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How to complete "The Artist's Way" by meditation7

"Despite taking 12 months instead of 12 weeks, I did all the exercises, which help me to get a lot more out of the book than just reading it. It was crucial also in reawakening more of my creative side."

How I did it: A friend handed me the book at a bookstore. "Here, this seems like something you'd like." I paged through it and realized that it was the book I'd been searching for all my life even without knowing it: creativity not for the sake of generating a creative product but creativity as a day-in-day-out spiritual practice. The book was so multi-dimensional, tackling issues of self-care, surrendering to creativity without regards to quality. looking at your doubts and fears squarely, shrugging off the people toxic to your creative process, etc. etc., that I couldn't but do all of it, even if it was slowly and laboriously. In the process, my stuck novel became unstuck and, more importantly, art became for me not something to be done but something that is lived.

Lessons & tips: It definitely helps if you can do it with others. Whether a friend or a group, the interaction will add momentum to your rediscovering creativity as a joyful experience.


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Apr 14, 2009, 03:37PM PDT | 5 comments | 21 cheers


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MooseyMeg figuring out which thing to do next....

Good for you! I always conk out on the morning pages after about 2 weeks….

Apr 14, 2009, 03:41PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 1 cheer

meditation7

2 weeks is good...

... I found that the easiest way to stay on top of morning pages was simply to look at the allotted time: 20 minutes. I figure no matter how busy my day, I can always do 20 minutes. I write the starting time at the top of the page and race till the 20 minutes are up. Sometimes I go a little longer. That way it never feels like a chore…

Apr 14, 2009, 03:58PM PDT | Respond to this 1 cheer

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Jun 29, 2009, 07:25AM PDT

spiraljetty wake up sleepyhead

You soooo rock!

I have been working on it for 18 months now. It is useful to know where you stop and how you get going again, I’ve found. Nice to hear others say it takes that long too. You are and Artistic inspiration and I’m going to have to subscribe to you now!

Jul 11, 2009, 10:55PM PDT | Respond to this 1 cheer

Zewy Dayman - Fighter of the Nightman - Champion of the Sun!

My friend showed me this book and I felt the same way, like it was something I had long needed but didn’t realize existed…

Thanks for sharing your impressions – I will get to this project myself sometime soon…. :)

Aug 06, 2011, 08:19AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 1 cheer

meditation7

Doing it with others definitely helps...

... consider meetup.com to see if there’s a group in your area that meets around this topic, as it’ll help to set up a little structure. Or do it with a friend who’s also genuinely interested…

Thanks for your comment.

Aug 06, 2011, 11:48AM PDT | Respond to this 1 cheer


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