I 'WIS~Ji TO ItCKN'OWI.6IJGiE. my clrcaitivc cQIl~'at!J;~c~ E.dn1Jt~l1cl Towl,~~ who f1Jithfully road-tesaed these pdndple~. ~md whose {t.,'Ctlb9Ck [ fQund ~'11,vallLmble. lwish to dunk: Juli,Hll1Ja McC.l'rtll'Y~ G ernld Ay I'i(;'S'I< Jo]~r.iI, N kilo.ls. ,and] S,I r A~~Il'hol1'y hi epk i ns f(J!l' the,ir personal CfC~lti,vC ali,um,g'lf! and d:llii;ir gem'acr.o~illy '~n ~~t:: (:11- COli ragemene of others I .e.r-.e~t:i vity. [ ~3~,U te Ti mesh t' Wh t:i:4 ter (or c ric a rtb1Jg, a ~odly of sO!LHld It'h3t enOCHlIJrag,es, 3!m'1ld CIIC 'tCilI, a body of ligJu" His heaBng millfiMJ5]C h3'S proved j'l v:;duaMe to lhi~ work, I ehank l'Il,y agent, S'IiJS~11 Schulman, fer her astringenr WI,( and pcrspicad,ty. Addi,liolm!aJrul~" the ll-C'ver,cluls. Sarra and ,M~kc Miw~il[1J of Unity. Cl1J~,caJg,o: Mic'i]c]e LOWTa'[¥cc. l~:ua~.l Leddy W~ ldroa, Gi n 11'Y Wc,isun.3,11 i MlebcUc: Citron. K;]t h},' Chur.;uy. iIlnd Ma:dl.yn Li,ebe:rI11@J~1I.; :How.;;u,d Mandel and Gay[:c Seminara of Ttrams,iliOIIlS BOCiditstore. Chic-a.gQ. Mosl cs,pc.ci:glly ] 'wish rCB ,a.c~u.n.w]edge my studenes amd the inspired cdit,ori I glJlid;;'iJ'll]c\:' of jan ehnson, Rick Bemz\:1. . nd jercl1J11JY Taseher, p'lLlblisber and rainm aker, ~t'"s. my bel ief dlaJt. til,co Gre:1llt Crea [Or led us .,,1.1.
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WltilN fJ~O':pU~ A~·K ME W~imillit ~ do, :1 usually arntSW!l:f~ "I'm a \11 r]teF.-di rector and [ ~eac]f1 du;!;;c- creativ uty wIQ~ks.l1:ops..·'"
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4'"How ,r~]'11 Y'0'U;II tt;[1ch cili"c.:}:t:~vh1?~~ ~'hey W,iUn: 1:0 blOIj,ll;,~. De .... fj,mnoc fi,~~tUS 'Wid~ cl'll'~,o8i.t}" on tht:'ir -£3(:'-=:5.
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This 'book is whM ] do. for ,L\ decade nOwt [ ha.vC' '~3ughit it s,pi·rm.tua'i wQ:rksho]) ill'lnoo ~n fr,~cing people's cr-e:nivilty_ :1 have eaught ;;Jjirt~st's and :li'iJonanin~. painters iliwd fibllJl'JJ3kcTS nd homemakers and hr'i.i'iIy-crs-an¥onc int~res'~~d ~liiL living mafiC; c re~d\l'dy th:~ough practicing 3:11 art; even mQ~ b:~cmd~y~, a nyOI'H! ~iiil~eres tC'i] in ·p:r.actidu.~ [lrU! art of eread ve l'ivil'c. 'W'hUc us:ing. t·eacEi'ing, ~;r:td sh;fJJving, ecols 1. havct:· f-OUIJd5 devised, d.i~ '\im,I'iI,cd2 iilud been. handed, [ :hav"t· seen MOC:ks diss,ohred and ] ives tfa:lflsfQrliiH.::d by '[~C sinlp]e process of cM'fI,gaging the Great Cre:nor. in di~covcr]iIJ1g and recover-inl CHJf c(,\c"J'~]'VC powers,
tiliTbe !Gr'e3.~ C'rC:!IJ~or?' That sounds ]na:' SUnl'L Nati\l"~ American IOd. Tha,t sounds ~oO Christi~I;"W~ toe New Age. too . ,. . ... Stllp,.ld·r S]n1vIJc~111indcd,? Tlue~~c~ril1l.!;? , ._ . ] kllo.~~. Th,i~'JJk of it as an escrcise :in cpen-mindedeess, juse think, ·"'Ok~y, G~e3,t Crcscer .. ,tMht1l'e~1Cr II,itU w~~ ~~ ~m:1I!d ~~}ee'p reading. A~LO'!.~r }'Ol1"fSe!.f to C:7il:pC rlment with tile ide there r.ilmiighr be-a Grear Crca ror :md yen.l [night gc'~ sonlllr! kin d of use' from it B,[\ frecitlg YOYlr own c ['\e~t ivity..
B'€(JJJ.1SC T'I'(.' A,Ti:;U~ &tin)' is, ilml essence, a spiri~~l '~'tlnLin~.ciacedand practiced '~~roulh crl~ial~'ivit)~1 rhis book uses rhe word Gd1il., This l:ll,il')f be wO[I'Iirt:ilc 'fo.r SOWle of yot1-conj ulLing eld, '~n=· lii~~'l1;r·ka.h·lc ~ u,m'lJp[casa nt, or si ~fl p,ly u nbc 1 iev'3lbl,e ide'3s sbou l God as ynu W,C'1tC raised to UJnde rs ta u d "hi ~11.'·· lP]C!its'C be opcmm.mioded.
Through my OWIl It"xpcricnee-and that of txnm_de~:; others dHtt ~ haee s:h~,red-l h~:ve eo:me to believe t hat ('~~'~~yi~ y ~~ our true ('I,/l,l;'ILll:re-" '~hiit 'b~,Q,c;;ks a're' an unn 3 eural d!ll,"Irnn~iIl1Iig or a process at Qm ee as m'!l,01'l1l1l a[ and 3S m i [~(-IL;dous, a'S the blossom ~n,g of:;L fliO\:wr- ~it ~~H: ,t:~'!l.d or '3, -s:h:ndcr g,r{:icrrn stem, 1 h:;l'VC fU'II1I:IIl1I,d Ith'b l~ro~e:~;5. .of M3'king sp'hit!llJ~d COI:Uac~ tlO be beth shn'p~,e ~rl d :str~igbtoot"'I\\i'1i'rd.
[f 'Y0ilo1 arc ereuh.rely blo~ked-':nl'tid 1 believe all of ~s :1~C U) some ~~uclu-~i[ is possible, even probable, (lllait ~ou cnlflie:lnl to create rno(I'C fl'e.ely dU'Qugh your will In g usc of t!te rools dllil~ book pl"ov:idlc-s. Jlist as doing ,Hcntlmi3J Y0p seretehes aleers cons.dousIlCs;s; when all 'lieu arc doh-lit Is $ltr,r;!'Dm::bing., domg the ex-
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b'Jl short. the- tht:io.ry do.L;'5Irh ~liia1ft.£' Q,S m'ir~cb as the practi,c(; iu,el-f d0€S. W~[at you are dQ~ng ;'s Of~at'~lL\lg :p~tb,'.Vays ~n your COITSCi;Q'!11S'n~ 'r;];lroiIJrg'h whjeb the creative fo:rccs can ,arpenue, Once you -ag~"C [0 ch~a'fbtg i[ht;~ PI3'dll.v.a, s, yo'!.]r CJx·~ti,vlty :c]n("~ges." In rII SICI'ii'SC, root' CMj!ljtivjl~y' is like Yrl)l'l'f 'Mood. J'IlJl5.t 3S blood i'~ ~ fact of y'p;rn- pllyskal body a ltd ~tothi'ng you lnvel red, c[e~'tirvlry isa f~[t ole yO~1[r~pifil,1!:I3'1 bod.')' iJrm! nothing rh at Y'Orll musr ,i~:Jlv~nt:.
[ 'began tc~c~ing, the Cf-eiilitiv ity 'iilt.1''(;u::kshops in 'N~'\,,~ Yerk, '!. t:iUl,§,~l'~ rhem because I was. ,~~M '~O ten.cb thel,1J., One lurrn,lIit e t Wt;lS walking i!~ ehe 'Vest Vj],bge 011::iL cobblcseonc ~trct:~ wb~ bc~nnifu~, afrernoon light. Til _. nex [ m inure [ ~'lJ]>dJd€'fily k new ehat I should begin t.eil('hin,g, people, grou'p§ of 'people. bow to ut~lbl,ock. M,aybo ]i[ ,\;'1,3$ a \-"'isb t"Xhzd~d, on somebody dS€"s ~V:JUL Ccrt3,inl,y' G':ree:nwi.ch ViHag~' mlJiU'ISt oont:~~,n 'aJ gre~i[cr diens.h;y .of ::\r~ i'Su~l.'ockoo and etherw ise-'~b~'o nC2lItly a n~'pl (i,CC el se i n An}ir:!l]',ilra:~
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~~,] know how [0 do h .. "j [ milir¥ have f~:p0ltded. pickilr.'lg up rhc cue, My al'fc 'has a.l\l1i.I'ays included strom internal directives. lL4(1n"'~·'~ ~flde,s, ] cam l'hC1rn ..
