I ordered The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron, a book on creativity from Amazon. When it arrived, my landlord put it on our doorstep, just before the sprinklers started. We came home and there it was, soaking wet. My husband and I tore paper towels strips into little squares and placed them on each top … More Absorbing Creativity
“To effect a creative recovery, we must undergo a time of mourning. In dealing with the suicide of the “nice” self we have been making do with, we find a certain amount of grief to be essential. Our tears prepare the ground for our future growth. Without this creative moistening, we may remain barren. We … More Recovering our Creativity
Be creative, they say. write, paint, or draw, or even take a fun picture today. I pick up the pencil, a crayon of color, my mind is a blank, nothing wants to be drawn, not just for drawing’s sake. Back in the box, one by one, With a sigh, I save them for another run. … More Create Your Way
It comes from the inside, created by the one who sees it Looking for an answer but blind other than to the perception, the angle of the one looking Who is looking? The innocent One waits letting the tantrum unfold Isn’t it time? The thinker knows the story well. The story suits the events. Forms … More Unity
A blank white canvas … the ground that an artist uses to begin a new masterpiece. It is the background of silence. It is the holding of ideas, brilliance, inspiration, and the unfolding life yet to be discovered. I am a Blank White Canvas Sitting in the reflection of the masterpiece that you are, holding … More Blank White Canvas
When its enough – I realized that I’m done “working on” myself. No more digging, questioning, reviewing, doubting, poking and cleaning. There comes a time when there can be no more to unearth. That time has come. It is the soul’s path to experience the circumstances of life that we live. We can try to … More Daily Messages – Day 2
Kathy Maloney Mathieu 