“Who would you be without your story?”~ Byron Katie Mom tapped the side of the spoon on the edge of the saucepan, knocking off excess tomato paste and said, “Well, you know, Susie, you are a survivor.” I was 16, and I took this as a supreme compliment—a badge of honor. I didn’t know what…
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The Structure of How to Surrender
Even if we understand the value of letting go, giving in, and stopping the fight in the creative process, we often don’t know how to surrender. “Every born Wayfinder goes through stages of self-realization:loneliness, striving, disappointment, surrender, release,and then the slow awakening to a world where magic is realand miracles commonplace. The journey is worth…
Regaining Your Sense of Wonder: Creativity as a Heavenly Body
Your sense of wonder and awe will lead you back to creativity, even in the most chaotic times. “When it’s over, I want to say: all my lifeI was a bride married to amazement.I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. When it’s over, I don’t want to wonderif I have made of…
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How to be True to Yourself: The Art of Us Against Artifice
To be true to yourself requires solitude and courage first. “I am not who I think I am; I am not who you think I am;I am who I think you think I am.”~ Charles Cooley I looked at him across the patio table and marveled at how grown up he was. How tall he…
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Pure Imagination: Traveling in the World of Your Creation
Your pure imagination is the great escape. “You’ll definitely have to commit suicide to be free,” I told him.“In fact, ideally, you’ll do it all the time. Not physically. Mentally.”“You want me to kill my mind?”“Not all of it. Just the dungeon.”~ Excerpt from Martha Beck’sSteering By Starlight: The Science and Magic of Finding Your…
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A Gap Analysis of Your Artful Journey of Becoming
A pause can be the perfect moment to do a gap analysis of your journey. “What art is, in reality, is this missing link, not the links which exist.It’s not what you see that is art; art is the gap.” ~ Marcel Duchamp I stood on the platform at the Hendon tube station, reading the…
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