~ (lit~n,'t ~'l.a!l\; [:0 t._kc, -e y ,I,;:!ITll'lC).ttOml] rem l'ic·r:lU.a llc;'It!o:s~ ~fl'iiI!!'!!pi ra[;,0,," w ~ pen ,ling, I 5,imply. WKJfJC. NQ liU:god[ltin~I~. G(~od. bad: ~OIlC ef l~rm,y business. I \"J!:Jn~t: dioing i.t. By rCliomping as, tl:L~ s.clf~ons,ci,ous aYll~or. [ weete .rmc1'''r.f.
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b~h18 3< ~l.'E ffCr.~IUf;, .ar~ i ~r~. NQ~lrlLru!i!~. di~s h:nj(~c r l1ror~m a ba.,(j ~dl:.~. A~r~d few ideas re '!\!'Of~C rha'lJlJ the olle:] we h'3."~ aboll.n tlJrrL. Wf,! C~l'U !:bafl.ilJ so ~1ll:)I'~y 1''h1ng$ o·ff Iflo, ,f;i '1J.1 , ::'lIff~rr:!'I'IIg-a'niS( jocnti,lY: d.J'Utl1kir::~fiI,ltil,;ss. 111roli':!J1!i~ClJil-')I"~ fiscal problems. a ('~t[~~1I: ruthless~fllJCSS or sel f- dCSU'\II.Cl ivencss in 11l1!L31ttCrS of 111 .. , hea rt, We .: ~J :kmo"""1 hi.ow 'brok'c-,r:'ltzy-'p['(nltir:S((IOU~~n lI!ru~m~I!i]1l.: ardsts . 'ril!. I\l'id if l'bc.ry aJoli\; ~!ave t"O '1](\ then wh,~es mn,y C~Cn.l5e·(
T1u:: ~,d!l.::1 th:u 'I eeeld bll,; sane, sober, and C;~~3r~i~c t>~'nificd me, j 1mr1l'pl ying, as 'j1t did, th~ po£slbi1 i ~y of p Cr:1(UlaJ~ acceu mabil i.~~: J ~··y.t.nll l'!]r;L~a n if 1 have 1'hl:'"SC Ii 1.1"S, t· m Sl,lppo~ed [0 use thclu? Yes.
L~rov;dcl\fiaU'1, 1 \~~s S,l:t'llit • neeher ldot'ked writer 0 work widl,~nd Qn---..at - his 'tintC'. ] 'b(;'g~t, to eeaeh him wha{ ~ ,va. s Icarnill~ (G~t OlJ.jIJ( of l~n: w~y. Let rf 'work threugh you. Ac~ C1Um u late p~lgt:s. not jurdtnlCIII,ls.) He. too, b~~iln to llnblcck . . Now rhere ,,~ ... e two, or U!$, 'SQiOI1 I had iLtlotn.cr ~"'V;.nim1L,:~ ~his Olr1LC t'1.l)101 in.~.t: r. Th~ t.l~e~So worked r"r "II isua I ar ~'h'i;t~, I~OlOl.
This _w~s "IIt:'r, ,cxci[in~ to lLiIn.c. br'il m',' gr-and\.'T Tll0lriIfJ,CU1It ; 1 imagined [ was. [t1l1rnml1!,; lneo i creative (anog_rnph,C'f~ l1u.p'p~rrjJlg ~ \IVay- out of confusion for ntysdf and for whoever ","Jnf:cd to r.OUIO~. 1 W'.lei1t'f' P~3~}~iilled ['0, become s teacher. 'i ~'raS {ml}l' ~u~g['y I (! neve r h~d .ft rtc~ud,cr [1i!IJy'~elf. Wb y did "I ~i~~Vre It 01 lc~m wh l ~ Ile;.lrl'lL~d the \:'INliY ] ]cam:Tll-rl it: (in b1-ttrkd ~m(;\ error, ~n~ bY'll!l.1, .. 1ki'I'Ig i'nl~CJ; yndls? Wt 3rt~s'[s should be m:molX.: reacheble. I d:lU::U;J~J1t. S~10:t(;IU&S an.d h~il.1I[irls; ef t'h~ ~-r~l'i'i could be '~a'g'g\~d.
Tlv:G'sc WVfC' ~ill.c thlOUgh~~ ,\1:u eddied wieh me as I took Ill,' ~rl1c:rn'OOIf1 wnlks=-Cltj,C)yjn,t t'lu'ljght off diu!' Hudsom,. plottin wlUlJlt ~ 'would write nexr, Enter rhe In. hin orders: I ''II~'.il- (0 h,'·a,(b.
Vl i,thin a 'MCt: k i I was Q;ffi!lE~d ,:1 trc:\ch~ns pOS11t10n dltJ ~p:tcc' 31t the New 'Vorl fetDflli'inist Anll]~J~iuj~.-:,e-'~'hi,('h I, h:IJ(,t [1I~\.'t:[ 1lca fn olMy fi rst d :ls£i-b]ocked painters, nO'lClls ts, po~ts~ and (. I mrnake r~""""'iU; sClfUrubl cd iesclf, ] began ~e:-;:u::h.i~~~ tht:'~ m uhe lessens that are nO'~1 in [his book. Since th:),t elass theft:' have been illiimy o(hcn.., • mild rnany 'HOiti: lessens M well,
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Spiritual Electricity The Basic Principles
'fan MOST' os US; ~he' ldC::Ji .:I:1';.U the crearor cnCQurag,cs. .r!['ca'thl'i~~ hi: a l~dlc.'11 rhougll.'to We-tend to think, or al~ least rear, that (;f("'arive d.f~3IJ\S, are egcnstieal, iC:111cthing ~h~rt Of,JdWClddti't :1pp:m:ve of fOr us, Af[~~f :dl ~ O~ r ereatlve arrise 15 all'JJ l]ITlJnCr yoong~ ster and prOI1 t: to ehildish di],Vll k:i:ng. lf QI,Jl,r ITHlm Of dad expressed dOlJ,lbt Of' di5a,pp[Ov~] fo[" our creseive dreams, \¥( m,ar)" P'iojcci lba't same a.ui,(ude O~1t10 a pli!!~nt3l gcd. T!IiI~~ 'Eh~nk~~g mast be 'J!..l'l!ldone.
Wha,t \iVC' are r~~lk in ~ a,bout is an 'i:1l(h~,ccd......--or il1l'll~u:dsp i:rit!J.'1 3 I, experience, I refer to rhis p'rocc.ss as .!lpi~il.l~ud d~irQIJm{m 1:1:(,., We underta ke ~~,Ii"ta,i n spi f'i;ttual exercises to. ac 1!1J]LLy~ align-, ment with rhe Icrc:~,tive1e~C1?"y Qrd~c universe ..
~f you rhink of tbc universe as ~ '\<'a~t clecrrieel SC3 in which )"ou. ,1~' immeesed and from wb~cb you :1CC' [!onned" opct1ll1ng (0 your (:reJtLVily dl,:ltI18'CS you fr-oPl something bobbit'lg in dJlj:J!, S€"[lL [It) a more fu]ly fu ncrionieg, man:: oonsdou~,. mere eoo1pe'fadvc 'J-~tl rt of lh~;a.t C'OOS,'5r~e-m"
A'S 3, t.¢~,d'i,cr! I o r~~1!l sense d11~plreSt;ncc of SOlffl€ t hi n g trsusccndcnt-s-a spiritual elec nic~ty. if y()U w iU~~mdl hwc come ro rdy on ]t ~1l1! 'tr3'1Uic"C["Jjdwmg Iny OW!)) limitations, ~ uke the'
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r. Creativhy ~s' 'bie n:il'tililin] ofdef of I,~fe. life [I) C'ne-rgy: ,U~ ~relti'V~ ~,nel't-y.
2,. TheiN ~s iin und~dY1 ng, :io..,dwdlin,B C~C ... adv~ fuKe infllting an of Jlrt~~dud.inl: en rselves,
a,· Wh.t=n we Q;peifi 'ou,fseh!'ts to, OlUJ[ ~aci\l',itl~ we ,opc-Jl. O'u'rS$~'IliI'e;s to tth~ ~r>e~~ID'l'S. 'reirt:irY~ it:)' withtn ~$, ~O;d our lives.
4 .. 'W~ are, ol!u'1s:,e]ves,~ cte'ations" And 'wei iim tum. af"E _ea1U eo oontin:u('J acalivity by 'ixi!lllg creative Q~nle' ves,
:s. Cf~3.tivit" is God"s 8'~ff. to us;. U~~RI eue 'ClrC.1Itivl'ty is Our e;ift ht:']!( ito God.
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,. Wh~n 'we o'p,~n ourselves eo e-xpl~rillg QUI Crctti,V1ity,. we open @lIlTs~lVi~ to' God: gelod or:d!!!rly direction,
i8~ As w,e open aUl~ tt-e:at~'jIe ci~~mie:l WI t';hc CT-'a,tofi l'IiIJany F-md'G' l1u~ tDwt'rnd dimr_geS a'r'~ to be cMpe,ned ..
9·, It ,is safe t.o open oUfS~lYes up to, g-rea'U!r :iII.nd ,gl.'e;u~r cre3,'rivh:y~
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an d (}Vt;Jf, c~ch t i :1Ilr:rc: at r, di ff~IC':1ll1 h::v!:l There is no "i.1Il:ch l 'h~ng :11,5 being dene with an '. r{,~SItic life" Fn,1:-oltf ItiOIlll!5 ndl [CW" rd _ exist '. t alll~'!I!'ds on t~u p,;].tb. Ou- aim here is EO flrlld tb,~ trai], e .... = tablb.h our (oorin- •. ~,nd bClil'll!1l ~hc: diml':!l. 1 he cre'H~VI!! Vl';;'ta~ [~31:JJt open ~ ill q'lLl~dd)r cxci til! you.
