This is the final week of The Artist’s Way, chapter 12. I can’t believe these weeks have flown by and as I’m scurrying about preparing for our big vacation in August, I’m also finding the time to reflect upon the reading and exercises I’ve completed. No doubt, I could have put more time into this [...] See the full post »
I am an Artist. That is how the chapter begins and it’s a huge statement…especially since so many creative people have a hard time saying that statement with full confidence and pride. It is definitely a journey to self-acceptance and I don’t know if it’s something you can teach someone or help someone with. It [...] See the full post »
With the rush of events in life, I was very tempted to just let my weekly routine die out. It’s already mid-week…I’m behind already…ugh. Thankfully I was able to gather up some sense of self control and do it any way. I got through another chapter in The Artist’s Way, so I can keep to [...] See the full post »
Amazing how the weeks are flying by…now I’m into week 9 or chapter 9 of The Artist’s Way. Probably one of the most talked about topics for all creatives, is that of fear. Fear of many things and I think we will be forever searching for ways to combat our fears in some way. I [...] See the full post »
“…what we can handle intellectually far outstrips what we can handle emotionally,” from chapter 8 of Cameron’s book…wow, the statement really struck me. I think it’s because I’ve been learning a lot about Ayn Rand and her philosophy of Objectivism. I’ve been thinking a lot about freedom and selfishness, reason and faith, life and living it. I’ve [...] See the full post »
Although I am really enjoying reading through The Artist’s Way, I must admit first that my mind has been occupied by other projects. I’m definitely in the mode of doing things…so many things that I want to accomplish. But I’m determined to stick to the weekly chapter habit. The seventh chapter of this book is about [...] See the full post »
This chapter started with talk about the Great Creator and it’s still semi uncomfortable for me to think about it. I tend to be so practical and it is precisely some of those thoughts that might be getting me bogged down. I can’t seem to let go and believe in something higher. It’s all about [...] See the full post »
Last week I fell behind on many things as it was a holiday here in Italy, June 2nd…celebrating the birth of the republic…and since it was a Thursday many took Friday off and made it a long weekend. My husband actually had to work half a day, but it was still a lazy long weekend [...] See the full post »
The third chapter of the book and I am already flailing a bit on morning pages. Sometimes I totally forget until later in the day. I suppose that I don’t pick up long-term habits so easily. However, I do think the stream of consciousness writing is helpful at times. In fact, I’ve always done it [...] See the full post »
This past week, I continued my way reading through chapter 2 of The Artist’s Way, all about recovering a sense of identity. I must admit that I found it harder to be moved by this particular chapter. I had to re-read the whole thing because I sort of flew past it and didn’t get much [...] See the full post »
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