The Artist's Way

in mid-run. The Denver Center was stunned and very apologetic. They felt terrible about the damage ...

he got where he is, he will not describe breaking in but instead will talk of a series of ...

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all a ...

Some of you are thinking, “If it were that easy to take an action, I wouldn’t be reading this book. ...

family. But did the child bring shame? No. The child brought shameful things to light. The famil ...

mysteriously drained of merit. It’s no longer worth the trouble. To therapists, this surge of sudden ...

We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own or to other ...

or stop sending work out into the world. A perfectionist friend, teacher, or critic—like a ...

But we can learn to comfort our artist child over unfair criticism; we can learn to find friends ...

not pick up the first doubt. We simply cannot allow the first negative thinking to take hold. Taking in ...

Because the antidote for shame is self-love and self- praise, this is what I did. I went f ...

artist an inner sense of relief: “Ah, hah! so that’s what was wrong with it.” Useful criticism ult ...

Remember that even if you have made a truly rotten piece of art, it may be a necessary stepping ...

about their own strengths and gifts. Without being acknowledged, they are often used as batt ...

I secretly enjoy reading ... If I had had a perfect childhood I’d have grown up to be ... If it didn’t ...

They are not. What you are learning to do, writing them even when you are tired and th ...

it will now come to signify the amazing number of small free gifts the creator showers on those w ...

Describe your childhood room. If you wish, you may sketch this room. What was your favorite thing a ...

expression!)? Some rotten habits are obvious, overt (drinking too much, smoking, eating instead of writing). ...

some other artist-brain activities—painting, driving, walking, scrubbing, running. This week, take an ...