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Honesty

I’ve been struggling to find time in my life. It feels like the end of a winter season, where things are wanting to sprout and begin a new growth cycle. It’s a difficult place to be in. I was going … Continue reading

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The Mother of all Lies

The trick to finding time to write (or create) is to do it from the perspective of love and not product ~ Julia Cameron Well, today is Saturday and I got a good hard slap in the face when reading … Continue reading

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Imagination Running Wild

Creativity is about listening. It is the artist working to get what they hear down, instead of making something up and calling it art. It is only found in the “zone”. I believe that creativity has to be harnessed or … Continue reading

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Super Hero Writing Maniac

Sometimes I pretend my curling iron is a light saber …. Author Unknown When was the last time you sat down to create anything and you thought,  hmmm, I think I will get into character? Today I did just that. … Continue reading

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Learning to Create Like an Amateur

Today is week 2 of my venture of working through the Right to Write by Julia Cameron. The second chapter focuses on allowing yourself to write (or create). Allowing ourselves to create is the key to opening a door that … Continue reading

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Creative Beginnings

As promised, today is the first day of many Saturdays to come; working through a book on creativity. The Right to Write by Julia Cameron is one I have had on my bookshelf for years. I have read it numerous … Continue reading

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A New Journey

I’m starting a new chapter in my life and it feels great! However, it didn’t come without a little bit of pain. I had to walk through a dark place, find a torch to light, and journey to the edge … Continue reading

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Change

Like the winds our lives can change direction in an instant. How we handle that change can either damage our path, or it can be a smooth transition to a happier place. Often times change is not something we welcome … Continue reading

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The Power of Words

Since I have been struggling with writer’s block I thought this topic might be fitting. I’ve been reflecting on the power of words over the past few days. They are not just idle things that slip off our tongue and hang … Continue reading

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Intuition and Creativity

~The beginnings of all poetry is to suspend the course and the laws of rationally thinking reason and to transport us again into lovely vagaries of fancy and the primitive chaos of human nature~ August and Karl Wilhelm von Schlegel … Continue reading

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