The Creative Act: A Way of Being: The Sunday Times bestseller

To create is to bring something into existence that wasn’t there before.

As each small surprise leads to another, you’ll soon find the biggest surprise: You learn to trust yourself—in the universe, with the universe, as a unique channel to a higher wisdom.

When is the work done? There is no formula or method for finding this answer. It is an intuition: The work is done when you feel it is.

It’s helpful to turn those voices down so you can hear the chimes of the cosmic clock ring, reminding you it’s time. Your time to participate.

Base decisions on the internal feeling of being moved and notice what holds your interest. This will always be in the greatest service of the work.

The call of the artist is to follow the excitement. Where there’s excitement, there’s energy. And where there is energy, there is light. The best work is the work you are excited about.

We can’t weigh Source material based on the initial impact it makes on arrival. Sometimes the smallest seed grows into the biggest tree. The most innocent idea can lead to the most consequential writing.

It’s fair to assume that the bee doesn’t know its role in this interconnected puzzle and in preserving the balance of nature. The bee is simply being.

Boosting our receptivity may require a relaxing of effort. If we’re trying to solve a problem, trying can get in the way.