Artist’s Way

An Offering While I’m (sort of) Gone

by Beth on February 4, 2010

You knew I couldn’t totally stay away, didn’t you?  So here is an offering for today, as a sort of Artist Date.  Yes, another 20 minute investment, for our Artist Self, but very well worth it.   Found earlier today from Sia Vogel on the Full Circle Blog. (My deepest apologies for neglecting to ascribe the [...]

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Taking the Hermit’s Advice

by Beth on February 3, 2010

After giving it a lot of thought, including my own Imbolc Tarot reading yesterday, I am taking the advice of the Hermit. Instead of starting our exploration of Chapter Twelve today, I am going to allow myself a much-needed retreat for the rest of the week. I would suggest that you use this time to [...]

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An Altar for Our Artist and Younger Self

by Beth on January 29, 2010

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web. – Pablo Picasso Today, we complete the second-to-last chapter, Recovering A Sense of Autonomy. We have some exercises to finish, and I [...]

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Whispers, Visions and Avatar

by Beth on January 27, 2010

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone. – Ralph Waldo Emerson In considering the perils of success, Julia reminds us that creativity is not a business. It certainly has business closely tied to it, as it can generate income [...]

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Success

by Beth on January 26, 2010

No one man can, for any considerable time, wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which is the true one. – Nathaniel Hawthorne As we continue the final stages of The Artist’s Journey, we encounter a challenge we’ve maybe never considered. This challenge that will come, [...]

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Being Responsible

by Beth on January 22, 2010

To accept the responsibility of being a child of God is to accept the best that life has to offer you. — Stella Terrill Mann More directly from Julia today. “There is a connection,” she writes, “between self-nurturing and self-respect. If I allow myself to be bullied and cowed by other peoples’ urges for me [...]

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Richly Supporting The Artist

by Beth on January 21, 2010

Listen. Make a way for yourself inside yourself. Stop looking in the other way of looking. – Rumi You may begin to notice that I am directly quoting Julia more and more.  Frankly, the previous several chapters have felt slow and heavy at times. But clearly, she was patiently laying the groundwork for this. Now, [...]

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Wild, Shining, Awakened

by Beth on January 20, 2010

Nobody knows where you are How near or how far Shine on you crazy diamond. – David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Rick Wright (Pink Floyd) As we recover what Julia calls “A Sense of Autonomy,” we step it up, and embrace our very own, unique, quirky take on what Artist means. This is deeply individual, like [...]

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He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened. – Lao-Tzu Welcome to Chapter Eleven – Recovering a Sense of Autonomy It has been a long journey, hasn’t it? Well the end is in sight, my friends.  This is the second to last chapter and we now begin to wrap it up. [...]

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Completing Chapter Eight

by Beth on January 15, 2010

Dark of the Moon New beginnings Dark of the Moon Plant a seed tonight Dark of the Moon What we envision Will come to be by the Full Moon’s light. Today is a pivotal day of power. It is the Capricorn New Moon, bringing a Solar Eclipse. Plus, Mercury stations direct, ending its very challenging [...]

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