The Artist's Way

is often dogged by rough terrain or storms. A fog may
obscure the distance we have covered or the progress we
have made toward our goal. While the occasional dazzling
vista may grace us, it is really best to proceed a step at a
time, focusing on the path beneath our feet as much as the
heights still before us.
The Artist’s Way is a spiritual journey, a pilgrimage home
to the self Like all great journeys it entails dangers of the
trail, some of which I have tried to enumerate in this book.
Like all pilgrims, those of us on the Artist’s Way will often
be graced by fellow travelers and invisible companions.
What I call my marching orders others may sense in
themselves as a still, small voice or, even more simply, a
hunch. The point is that you will hear something if you
listen for it. Keep your soul cocked for guidance.

I   finally discovered  the source  of  all movement,   the unity   from    which   all

diversities of  movement    are born.

ISADORA DUNCAN

Creation    is  only    the projection  into    form    of  that    which   already exists.

SHRIMAD

BHAGAVATAM

A   painting    is  never   finished—it simply  stops   in  interesting places.