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M3IiIf~y or 1l'S; "I.'1iIish we were more creative. M~ny or us; sense we oflIrc JITlllJor,~ crcaeive, bUl'l!llRm~b'~~ to ,C'ffil:ct~\I'i1dy ta'pthat c-n::ulvh:y. Our dreams elude IUS. Our lives feci somehew ·fi13It. Often. ~VC 'i1l3V,C grc3' ideas, wende rf111 d reams, bllit;;) re u na bl e (0 etu;tiI,Uizc t he m far Oil! rsel \l'Cs., SO!fW,l r;'thn~s \!.'II'C' ~'iI trI'/,J'C s,pcci fie crcasi ve ~,arnGimts we wCH:dd hJIVt' liL1 he able h'l {lJn1~1~,'~~:r',ning to p,lar the pt~~~rilo.. painrlug, t."Ilking an acd,llg d3S"S~, 01[' '~r~til1g. Sm'1l'1l,'-~t i mill1C s em r g,cllft,l, is more tB ffli'SC'. Vk h ungillil" for whJl'I~ _igh'~ be c~~]ed ..;re~It'lve Ii V]IDlg=1lJml1, (!~,Pll nd~ e d sen ~C' 0, ercat'~'\\' i.ty i It QU r bll1msincss l~ves~ in sha,r.ul:lg wit~ our cn:vtdrcn, our 'ipOUS~. 011111f Friends.
Whih! ehere is no quick fi~ f.or ]~-:lst:1nt~ p.fl'ii1~f~~ crt::nl" r ~ty. crcativ.: fiX'O'\i!'C'fY (o,r disc{l<~lcr}l') i$ 3, tc~c]~ab~c, lfacklib~~ spir]U~ ~.~, process. Em:JIJ ef us' is CQUl ptC'~ :l11d h i,g:h,~y in dividua ~, ret rhcre arrt: eemmon rcCOcgi!lI~2,!lJ,bEc denomiaators ItO the crearlve ]"t:,c:,o'fery precess.
\\f,orkl,l'1lg w]rh chls process. [ '~C-C;: a cC'I:'rai'l1 aJn1,'011,Un of defiance and gidtUn;ess in t:he fiirs't ,few w~cks. This t:lury :it~gc is followed cLosely by explcsive anger 'i l tile IC'O'UfS.e'S midseeuen, ~ he ~~[]g~'r is flO]]u\V,ed by g,rie f, til !::;~rl ~1,It~rD13't i ng \va,\I'~S to r 'IF(;S1SrUi nee and hope. This pJC'aJks-~~fJJd~~nlJ~h.:ys ph::lst of grewrh b ~ COIHes a series of e:xpi'lll ~£k):ns a-nd ccntmcrious, a :bi'lf['bi 11£; precess iln w'hich students experience ;11 U:['JJ se dation littd (,~c-.f.~n~ive skc~nm CJScI~l.
T~l~S choppy growtrh pi~ ~$,e is folio _. ~.:d br a st r-Q:ng 1l.1'rgc 00 abandon the proocss and FetUf~ ~Q life 3S we knew ~t~ 1,111 other words, 3 b=tTg,a]nil'l G perled. PCC'.i,p]~ ~,IrC "1 ften I~C rn prud [0 aban,&cm the OOllr'S,C' at this Jlo1ml['. I. call rhts 3 ereative U'-'~!arn, R"",cOlnmiuucrn to' the :procc~s jUr~[ tdgger$ rhe free-fall IOf il rna-
jor ego sarrendcr. E~~lo'1Ij,!ing: this, the (i'll,ai, phase ,of,thc course is chaeacreriacd Ib~r a 51CW SlUJ1Sie of self fiu.['.k~d by nlcrc!1!~~d.
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[:"'[O>!J,i' .~o -yrOIIl.:U k:u:Jio,~ ;f you ar-c li::fc!II,ti,vc:I), 'bl:cu:,krt-cl? J~a~,Il)\,'IJsy ~IS ~m U'li"d'l~rIT~ eluc, A'm there artists, W'~101r1J'Il yo.'II.'IIrC'SCl1lt? )0 yOIiJl ,~d1lroursel( "I could do d1:!l,l. i.f 1011]111 ' ... " ,IJo 'fori rell 'jl'{1ur~t~1 f d13 t if on~y y01i.1J took YOYII:' (:lFC-:Jt ~liI'C potent i II seriously. yc()l~ n:a~gh~:,
• Stop \l!j;laJ,j lci'clg '~l~rnil '~'ou ~n,kc !& nough l~U!lrlllC'~' W do wmt:rh lug yo:dH i't:.,a Ily love .
•. Stop 'b~]Un~ yours~lf. ~!)fs, justl11'~' lesc'" whenever you yC-3Hl for - m,ore erearive life .
.. SlOp [~II~~nlJg }'ol'lrsdf th:ilt dreams dOl:3J't mll;anJUcc'Il t'hiU llu.")' ~ rc pn I'Y d're::uluii ~~] I[) rha t yuu. sh i;:rlLl~d be more So-l':!III.Slb]..:,
Ii, Sltap fea rmg that you r fam ~ ~lY .and fric nd~, W-@I~~d t b~n'k you Cf<!IJZ y.
+ Slop~c;I~~ir1Jg yO(lnd-rl1mr~'t crleiildvit~, is 3.luN,\UY and 'd;),_t yo.n should be' gri!Lt!cful ror W;}~3It you'vc gO·l.
As you lea rn eo n."lt:'Q~llr]j'I:z·~. mrrntrc .. II!] d protect ''Y'O II,U inner artisr, you will be ;;!t1l'le to move b-cyoud pain ~mlld (:T(;2U~VC OOli1l~ seric ticm, 'Y::ou wi II. 1110: rn Wi!!y:s. to :n:COgmlj:z:~ a~.nl reselvc Fear, .rt:'~llm""e cmodorHiI] sea li:s!tuc:. ::.n(~ M:n'Dlgdllo!'R ~fC'tll'r con6d~ncc, D,a~n~gil'1lg o]dJ ideas about (re~ti\l'ily U;I'~~] be cxplon:d and disc:,u'd,edL Working ,tv~th E~llis book, ynu. w"~ll experience In. intensive, guided encounter with yO\U c).\\Vn (,l:Ic3t'~vitY'''=;},roull' sriVtUt Vm~~n'Jls, champieas, 'iI¥ilihcs~ [,1;;,) s, drrc-:urn5. hope~. ~uld l rium phs, Til c CX1)C riCl1CC w-ill 'Ill alkc you eZl{,d~~(t dcpn'"S!h:d, ~~Jg,~r. afm,j.d I jQfyOIL,~$'1 hcp~ fut" and. uh ;,'Cll rn.tdy~ more fl"lCt.
The Basic Tools
'[:HElI~I~ ~\RE 'fWD PIVOTJI;,IL eoels 111::1 ereaeive recovery: tr~,rz ~'J'lIll\l'1\J1d~,rg J'l1g.{,·S and IJ"c l-JIfirs,f' dtU·f. A 13sling c[e:l'tt]'I.I'C ;:a.'j,1§;I';[!!kif:ni.l~g (,cql!ll~res ~he 'CQns~ stent use of both, :~ ~:;Il;c to incroduce tht: m both immediareJy~a nd at' su ffidc"Il t le ngrh to ill'l :nwe I!' most ef your questions. This t~hav'tt;'1!' e'irtpla'lns these liuo:ls e :rcfuUy and in (I.~:pt:h. Please read it w]th sp~clal CfJfN! end begin the 'im.looedi~t(: use of both tools,
I !'i order to re td~V'C you'r cf1eatdvi.t}f, yo~u need 'rrQ find h .. 'I ask 'you to do this by 3,11 ilP'P3'f~!'u:ly poinrless process ~ call duo t't.IOJl'tI'" J'~18 F~Be$. You. 'will do the p;tges, dJJUy rthrough all rhe weeks of the course anti . .r hope, much .Ion§e'l". 1. have been dOlng rhem (Of :a decade i~:aw. 1 h,,\fC stndenes who hW-VrL; worked with them'll :~;'itca,r]'Y rhae leng and w~tO would nO 1110r,e alDan don [henl d~3n 'breath i,~llg.
G]lil:njf~ a. "\\r rirer-producer; cr ... ~]{H ts the m~oruinG p~scs with i n$pli'Ir.1ldun (OF her recen t scroc:np~ ays and d:Jlrity in 1'1 anni 111 g 'her I1c:t,\v(:1c:rk spr,;cial]s. "T'm supcrsririous abouc them by now, • she says. ~'~W'hcl'1l [ '!.y,;;! s edi t ing m y last spcda]. I would gc;'t (I P ~t .s~oo A.M., Ito. get them done 'before] 'WCI~t in 'to wcrk ...
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Artist br~ri ,1 'is, QU'f crl;~'li"!.l'"C', helis tic brarn, h t11.iIr1ks 1n pauerns and shadings, It. SCC$ a fall rQrlC',s~ ~nd [lmrink:s~ Wow! Leaf bo.1IJqu~t! Prercy! Gold=tnt...shi,mlncry=eilrtl1skin~ldlfiJJg·:s.C3rpe't~ Ard~,t br~in is ,3-SSQela'tt'ivc' and fl.'"'{:l~..:,bcdilllJf} ~t makes
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like til e N (use mvehs (;3 n i n,@; a bcae ~ 'w:w"~c-horse,'" In ShiT 11 nn~ dle~la~D:le Sky"valk~r is a le\1i~~,y adi:s~..:b:rO)in flilSb.
