The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

Morning pages are nonnegotiable. Never skip or skimp on morning pages. Your mood doesn’t matter. The rotten thing your Censor says doesn’t matter. We have this idea that we need to be in the mood to write. We don’t.

“What will they think of me once they know this?”

The morning pages acquaint us with what we think and what we think we need. We identify problem areas and concerns.

Rather than working or living the now, we spin our wheels and indulge in daydreams of could have, would have, should have.

We can learn not only to listen but also to hear with increasing accuracy that inspired, intuitive voice that says, “Do this, try this, say this….”

Some of the oddest things are self-destructive. Do you have a habit of watching TV you don’t like? Do you have a habit of hanging out with a really boring friend and just killing time (there’s an expression!)?

Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace, and power in it.

As a rule, logic brain perceives the world according to known categories.

We have this idea that we need to be in the mood to write. We don’t. Morning pages will teach you that your mood doesn’t really matter. Some of the best creative work gets done on the days when you feel that everything you’re doing is just plain junk.