The Artists Way

The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight. The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.

By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to BE an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one.

“DO” morning pages, don’t “write” them.

…the recovering artist must avoid taking the first ‘think’. For us, that think is really self-doubt: “I don’t ‘think’ this is any good

Leap, and the net will appear.

- The Artists Way

Affirmations are a powerful antidote for self-hate, which commonly appears under the mask of self-doubt.

Every time you don’t follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness.

- Shakti Gawain