'Why all d~is logic-,bn:in/:a r:~.i!St-bn)1n ra n~? B0L":'a u:s.t" the n]on1&ng p:agt::£ teach 10 glc brn]l'~ to' sta nd /ill$ide- arnd 'let 31 t~:!i It brain phfy~,
The Censor ispare of QU.£' [e:·tQvcI' sU'r'viv:Ji br.ilit1L Et was the :pa'l'l i~m: charge of dccid~ng whether 'it was safe for 111S 'to IC:l1te the forest and. ,go OrtllX into rhe JHCtLd.O'\'Ii;[ OU'f C.~;n~!O:r scans ou r creari ve meadow (or f!iny' da~g(:ro:l!!ts beast ies, Any om:-i!,i nal thought, [11'11 look ,['cu)' d~i~ticrnuiS t70 cur Censor,
The m~ly senn:;ltt"csJpillint i'ng.s./~cu 1ptur:~l!i I p1homg:rn'phs it l~kes are On~') [.h~u it has seen 11.1::11''1 rimes before. Sa'(ie SCIltences, SaJ{c ·pl1intings. N(H L"):,pior31~ory bh.n .. ts, ilquiggles .. IO'f jottings. Listen to ·]r.~nrr 'C~usot and ;,t "!;\1i,~iU tell }ffiu 'mat q;:~'~tr~hing (ydg"ma'l m s wrong/dan gerou'sl rot ten,
Wl~~o \i'jlo,uldiIL1't he blocked if C\llC'fy dnl'C you tiptced into the epcnsemebody (yoOu r C\,':m.~ro"r.) made fun of l~OU~ The mornlug P~Sit:S \~iU eeaeh you to SU}~P listening IttO ~~~Jr ridicule, They win aBow Y0101 to detach from your nCI:lJt~vt Censor,
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MOJ'~1ili:i!t1Jg p:lG-e~ rn:::Jlp .our Own inR':rlor. Wiltn.o'll,u: r1rn.!l::m, ou[" dreams nu,< remain ttil!rr~ 11:(;C)ogniil:a. I kllll,!O,W ml!tlc d'id. Udtt!,~, du;m. tll~ li~~;iJJt: of insi~lfa;t is €OuRt~d '!i;li,!ith rthc ~o"v~'r '~Of ,t:xpt\n~ :ll,i1JJt:' dID:tJJm'!llgc: It:;s y,e:ry dHhC~ih. 1-0 o;"t'~n'P,i'3iu abffli1Lt a s,iuf:ulDn moradn::Jig ~:rt)C[ tnoIl'Jll'lmg;, InOliuh afwr li1Il'Olra'h" wiihrQ~l~ bi&inG 111o'lo!.t"d ito ,J;;:;o\nslfuctjvll.: 3ctio~n< The p"lges. :~cad us Quit of dJ,:spc:l'ir
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Li,ving in $, small adobe house that looked north to l'1J.OS ,Nountai!:ii", [ begnn a practice of w:ri,[ing ~iiI,'rrning pl@i~s, No'bod Y [(ltd, Wf 00, do dn;~lln. J bad never hea r-d of ~fiyhody d'o;i:~1g the m, J just g:on: the ins;'~tJcD~~ n1!J!LC;::~ sense dl~U :1 shaul,d, do 'theM and so J did, I S(!Jt ae a \\IOOdCIl la'Me loak.irug noreh to Tz.os MOUHt:li:n and I '\\P['OtCL
The m:nornii1 p~:gC1. \VC're IU1l pas'r.irru.:, something to dQ instc~d of staring at the mountain ~~[ the rime, Thcmeuneain, a hUlltf,backed Ji1] a rve ] diKenm:ti bil C:V'('f_, w,eaJther~ r·aiscd more qu~t'ionL'i dun [ did, ~f['~ppe:d ill clouds 'It)'l1JC day, dark ~'Ild '\VC't the :JIlC~'~. rhaf m.ounll'mi~mr~ dO!ITlil'i I rated [1,'~lP view a.nd my :fnornitllig pages as wei L 'Whit( dld it=--'Or any tbiug--'Ilnf'a]1,? l asked pagJt! 3fi~c'r :p-a,g.c! 1l10n''Il i ng a rter morning. No answer,
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$ornelj]~1m~s. as a!::m,\I\c. the answer ,lh"::JJy s~ern fI'~,Pp"U1J[ 0;1' moo simple, [ h3'\le COIU~ to oei~:evc 'th.~,t Hf!n is tile opeli:ltive 'lIIQrd. V~nr olf.:hm! when 1. 3Ct OH dlC' adv:u::c I have been ~""en~ it is ,c~". a;C'dy righ(-fiH' lrJ:o:re r~;~liU ~ha~, seruer h'~ Ilg n1.(u-e f:oltlplk:u-ed
,!Vo~'ld bww been, And so, WI' [pe' (E~o;n:t I '!il~n'~ t'OI say: PiIlg,es are I11Y W,1f of m~d i ~~[i ng; J do thenl because dl«:y work.
A: R n.,l a ssurance: t ~e m,or'Jlmli[~~g pOl,gecs wUI '~vo1"k :FCrr 'p~ill t ... eros, (0[" >$(::1.] I prors, for pOCI~S, far. aceors, fDrla'1\;·:re[:s.~ f~r l:iJouSC:& wive!i~for ~[j~YQl'H;wl)o wan'f-S to t~ y a !l:Yithing creat:lw" DO~!l,l" rhink dn:y are a reel fOf" writers only. HiOO:C}f, TJ'ies€ pales a~re nor ; neended lor writers o.ol-y. l~w·,ers who ~s~ the-m ,SV~'(:';l'r I~hc'r mJke rhem more cffccdvc' 'in court D'.1nIoG~rs cl!a:hn fhc'ir bnhncc il~lproV{!$-:;(:nd not jllJ;llS,t ?'ntO(h''Ul~l.Iy. ]f ~n'Yl:~i~l,g;~ wrieers, l11~1I.'P hl11l<~!.I~, a r:eBteu~bh: ~le.~lru to ,1~ltr,!&,!I, mOl,rull'U:g :pagcs jlli'nc3d ,0 f J U:!L~ do l]lc:nu. !lIar h:a.vi':' the haroc-Sf nme seei ng t'hci~ impact. 'Wh~,t dtcytre ]~,kdy eo sec is ~h:Jl f.b~ir ,oth,er '\V1fit][~g $c'CI11S' to slIddcn1, be far more feee 3nd eXpa1ll~lV~ and someho~\V e3'Sy U) do. Jn shore, 1101 marrer 'Wi13t )"o.LI[' Ns:crVfliitiou or ~rour O(cupl1riol1. 'InOrtll~ng :p3£)eS \vi]1 rUf1cti()m:~ for JOU.
Ti ltl.od1Y~ 3 burroncd .. d.o.w n I btl nou€"d=]i'() eu r DUldg't:'OJ'Q rni I Uon~ if!e~ . :b:~~n writ mug: J:nr~orni:n~ p3g,es, wirdilJ ;1 Ske:P'CI1C'SI scorn, H£! didn ~ \1Jj~nllt tto do ehem wl~hmm~ some p1\!Dt:~fth:u th,ey won]d work. Thc' d3111U pa,ge-s had ue label, no DUlD,;rnd Br~d~frect. r:n:in,S- Tln'"i-r) ust sOllulJded si U y'; an~, TirinP:ch[y ha ted sill,.
T~mofhly "vas,. ~n, SU'0e[' parlance, 3 ser.IQ1LI~.'p1.ayel_ His 'pok;er face W3fJ se s(prighit mit Jook,cd more Uk{", 3, nrcphn:4,,: poker rhan ,:) JUCI€ ca f"d$}r~rp): d,t'(CI1S!f.". Practiced for y~ars 'j n the COlrpOl"3Jt'C board IiOOI'll~; rjrlt'rrhy~s im)"!,rN:lble fac~.de w,~s. as cla,~,k~ shiny, aud ~;(pCI!1$hrc as rna !toga n,: No ¢l1l!O nons .$,c["nc~~d the SJI rofa,~ of this man's calm, He was a one-man nlonU'mcl"J![ to [he M:Js(:\.111 ine M,y,stiq UIJ"
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cd~r :lI'1fJ I r3~Si~~,i.l\[cr. Ir is J t wo-srep, E~~.r~-.d~roctinll;)1 pro-ces-s: t}~'" m~ d then I'll. Daif1 G :YOLI r loo~nl~ It:1Ig pages, )"'01tJL <1 tIC SClldmng-norifying ')ro~f$f;_if :lIu:~ the '~1:~'~\I'~'FSC' of 'yot~tr; df~~J~SJ disS3'[jsf~u:;~io!1$. hopei- Do~ng j'Qur srnse ~atcf you arc' fi:'C'{'i''III'j ng~l)C" in ,.. youESdf ee ifD.s_i~ [. ~ l'Hi p]rnlt~~m:JI .. guid~~uf]ct:~
.Bur W~'r3t CN,:qCrJ)" isan arrtst d3lre~ A? ~,:rnS't dare is a b,fock of LlfJ!J,C. pClb~ps, m wo hou~ weekJ~. cspccJ.il~l~y set aside and 1;'0111- m hired to flU rt1u,r'l!J,g you r CK'"3,U ViC conSCIOUSfU::JiS:. yotllr ilrH1Cf artist, ln irs mOSf plil1nry (o['m~ rhe ~~tiU dal'C is an eXCllJlrsioll. 11 p]~3,y ,date f~~aJr r@ll] ,pl''C,lan _<1,nd ti.:,Ct'~d ~,gA~'itlM all i,mia!~·'er1op~rs.. You do 11 0 ~ ra:ke 3tM yon e an rhis arnsr dan; bUlt YO'u.~ ~nd you r iuncr ~rds(. 3. k.a }H:HU' ercaeive child. l'h31 means no IO\f(i'1'S. (,rknds. 5POUSCS, chUdrcn--3.'lo I~.rggelrs-owl of arty stFi:p~.
