Sublime

The morning pages acquaint us with what we think and what we think we need. We identify problem areas and concerns. We complain, enumerate, identify, isolate, fret. This is step one, analogous to prayer. In the course of the release engendered by our artist date, step two, we begin to hear solutions. Perhaps equally important, we begin to fund the

My favorite childhood toy was … My favorite childhood game was … The best movie I ever saw as a kid was … I don’t do it much but I enjoy … If I could lighten up a little, I’d let myself … If it weren’t too late, I’d … My favorite musical instrument is … The amount of money I spend on treating myself to entertainment each month is … If I weren’t so

the pages are a pathway to a strong and clear sense of self. They are a trail that we follow into our own interior, where we meet both our own creativity and our creator. Morning pages map our own interior. Without them, our dreams may remain terra incognita.

We have been taught to believe that negative equals realistic and positive equals unrealistic.

BURIED DREAMS, AN EXERCISE

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible. OSCAR WILDE

In other words, Morning Pages give us not only the light of insight, but also the power necessary to effect positive change. It’s very difficult to write negatively about something day after day without being moved to action.