Books

  • The soul that lies beneath.

    Julia Cameron writes in The Artist’s Way…   ”Conditioned as we are to accept other people’s definition of us, this emerging individuality can seem to us like a self-will run riot.  It is not. The snowflake pattern of your soul… Continue reading

  • When I am 80.

    My writing assignment was to write a letter from my eight-year-old self to my adult self, and I sat there blank.  I could not figure out what the little girl needed to tell me.   So, I went and did… Continue reading

  • Enter In

    Julia Cameron writes in The Artist’s Way, “I like to think of the mind as a room.  In that room, we keep all our usual ideas about life, God, what’s possible and what’s not.  The room has a door.  That… Continue reading

  • Mine.

    As I was reading Chapter Two of The Artist’s Way book by Julia Cameron, I found similarities between finding your artist self and leaving toxic relationships.   She is leading you forward suggesting ideas and things that will focus on… Continue reading

  • Your Art

    Between The Artist’s Way writings and exercises as well as pondering a Bio for myself, it came to me that Life and Art mirror each other, perfectly.   My Art has changed along with me, or me along with my… Continue reading

  • Reconstruction on the Outside.

    I was surprised at how at ease I felt writing and even how peaceful I was inside, how comfortable I wrote my thoughts as they drifted by, as I looked upon this day, as I just seemed to write effortlessly.… Continue reading

  • My Second Childhood.

    I am reading the chapter titled “Basic Tools” in The Artist Way book by Julia Cameron and love her take on both. “Logic brain is and was our survival brain. It works on known principles. Anything unknown is perceived as… Continue reading

  • A More Artful Life.

    Here is an interesting view of creativity from The Artist Way, by Julia Cameron. “Spiritual Electricity – The Basic Principles.” “For most of us, the idea that the creator encourages creativity is a radical thought. We tend to think, or… Continue reading

  • The Ten Rules For Being Human.

    You Will Receive A Body You may love it or hate it, but it will be yours for the duration of your life on Earth. You Will Be Presented With Lessons You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called… Continue reading

  • The Artist Way.

    December 1, 2004, I began writing Morning Pages, a tool in the book, “The Artist Way,” A Course in Discovering and Recovering your Creative Self, by Julia Cameron. Here Julia explains the Morning Pages. “There is no wrong way to… Continue reading