If ~fQU chink rhis sounds st'npjd IO,r 'dun YO'l)] wiU r~eveJr be able [0 afford rhe tiI1H!. identify thae rC;:H;t10~'l as rcsi.stalllCC'.YOu eanaot aJfforo, tlO' [0 f 11 d t i Rile for 3 r risr dl~ res,
~~DoYOli spend quality rime wirh each oth er]" troll blf,.:d eou pies are eften asked by [le,j r thcmpist, ~~.alrcnl~s >of disni r'bcd children are asked rhe sarne thing,
··'Wen . . . wha r do you mean •. ,'1 ~uaHry rime' ?~ .. is the usual \\!c3sd-y n"-s.pouS?C. ·We'spen.d:l 'lot IOf Itimlt: lEogctiu.:r.,'j
'~¥es . .- . but is If Cp131ity dm,d Do, yQU eVt;r have a,uy ftl:na fo~ctJm err" the tm crap:js'E ~ ay pr~5!L,
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~t is. (rm~ltcfcl~'1,S It'C) spe i d quality thnc ~ irh a child IQf lover, and eur 3fluisr Ca~l~ be- St."<:11I !S botb ito IIL!<S. 1\ wC"oeiy 3n:isL d ~u.':' is re III ttr~,ab]y eh rt'at~~lng-a 81(1 rerna rk ;a,b.1 y prodUCf.i ve,
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Yes, You£" arrisr ~fu!cdcS ro bit ~~ken Oil.1t. pampered, and h~C"" tlcntC'd, eo, Then: are :15 ul:Iny 'I,:\lwys 00 cWl3:de t:hb •. 'Cio~;ji'Jj'mirt:!f[t~llll So ~hcre :I'I"C d~ys of y<lUlI' lif~', "Tm too ~!U''O,"kt"'. IS t~e .1: ~·on.~ one, a]('houg'h 'JlO on~ said the d;Jt'C need 'inv'oiJwI'C ('~ borate exp-CJ1Ses.
YO~lIrr ~,.tist i5 a child. l'~mru.: with a parent rn:;UtC'n!i mere dun mO[1i,~s s .. pern, A vish 'EO ~ gu.c.;u jmm!k. srore, a solo wi]) 1:0 Ithe beadl", ::1'11 old i110i\P lc seen :3lk'iollC' rclLl:~J:!rt:htCr." a \risi,l (Q an :arQ1!1:aIt"MUtll or ~iI'ii, arl: p~,~,CT'Y'-['hf'se 'CJQ s. I, time, n01r. lill,mm.cy. lAA:WU~'Ii:'ITIblb"'lf, il ~~ the t i,Mif:' eern m iUiWC ~n th at. is Sac Fro.
m:n looking for J p2Lf~d1ct think of t'hc d~~]d Df divorce who ge~ EO SQC ~ bdo\"Cd. parent only On weekends, {Du.ring MIOs.[ of the week .. J"(nlf a:ni.:st 'is lU [the cnsredy of stern, wOlkadaJ' 3duh.) \V~~lf( fh'lU child warus is ~ntJ~lIfII.tio:JllJ", net expensive ~1JilJt.", ingrs. WII:1Jt that child doc~ not W::IJllt. is tn s~arF"C' die' precious p;ren'ttwidn someone li k:c ~ he nn~ 's.~,gnl fie(ll n t other.
. $,pC'I1 d in:g' ti i11:1Je i~l solitude '\I:iJ~h your ar'tiSi't chi'ld is e 5S~Il't ial to sel f=1l'I):I'ftta ring. A ~Qn g ooull~t:ry ,~~tk, a so~~t:itr)1' cxped hlun ce the 'bca,cb for :1 s:un rise or SUn set, ;3 'Son ie OIU [ to il is I.1range dUUiCh [0 hear gospel music. to ~nl ed,t1k ~ eigh borhecd 00 i'3s'lJ)c foreign sig~lrIru ~nd ~ounds,--.,our artist m i'l~rn Ct~jory :m~f of tilt Sf'. Or your a'n~iPi'tt Ii~'igbl: like 'l)o\I,\·Hng.
COJil1m ~rt you rsel f to 3, 'IIlM'eekly <l rrist's da tel:lna rhen ,,'\",;nrh YOUf k i ~1]jIQ}-f sid€' ~ry to 'l/;1Ij/ r~lggh::' OlU C)f ~~. _W.atd~ h~l\"r 'tll~S S~C!l'~ t i mmrlC'"glC1:S casil "1 cpC roached UIJ0 lITL. W.a ~clb. '~]()1;:V rhc s.a~~d It~ file su.ddcI1]Y 'iIH~~u,des ,1 tthlrd party. L, ... ~rn to gu~~d "-!:}i'inst th~sc mITv,as'iOHS,.,
AbQ,VE all, learn to ~'i~t'c~\ to' what your artisr cll~ld has t;C s.a:r ~n ~ Jnd ~,bo1i] t. r'he.se join t e2\ped~t,~iOn~. :"ar ,cx~i'I'1.pl~.. '··'Oh~. 1 h:ue 'til is Sit:'tII0l!15 ~ f'U ff~'" you r 3 rri$t nuy excl. ~nl if' ~01il. ),"Wrsin ~~ taking jt onl,y [>0, growm ... u,p p]~lces t~fi1at ~g;J;' cl1hura]1y ,t-difyin:s and 8'0 od ,flo]' if .
l'iSi!;lcJl [0 that! ] f [s, ten i illig you you r ~ [1t needs lrmlO[lC pi.:.)" flJJlJ~, inflow, A Uule f'hn c;m gOI ~ long' wa}',m\'~wd making Jour work feel 111,Or~ Uk~ phy .. '. C fOT£Cl [~~[ d~c irn~g~n iion-i1t~
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our ,arriSt1c wdl ". Ov .~rr~~p:ii1g the wen,. like o\~rt'ii~hing lbJt:! :PQ,1ll d. :1C'3VCS us \~f~rth. itt. nl:llmr~ ~,!Ii\~d reseu ~ces. '~c fIIs:ili 1ml Va in for tin: im·_Sf:s \,ve :uqUlfC. Ou.r \~rk drme:;, 'JiltP' and W,t:' wonder ''IIIiI'':liiiiy, ""j ust when ,i.t Wi;'IJ5, going so wei I.'" The trutw is [[ha't work c~U~, dr 'I 'lIp bU~II~~' :ilt is l(lii~ ~'I ~o w~ll.
As ~Il'ristsi '!i,1Y,(~' must learn ~itli, be- se'~~':lrlIiJiI~~1["1$bjrn,~~ \'Me;: ~~iIJ'SI be,c;.c.ull~ ~h~TiC ~n..o'L!llGh 11::0' co:nf,ldousl'Y eeplen ish 'Ot~,r' crearive reosouras ~s; \Y£ draw Ion drtClrm:-.1Jo restock the trout IF''ond,, 50 to
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, F]Ui n g ,the '\\'eU inv'E)l ves rhe 3Jod V1~ I"~'lir.sum t QC i mages re re(1"(":)] 0 ur ;ilirt'iSlt,tC reservoi [So Art is Ib C:\!T1rJ1i n 3uC'ndo:bl. Its ~id,.., wir«i: lS detail. Art ITI:11iy seem '[0 ~,Rful~rg from pajn, b1l.1[ pt;r1~J.p:s that ~s because pain serves rc fee 1L1l~ QU,r :ilJUcnti,@:rn eneo den ils (~or ~m'~:ii'r3J~lJ(N", ~~~~, (J.'i{.cruc~.atiml~Jty b~,uiru'l CiL1Jr~'e or i lost ~O"'~1L"'6 IU;!C''k)., A re way !iit!lC. 'to mvol VIC b[io~!d s tt'okcs,~ ttr.and '!icl'lenre!i, g;re:U :phf!Jns. ~'ln it i~ t'h!,; a:u)cmtj .. en tQ d<!tEtil 'mat $'t;ay15 w~th t~s: the s.jlltub~r rmsge 1:!' whalt :h3um.:s us ~nd becomes art, E~n lrra [[1'; :In~dst oi pain, 'th~s $'~mgul,a,r image brings. ,]dig;h'E. l'~c ~rtiSI! wbo. teII~ you difIe[\cJilt is l.y.'wg.
