Practical Wisdom for Extraordinary Living
Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself. – Miles Davis Just like a human child, our inner artist self is nurtured and inspired by a loving, supportive environment. Most of us have already spent a lifetime having our creative selves being shamed, punished, and forced to sit [...]
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As you may know, on weekends, I post words and wisdom from others, including videos, essays, poetry, and opinions of note. Today, inspired by the exquisite blog of Cate Kerr, I offer this excerpt from the recently deceased John Daido Loori, one of the first American Zen masters. He was founder of the Zen Mountain [...]
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Grandmother Frier © Carol GerbingI cannot count the good people I know who to my mind would be even better if they bent their spirits to the study of their own hungers.– M.F.K. Fisher Concluding our ruminations today on how we use our age and other methods to stay blocked, it is time to reconsider [...]
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In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities. In the expert’s mind there are few. — Shunryu Suzukii Over the weekend, I invited you to imagine how things would be different if you had received all the deep nurturing your child artist needed; as well as what your creative life might look like if you [...]
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Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown. — Claude Bernard We have been spending some time in this chapter going deeper into our dark memories of the losses that our artist self has endured. From our long ago baby steps that were shamed or thwarted, to more recent attempts [...]
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Success is bounding from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. — Winston Churchill Just because our creativity is (I believe with all my heart) guided and sourced from the Divine, this does not mean that the road is always easy, without bumps and potholes. In fact, sometimes, there will be chasms! To be [...]
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The Great Leap of Faith © Jane EvershedThe fates lead him who will; him who won’t, they drag.–Seneca First, my deepest thanks to all who have posted, emailed and called with your condolences. I can’t begin to tell you how much your support and love have meant to me. I am truly a blessed woman. [...]
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Drawing Hands by M. C. EscherThis, then, is salvation: When we marvel at the beauty of created things and praise their beautiful Creator. — Meister Eckhart This is where things get really interesting, my friends. If we are serious about our creativity, we must learn to dance with it, knowing when to push, when to [...]
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We are awakening our creative, artistic spirits. By tending and spreading the flames of Creativity, we ourselves become creators and healers.
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What we really want to do is what we’re meant to do.– Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way Beginning to cooperate with the abundance that surrounds you and wants to guide you is a critical step towards being in the creative flow. It is also one of the most toxic, fear-distorted areas in our culture, and [...]
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