It’s fitting that this chapter of Cameron’s Artist’s Way is called Recovering a Sense of Compassion; fitting that she talks about “the creative u-turn”. Fitting also, that in the intro she says, “It may be tempting to abandon ship at this point.” The last two or so weeks have been … something of a surprise.ContinueContinue reading “AW9: Recovering a Sense of Compassion”
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Guilty as sin
When the landscape of wrongdoing is so vast, where’s the value in feeling bad? It’s a horror scene. I’m in the lounge looking up at the ceiling and the blood dripping from it. There’s a suitcase hidden there, oozing from the limbs I stuffed in it. I must do something about the bodies before theContinueContinue reading “Guilty as sin”
AW: Recovering a Sense of Strenth
If there is only one chapter in Artist’s Way that you read, let it be this one There are so many elements in this section that are so wholesomely practical that if there was only one chapter you were able to work through as an artist in recovery or as an artist in beginning, IContinueContinue reading “AW: Recovering a Sense of Strenth”
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
Fear is a messenger if you’re willing to listen It was an overcast day out of season and we were done with the volcano stop. We’d viewed Mount Agung from the safety of a village close by and were ready for something else. ‘You want to go closer?’ our driver Gede offered. ‘I know aContinueContinue reading “Between the devil and the deep blue sea”
AW7: Recovering a Sense of Connection
Learning to listen to the creative voice and the perfectionism, risk aversion, and jealousy that deafens you to it Here it is, the chapter I stopped at in 1998. Not sure why here. I’m hoping it’s because I got distracted by something astonishingly good (memory recalls not), because honestly this is one of my favouritesContinueContinue reading “AW7: Recovering a Sense of Connection”
TANYA MEESON 