'to ,ii~ in 1't C~llnfON3b:llf· The J iur~,u3,gc of art 'i s i~rm3gt; $~l3fltilbol, It is, -a 'wQ:rrl.h::ss. 'l~ull'lag:<IZ' re\l"C~:::Ii ",~hcl]1 (:!'Ii,]r vcry an is to d;l:l!sC h \'~if]r.IJ '111IPo['Q,s. The JlL"tlst's, 13ugu3:g,e is a ~entma] one, a blrnl~J':rJJg(; of tch experience. \Yhc:1fl W~ work at our art', W(~ dIp ineo rhe 'Wc'll of OlLU' expe riencc au :, :scoop our ~Ina,ges. Ueca.uslC \J)j,'1J. d this, we tH~OO to leern ho\11i.1" to PUt images b-..,ck. I: Lo\~ Il1m 'l%~e, f~n t he 'IIl\1;.~n?
, We feed iJ i.]11~g~. Art ilS ::IJ!t:t arri !;.l!-brnh~ (nif.'S 1lIti,t, The Jnin br,ai~::i is ,CUI iru I'Ilg,€ b:ll'3.i~~, l'ruOi;l::l!C' al'ld hJrVICi~ fllo OIti'!} bes.t Clii'C;Jlti,fe' i:ra~]lUlsc~", T'be ,a:rri-!ii[ b~ail1 ca~~iilt be ~c3~1t~~~r ~I[~iggercd.,c(fC\cri,v,dy by worth a lone. Tnt" arnst. brain ts the ~usory br:aiI1~ 'siglu: and sound, S11:l!l~U and tiastlC'. tOlm:iliit. These ,tUiC '~hc elemcrns of n13 glC ~ ~mrd magicis the ck::menlta~ stil,ff Qf art,
Do :no't '~hink duty. Do nor do Wb31[ you !Htmltl dQi-~pkituitl sit-ups like rcadi n,t 3 (hi ll btu recommended critic al [f;'~t ~o wh,(I,t']'Il'~ri~u~:s ~l[JI e~,pk'3,te \,~h3Jt inl[~resrs ye~,;, think my~~cW'y.
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Ar~ is an ~F!Jflmge-usiwa,g system. I'll order Ita create, we dra~v {r1Qm our inner well. This iif1lru~r 'wcn. ,(ljfllauiuic Ilesc'fvnlr, is id4.,'aJly lik.~ a \V\c~rl-sr.oC'kcd I roue pond, We've 8o:t big fish, I'i;ld..:
A S]fI, f;!Jt fish. sk:ill'~ nl' f sh-an oil oonda nee of ~rti~Hic n:s~'a Ito "Ilf• As; ~:rlisu. we mr~:H real i sc t'bn we h ~'VI." to !]rJl3;lLnbi 11, [his. ,Slrris t:~, C(o-sys~Clrn!:!,. ] f we don~[' g£vC' ~Or.1fl~' 3'~'j~CI1 ~ ion rq' tl,p\k(~~p, au r well is apr: to become Idt".p'~ t:~d. stagnant; or bl Q(:k.~d.
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Su:ll1~~ 'iUU~II1'~~!I! I~<II~'~' us, 'Otht.:'l[~ StifllGlilmd. u lUIS .. Ti'll mni~llIlC'~ Qf li~m,C'nill!b: Itc :'I gl',eU J)ic; t: or music c on I'll' .II 'very c'ITcni'Vl;l];u'c.I'i_ t.1~ ion, !~i ve nJ~ i:1l1I11 tJC'!ii 0 f h;1.rll.."r(l~ [ d~mc i 11 g eo drum Ifn u~ii" au ~~'~~ d 011,11' ,,1 rt I'~,' il~UlO U~~ play-f ir1iy---ti, .y r,~f n;.~J[~i!{I,
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have i 1e'.1 n;j tu :H.ll')f wot"fi~ ~ [;I les o~ ~hc i~ ~(m l',t.! ~,ustCI'"S ;1I1d pClor Jam:- AI~d sren, "'l'n.:Ct:~ lou l ulirer t hlLl'l r '''J1~ nr,~t:'~ lIlUh:-,1T" rl H~;i r m .. ·c:J le'work, A liu,11I: c~p"rjnm,c~mlt \~ifh'ol1'u:' ftlclld,~ng (an C, st.. whulc new ,Ii~,h[ on 1~1~·St.: .'Ir'"lir\lit~c;s" NccdJcwor,ki. by d'~Il~'lJitiUJfl ,rcgu~ t Jr :'IllIa re pCltH IVC', h nrh :'i,PO ~ht:s and s t unu h,lt" iii rhe ,::I r~ i ~l wirhln, WhioJc' p,lot~ can bl" ~mitdtcd U]l wldlc We sew. A:) rIi:S1 s, wt' n n ver y i i ten II y r-(';'I,p ~ ha l we ~C~,
II,~ WJ~ y ~n. r gL~ ~ nny be [it idc;~ ~ III ('h,(", s~·~ QW,~:r ~II'I ;111 ex,j'j ~pt>r-.1itJt.~d Ems ~,c,~n !S s i11(j~ to hif~¥''-'! renu .ked, Ur,'1,u n iI"t':'!l'ca ('chi unw tell LIS Lh:n rbis, ~~ ,bcc.nJir;~"hll~~fing is. Jm ,arti'S't ... ba-a~n, C{il'lj,rjly, .
. buWC'nng, ~1J.r\"ImI,'(JlIng. sc;rubb~nG, sk vlug. nt'cr,i~1f!; J Clllt~o 111~1lr..I·-][~ik ·'-Yit'S w~rl;h!~~~11 .~( I[h~sc arc r,cg~wt~r, rellt'rlll'vt' ,:1C~~\I'IUC':'Ti d1311'H, 'Y LlFHh Ollle,l" t om ~.lil..llr llngic ,t'l:r.:1~11 i~n(a 0'1,11'. 1l1l0rc t;JIl:, It~IV~ arrisr blf.,in. Sohni,t)'lIs Ito stick, Cr4,,', ,[jlfi,'C' pmbkJtiJl~~:s ~1~~j' !n~bb.lA: up,lt'hr~n,gh t~l.llt: di~~~wc I~,i,,·r, cn~e.r,~c 011 thl.' fn."t·li.v.1 Y J UJ5 ~ as \l\l't" :I r,e L')j:·('.CU t ~ II C til I r;cc,k Y UUt..'lr-gil!) , • ,
l~j'fn whid~ of I~hc~c work~ be:n fOE yuu i ~d Wrlc il[". ManlY
I~ . Ulldc:Ut:llld t.1I. l r Jill 1.1'111- dertakiug :.~ i'll1lJtt"n~ivc., ~lIid('!Jl ... ·l1c~l'LllimtT with Illy ou.r~ J crc~d ~ v I t y, I com 11 J ~It In Y!i1..llllf 10 ~:I~ t" 1:w(:'1 !.It:-w ~I:k
[turon iC.lll of ~ he' course, .~ i ~_
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(1'I:~:n1l-~~ i [ '~(I wee k'~, rc ;1iI:1:~nH:~ J ""il~ "y ntorni u g r.'I':~~f;; ~I .1
w"'~il!'~· if ;:1 r t eM t!, Itt' ~ ~II ul the ~~ll.Irurfl Ul ~1It' nil of ~ .u-;h Wil.~· k'~ n:l!S~!Ii.
I. , further l'mcJc:r:su .. U '~h, 1 Itll ~ ~ (,,41'[.USt": W ri!U mi .!..' i'sllIUI.: ~ ;1,nd 1110 tions r~.H" me tn ,1 ea I wi 1 h. I, _~ (0111 ~ ~I ~Il mysel I· r'il:~' t' xce IIJt;U'c. :s cl f .. C;Ji'f\"-:'1I,d!=l~ i lal~t.: sllL!'~p'. "U;:;~, ex· 'rri ~l:'. H,i uJI p:u n pt:' ri n ~,-Iur rhe d,u raueu u r the !I."iD'L!.i rsc .
O~,1i: o.f OUR Cl'U:I!~~ needs 8JS. (::r-(;ati,\!',e 'beings i:'i) ;!oii~pport. Un'OJiEll 11 m,t-e]y; duj5 can be li;13 rid (0 (Onlc b~: ]clea]h~. we wOoui.d be rm etu red ai'la C.IlOO u rag,cd fI rSf l~)' our nuClear' fa m.ruly imd l~ L:1l by C'\I"c'r,-w]deni~1g circles of friends,. tlCiiIJd:a.'~t5 .• ~·II-wjshcrs. As young artbiltiS ... ~""~C need ,3Jl'!ld_ wamlt to 'bt:: ~cknowledgcd fur 'O'!J.~[" arternpts aJnd c.ffo.ns. as ~U 3S fo.:r our achievemenrs and H-i~ U In pbs. U 11 fort~n"u\({~·~y. L,]]311Y artis rs never [iJ!C~ i\.fc ~bis; critical e,;iI.dy' encouragement, A.'f. ,:I. result, they ,may' not know d1Lcy are art isrs JJt all,
P3rcm,lI,U SddJQffl respond, ~ ~Try h and see 'wh.u barpp(:Uls.~'· to ar~isti", ur-g¢.s :issu:i'ng from their orfsp'ring. They olTer calljn;on~ .m';, a,d1l.1"~"ce where suppt)rrt m'igilrrut be mQr-e W the pOi~llll;, Timid ¥,oung ardsts,,3.dd~:ng ~~(Ilre~lt~:~ (ear's to their OWTll .• 0 ten g;.v,c up their SUI:li:WY dreams o( artistic CaJn.-eI:"S. s.c,td~llg h-u,!O, rhe tw]~~gh,t world of could-have-beens ~JJ1~d regrets. There. CUJgh:~ between the dream of action and rhe tear of f~~b] re . .slrn.:lJdow artists ~:r-.c b ern,
] am th~nldllJJg here of Ed:win., a mmrdscr:abl.e rntniOlnJ~1iC' l'm d-er w~~oie joy in 1 i fe comes frOlljf;Jj his, 3 rt CO]]CCl ion, Strl()ng]~,·
Ttus. w(.-ck.~l' ~l.i:nt's }'ou [ crea n ~IV~ recuvI!.!ry. Y!l)U l11~y f~-d botla gidd~r and de!tialL1[. hope lit nd s,kr-pl1(':]1. . h c re di~1g~. tas ss, and e rt.: rcis;c:, J I nm:u B G\' i }r'OU m ('st.'lb1 ish a SCI1:slr; of nft ~ "It
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you '~O explore lOLH CK' . .:nlvit) wil.h les lC.1lF_
(:OUf'iiI,COO to be ~n tt."'3chl::rs or 100 s<p;;;::cia1i:zc in craftt; 'W~~h Ithe h3n~k~pp~<Il- YO\a'~illg 'Wr!,r~rs ilnoY~ be; pushed [QWan! ~aJw-yerill:g. :Ii t:dky, ·wOJ.iidy pf'loFcssl,on" or mle~1 :nil!llr:dicJ~ :,chQc1 ~ll:rt<liU"i(; d1~{re 'SOH ilTIL13rt. And so: ~',e clTi~d '\\'ii'"ho is hi~1tlit:lf a 'bo'",l smJ~)t= reller IllI~)' be ~o.llv~r~, ]~:a,tQ Jil, gM;ted rherapise who ,IC[S ~~s Stories sC~lulb~I!1.d..
