Sublime

THERE ARE TWO PIVOTAL tools in creative recovery: the morning pages and the artist date.

Just remember, in choosing, that we often resist what we most need.

Remember that in order to recover as an artist, you must be willing to be a bad artist. Give yourself permission to be a beginner.

“I’ll just keep going” is a central lesson taught by Morning Pages. The pages may seem dull to you, even pointless, but they are not. Remember that they are not intended to be “art.” They pave the way for art.

Trust the prescription of three pages a day. The Artist’s Way has worked for nearly four million readers. Let it work for you just as it is designed.

As artists, we must learn to be self-nourishing. We must become alert enough to consciously replenish our creative resources as we draw on them—to restock the trout pond, so to speak. I call this process filling the well.

Best of all, at the end of your creative adventure, you have a souvenir—something that you made, something to remind you forever of your brief but transformative encounter with inspiration.