Create sacred physical and/or psychological space to make your art. This may be a corner in your bedroom with your laptop and an altar, a garage with an AM/FM radio, or an office with windows that open. “Space” could be your walk after dinner or the half hour you take in the morning to journal, a weekend in a motel with Wi-Fi, or a yearly silent

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Instead I’m asking you to ask yourself: where do you feel most comfortable and confident? Where do you laugh the loudest? Where do you let your guard down? Where do you feel the urge to take an Instagram photo because you want the world to see what you see and feel how you feel? Where do you get your biggest ideas? Where do you feel free to stretch

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What I can say is that if you can get in the habit of writing three pages a day, your mind will be clearer and your creative ideas and true feelings will flow more freely the rest of the day. It comes down to this: the rest of your day may require you to consider the needs and thoughts of others, but this can be your little corner of the day that... See more