100,10\,'1.1" 'Ill s:cU-wo;rdl.~ even 'reoog!1iU': tha'~ (~h~y have an artisde dream, ~Il~~e J.~eoplt' bcrqo~me shado\M 3'm:tisr.s. in!!a~·"'ad. Artislt Itheu'tt1se ves but ignorant of dn)!!l'r true :~d~nti~y sltma.dow ,: r rtists -;l"r~ to be foul'Id ~l~adQwii1.,g d'cclaJ.1ed arrists, hl»~b]e [JO reeogni2e that ~Iuy dlt!'1115:d \pes. 111!ify PQ5SeSS the clieui'lli~y Ibel" so ~d,ljJ'II,:i re, th,c}i' ()ftL~]l> d::.tt:: or li[r:!,any people '!,IV 1m~, aCti vel.)' ptlJJrsl:~C' rhe a re career lbf',], t~~l::ITIs(d'W$ ~ecret'ly k,mg For.
W)n;n Jerry wrus, still M,ock~d. ~s :n~ artise, he' b~:QiI'n to d:uc lisa. ,Ii gi fi~d but:, broke ,~re,,"_~~ne~_ ~,ttisJt_ ~'~1 3111 your bigS'C$ ~ C~li'j], ~~ be o(~e'n eold her, What h~ d.ld not 1'1'11 ';ncd'i~U!ly' 'me]~ her was that be hi lri'llself d r'e"g 111 ed of bd'lIllg 3 fI~,mnmaker. He bad in
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facr, ~1JJ1J1 entire lib:~~y of film becks and avidly dL:vo\rJ,[lcd
s,:p~d,JL~'illt!l;'rlcst 'Q1 Jgaxi~L'lJ~~_ o:n~ 'I1J In liIliI,3 k~mg. But he 'JV~S a fr:lld to t:iIl~,'t" s~ps. to aJcuil.;;Ii]l:2lC his ]n~~~'st~hfl,uead ~ ~'a'~ poured ~;a is. t'i [Tile a nd ;l,tter! rion inl\l~ Us,,-' ~~:l d lk:ls au cu!~(!!'r_ U ndn h~s guidamiru;c~ I1c'F eaeeer l1,'o'U'I"i~"']lU:dL She' b~a,m,~ SO'I~ClU .and 1'11- crcasim'il,g:ly wen known, Jeuy remained Mocked, in b~s 0Vl1l 'behalf 'When Lisa, su.sgcn~d he t:lloe 1 61nu lrak:iJng, course, he ram for OO~eT. • 'N'Qt everyone CiIlltlJ be :rm ~'rItis,t,; OJ- 'lie tqlid her-e-and himself
,A,nistis, love ofhe:r artisrs, Shadow artists ~,fC g-r.l.vitllJt.in:g to rhelr :f>i.gllJftul u:ibc b~1( 'C::~l1IflLor; y~t ,d,~dn:ll ~beir bi[thrig~l- Very of~,c~] 311d ldty", not ~a Ilein. makes one pc rSQIl 3~l ~wtist ~nd an"m, other ,a shadow { r rt~ s,a;-'h id i I1S in rh . sh~d.(n~s. ,;i f ra:id 1.0 $1, " 011]1[ amcl expose t~u:1clr~:un eo the U . ht, fearful lh3~ m,( \ViII dis,integrare to the roueh.
Sb3 dow :I rtisrs cften ehcese tib:adnw earee rs~hG~ close to [he desi red. srr, even pa r.arulcl to. if! btu aoe dn,~ ,[ll'1t iltS'c~ f Not,~ ~a:Jlg their venom. frnnQ:Jis Tndfat]~, ,cO"ll'l~ndefllrh~,f crirics were rhcmaelvcs blocked dh':lCcrors., as he 113,d been wili:tC:1"] 'he was ::Jj ethic" lie may be '[igh I. lutcmded ficrio~ writers of~en go h~oo nl:\\'sp,np~1rh'lig or ad"fCnis]ng. w~u~ru they can 1iIfi$1I: thC]'f gifr
1 ~iI:'lrell''' "f~' if ii ,Lllerr ';ifi '(I ~Uil'i!~ It) ,dlll'{il~ flr~t"'Oli'," lJillU:t'"lJ, ~diIJ.n ~"'JI M dfOt)~f: nom"_
I'he·role 'Of sM~!!i,dow' srtisr ~!]d would need to' wori=: COI1Sd-Q.liS~.)"
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1ft ta k:'G'S a gr,e}')Jt deal of ego :U.N~gth I~U. say 'to,.'l ''IJ.Ii'C,U"'1· ........ 'I'il;('l!' bu ~ do~r~~ii~ee:riuS p ... renr (II:lI>. ;3 J U's',rr plain a Oon'lIJ:l n~dn~J'
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iH3Y come back, ~"'How ~o -you know:u• And~ ~f ~oun~.eJ the fledgling artist docs .1'I0~[ ~no,~~ Thc[1? 1$ .lI~S," rhis d'r.t,,~. m, ~h~$ (cc'Ji og, rhis 1U1[[G)L:'~ chis desire, Til CI~ 1$ seldorn aJMiy rea] proo:f~ bu r rhe dre<JJ In J i ve~ Oil,
As. a I'O:~C of t'humib. shadow artists Ju-dg,c rhe~us~,:I~es .harshEr. be.ui:nIS EhcJ:IDl:sd.vcs (or yc~~s ov-c:r 'rrbc f'~ct tI~a.r. t}u,cy have not acted on rheir dreams. This cfllJd.:y outy fic:lnfo.rccs their sranrs 3S shadow ~!h'ris.rs. R.cm~m:a:}be'r~ it t" kes nurtlIJr:ing [0 nuke an a~r,jISjt. S:haclow artists did not receive Iii'~'afncie~[u nunuring. TII,ey bhunc- themselves fiOf 110t :iicting fearlessly J_llyhrow.
Ln a '[wined. VCrsi,Olfl of D3J'I,wi[lI'iall d~h:['lmin:isw, 'W~ fe'l! ou udvcs tth J t· n;;tl atE iSIs ~ainsurv'i,'/'e dlc mmrlOSlt host i 10 el'il:vilron~ men~:!l 3[u d '!WI fiiud~ [I~dr rru,c ca II.i~lG U kc . hum in,1!: prise'O~lS:, Tl'l.mls hogw~h. M,3ny rea~ .alf'iists bear ch;]d'ren lOo c:rd!y 0(1'" ha\(Jc too IDll.ny. arc tOO pOilI' or ron, m:r; [:~lllo¥ed ctllhlfi1t~l~) or' ~iIfj;O<lle~iIJriJy fr;!l),m a.r.dsdc Oppoif~uni.ty ~o bcco.rne th~ artists dn;y ]:Cally arlll1', l'l1cso(' anisrs. ~l~dow (IlIU'lis[s ['h-J\QlDJgh no. ('ullt of [~ei:r O'Wfl', hear ~h~ dffisr.u:J.t p:ipi'H~ .of tile di'~arm, brut ~ft t1!:Iflj3b'1~ ['g In ~ kC' tbe i rway' t'llmug;b [he 'Cl::lll~tu m I :m 3z,e to n:D1d ]Jt.
ror all shadow artist'S! life m,ay be a dis",ont~nl'cd expcri= clu:e. nlUed wid. a sense of i1~i$$t:d p~~:rposc and unflulfiU,ed
p.roi~(:~i:l"]jg the A-ftis,t C:hiicl Whb:ill
~'Inc,~l~~~r. yO'li:u'lf. artist is.3 child. Filld and [p'I'tO:t'LCI. W:u chi. ld , Learn m ~1 ~ to ~,~ ~ yo~rsdf create is like h .. ":IJf"IlJ,ill~!:i. to w~1 k, 'ThiIJ arli~t'(·hil.d HUISf b~lilr.1 'by cr.ttwHug.~,aby ~[C!ps \V~IU 'f,'oUaw ilud [:bC'rL~ v: i I [ 'be ra:~~s~~'jl'C:chy fi:rst,. :p-~,i,tD t iug,~~ bCK~ Il'mI:hTlg fi I m 5 th ar ~,oOlk li ke uln~dU',ed hQm:W1C ·11lQ""IC','iO. ,fj r~t . oems ttl a t 't,\l'QI1I d :s·h::. rrlt:' 3 sn;ct ing (;11 rod. TYiPi.ca.~ ~ y. the FCc-ovt:'ru ng ~hado\'llf artlS . wi~l u.SC" these nady effi)rts to disIC()l]r3ge coneinued cxplo'rat on.
