Practical Wisdom for Extraordinary Living
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The race isn’t over until you cross the finish line. You’ll be surprised at how much can change in the last twenty strides.
–Jackie Dugall (Women’s Cross Country champion and award-winning coach)
Just as our Tarot card of the week has predicted, we are leaving behind the tenderly placed heart lessons found in the chapters of this [...]
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Envy shoots at others and wounds itself.
English Proverb
The last hazard of the road that Julia warns of in Chapter Eight is the danger of competition. What we consider a friendly rivalry can all too easily morph into a poisonous compare-and-contrast.
Like the longing for fame or recognition, gauging our work against the success of others [...]
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An empty canvas is a living wonder — far lovelier than certain pictures.
Wassily Kandinsky. (1866–1944)
By now, I am sure you will have discovered one of the most irksome challenges on our Artist’s Way. I am referring to times of drought.
This is when the morning pages get harder to stick to, but are the most [...]
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Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.
– Mark Twain
I love the insights some of you are sharing! What you are noticing, and what Julia promises for the rest of us, is that our blocking devices will begin [...]
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We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
– Paulo Coelho
As we explore the deeply rooted habits of blocking our inner artist, it might help to know that many times, these temptations show up disguised as coincidence.
I see this all the time in my Tarot practice. The [...]
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He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
– William Shakespeare
In this tenth chapter, we are Recovering a Sense of Self-Protection. Lo and behold – turns out that some of the most necessary self-protection we need is from ourselves!
So we are gently, but honestly examining the last stronghold of our most volatile, toxic-to-our-art habits. [...]
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The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we think. We do this because we’re afraid.
– Richard Bach
We’ve been examining how we block our creativity by using deeply rooted behaviors of self-sabotage and distraction. As soon as our artistic process starts to hum, [...]
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My theory on housework is, if the item doesn’t multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?
– Erma Bombeck
Even as the end is almost in sight for our Artist’s Way journey, we arrive at some of the toughest final barriers to our recovery. [...]
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The point of power is always in the present moment.
– Louise L. Hay
First, I just have to say – Thank you!
I so deeply appreciate the many kind responses to my call for help on Friday’s post.
As you may realize, this blog is pretty much a labor of love. Rather than being the kind of [...]
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The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.
The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference.
The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference.
And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.
– Elie Wiesel
Are you having any trouble relating to our discussion about enthusiasm and lavishing love on our inner artist? If so, [...]
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