. I will feel too angry. I will never have any real money. I will get self-destructive and dri ...

What you are is scared. Core negatives keep you scared. The bottom line is that core negatives—personal ...

Artists are either celibate or gay.” This negative, picked up from a mother or teacher and unarticulated b ...

an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy! LOUISE BOG ...

As blocked creatives, we often sit on the sidelines critiquing those in the game. “He’s not so talented,” we m ...

enough/not original enough/not young enough ...” But saying nice things about ourselves is notoriously har ...

subconscious will blurt out. Write them down. These blurts flag your personal negative core b ...

He wrote, “I, Paul, am a brilliant and prolific writer.” From deep in his unconscious there ...

could begin to work with it. “I, Paul, have a real talent. I, Paul, trust and enjoy positive feedb ...

and self-forgiveness. There is a divine plan of goodness for me. There is a divine plan of goodness f ...

An affirmation is a strong, positive statement that something is already so. SHAKTI GAWAIN TASKS Every ...

each day’s morning pages. Convert all blurts into positive affirmations. Take yourself on an art ...

“And then I remember she gave me this real fakey smile and patted my head....” You may find it cath ...

your car. I put mine on the chassis of my computer to cheer me as I write. Time Travel: Select and wri ...

. In working with affirmations and blurts, very often injuries and monsters swim back to us. Add these ...