There is a Zen saying that goes, “Before one studies Zen, mountains are mountains and waters are waters; after a first glimpse into the truth of Zen, mountains are no longer mountains and waters are no longer waters; after enlightenment, mountains are once again mountains and waters once again waters.” I’m not sure why thisContinueContinue reading “AW12: Recovering a Sense of Faith”
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AW11: Recovering a Sense of Autonomy
(Just a quick aside: most of my blogging is happening on Substack so if you’d like to join me there please do!) My God it’s been a loooooong almost six months on this Artist’s Way trip. But this chapter reminded me that a lot has genuinely changed since I started on 1 January this year.ContinueContinue reading “AW11: Recovering a Sense of Autonomy”
AW10: Recovering a Sense of Self-Protection
You know those people who say, “God I miss school. Those were the best days of my life” or “What I wouldn’t give to be a kid again” or “My twenties were the best years of my life”? I am not one of those people. And sometimes, Artist’s Way just feels like one giant, pain-in-the-assContinueContinue reading “AW10: Recovering a Sense of Self-Protection”
AW9: Recovering a Sense of Compassion
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”
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”
TANYA MEESON 