Judrgin g yo.,ll'l' ,~a r 1 y artisric efforts is :mrdst ~lblllSC, This haP"' pens in Jm," ~UJltabe:f or '~il,y'S: bcg~~ming werk is measured a.g.,(ll:J:lS,1l the: n1.1 rerwerks of Oth~;~r 3nhts~ bcgimr11n in g work is txpo~cd '00 prcrnarure cri,li"isn1~ sJ~o'\~n IW o- .... C'rly c-~idri!lll friends. [lIi1 s]ilort1 the 'AcdglinJ~ ,::g rtist be'hav,cs wi.th '!,Nr'ell.pr3(ricecilu3sochis,ln. M~u;gch~s'm is an Li[tt form IQJfllt :lga .a~tcrt:d., perfected during the yea,rs, of sc'lt:rcp'foach~ rhis ~lab]l i~ the sel r-h.~dn J bl1udgcon wl t'~ w''h:icb ,iI sh l1;dow 3.rtist (3 n bl,;;:tt h j,mill1sc'l f ,rJigh t biiIJ(:'k i 1"iI.t!O tile sh ~.d;o,w,s.
bi Jft}cov.e~iljJ,~ rrC!tm]'~ our c-r.e:3Jl!ivc h]ocks~ ,It ~s, mn,er~ss:n"y ~Q goo 8t;; Ild}l' and s'lclW'ly. Wi'll,al[ \VI!.! 3'I"C ~ fticr helie 'Is. the hca lh~g or ~ ~d WUlj.nlcl~noti th.e cr,e:I.lion pf ne'\-~ Om:Sc. 'No, hig~h jU~ltipiti " pk"a!s:d M.istakes aire ]l(:cc'ss~ry~ Sn,lnd:d~s aT-e m,o.nn~~. The-sC' '. c b~by stc!ps. PJiogrcs-:5." t.lI()it pe['r(."c~·~o~'\!. ~:!l \vh:u ,,'c hO'ldd be' L 1{._ i 111 g of .oil] [Sled ves,
To 0 ~,r~ It~o {~st ~ ~nd we C£U'iI, l1ndo (}~nsd"IJre.'i.. Cro'a [i'!j,\'c ltC'_ OOll't.'r'j-" :is ~ik:e ]t~'u~irarhora tradllr~i:InS' We "tVaUJ~: to Ilog [('~1 :111m'\:' nd1cs r(H: every ,on,c ,:au l'1fru'ile, Th;s ,can go ~r~J~~rMt the C'go'~ grain.. Wc want to be 8f,ca~-iulll[lj'm'l!di:udy gn:g:H-b"'I't lh~t is. mllot !'iiO,,,,,V' itCCQiyt.-ry '\¥olrks. h: is a1!l~ ,:_·wk,\rr.d, (Ctl't31~\V~" r;:'lcn
7· h wiJI] '~Ipsct my ma~hcr 'IlCUOf f8ither. ~,. W \\V ill have to, be' i\IOliu::.
~. l wil] fmd OUf ] ~,m gay (if stra igh1t).
J 10. I w~:n be s nru!lick !i,~f'a iglu (i f g.7Y).
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[4· .I: wi]] gel s(;;'lf"'-dG.:struttive iLnd ddnk. d,rlllit;'. 0:1" SCN mr;uyself to defIJt:h ,
] j. m ~\I',iH gc~ cancee, A105--=-o;r ,i! hea e i'lJH~(k O:r [~e
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] 8,. ] will f-i..1;;] bad because [ dQ~1~t des{':nl'C ee be suecessfol, ~'9· I' Will h~nte; only 'one ~oJld piece of work ~n m e,
,iJO" It's too. lare. [f ] ~!lav,~l\Il"t become 31 ftli11y funetiol~ing artist yet. I :nCV'C:r will,
N~M(, "11'~I:(!${' ";'(Il'e ~/'~di~r .. es ~1>(1'ed b'c i.rue, They mFII'1.~ ~c Wl:!l, I:[rom 10M r pareets, O'1J:1'1' rcli rg,io~~>; our. I( ultu re, and ou r li-:lIirful 'ff~C~LI:{l$" Each one a f these :bc,;1 ie fs refleers i1,g.l'io~ 5; ,~c h iJ'~C ab-ont ~\"ha't i [ B'nlU:."'3 n'Si to be :111 artist .
One't." We have cleared a:w~y [~1e Blon S'wt."'ping ,eulhtlli'ill ~M:;g .. rives, w~ may ind we a.(ce st]~] $u'I'bbo;rnly 14J(t; \1l;fit~~ core 111e"ga,ti vcs we' h ave acqlJ.]:~ fled frmll 01,.1 f' fam ~ I ies, fi.·ach ers, an d (rt~]]ds, 'These are ortell il1i10J"{, $obd!"-bl!lf cqllJm31]]}1f unde rmining if nor c(N~(ronted. Our b1t~,ineS;5 hen;; i$.(\o:n!lrtollring them.
N',~~,Ii'jiJ.1ll; beliefs aec I~X (tcd~. thae: beliefs, not tracts. The \'II,¥odd wa s neve r A:l [, 31 ~hough eve r,~onc bdic'i,,'I'cd it ''livas., YOla aec 'ml(lE d~llnb, crazy.·G'o,"lilnia.'r~t grandiose, Or s:my jU!Sl 'becsusc you l~:dsd'y bd::icvc:' }I!o\1lJT'.'id(lto 'be,
1. .E,.rcryonc w U I ha rc me,
2. I 'l!J:~.iIIlnJt'f:~t 11'1 if friends 3'1L1(.1 f'a,:m i.ly. J. I 'Ii~i II gP ,cmz y,.
4, I' w~n abat!lldml mIy fr[,ends and f~H'n,Hy. ,. ] c. n'Ct;;.pcU.
~c.' ~ L ,oeIF:llltra~1. m,;)g~ '~""to: be'! i~f: we UUU"'it H.de' OIiC gee do b do'V\:d dream (or ~n'io[liDJcr. 111 other wloJiid~,. irbcin~ ::Ii1'U artJ"il !irC(.:m ... li{} gOoOd, to be true to y'~~JJI. yO'1iJ1: 'W ill clc'il,i~ a 'ric!'; {- R. for it, l~~ .Il ~u;,Jk[!s 'yo!J!t 3'S 1J~fllp~ya b~~. Hen ee, ynu IiC:JjlJ~ ~U~ II b~ockl"d.
Mos,~ blocked €rt!,3 LI:IIJCS ,i;;~r.f'Y 1I al:ackl1o'l,M.~cd ~il:d I!.: kll~r lor Ifct'!5<o,:nh:JIg thaI. stands bll; tWl.:~n them and thei II"" Witli"r,-k". '1b beC0rJ11C un Mocked 'we III ust r,c:::coI1lt~lize ou r ,eitherl cflr dl; It k 1'ItJJ(&. 4. [ C~ n (!l idter be rotcllr!IJa]ldc3Jlllry happy OF ;]11 air La ~t ,,"" j; I ea n ci rht't!" b~ ,fin.Jn.C;mJ~[]y SJI.U:CC5SJ'L1! Q1' au ~ tt~:!:1,t'" ~t h~ p()s~il')l " qui'lC' pm;~iblc. to be braihL ~mi~ arti!i!t ~mHI [!Oll'l~nlical]y fuUillt.·(t It :~s qUjl[l1; PQs~i-
bl~ to he ,UlI anisl and flll3l1iJlcUa]Jy s'~Jj(CCS!i,tI: ; -
Your block dOCS.I1~lt Want YOI!] (0 sec' t1rn, _t. hs wh,~!c plan o,r :!tuack: 'is 'to make you ~'rr.~JtiQn;) 11.y ;;'Ii F:17t1iid ,c,r SIl),mc tl,illfc au rcome lfQLI ,:1 rill: tOOl c,mb;,u,~sst.·d to e ",en ri1e'lu:~OI1. You kIlIU),W ra ti,oll~ ally dlla't W r:hting 0:11" 'P.r~:~lt~f.1lg shoul cl'rru't be' ~.],IJU uff bt.'lCUISlL 0 ' yQU~ silly re1ir~ b'l'l~ bee: use it is a silly 'fe,a,r, you dOlll'l[ n~r it ~ . nd rhe hlock sJtaY:5 iorace, III this w~.y~ ~11'You"re' a bad !ipd!~If" ncecssfu~~y overrides all e'Oitup'!l:ltier speUiM~S progrnl1l$. yo~ 'ito~1 ~ t's dum b tie. 'Worry a b(lt~lr. spelli n~ . " . so. ~fQU, dOml'[ mention i l. And since Y(HJ dOll;t~ h, COlllti 11 ues to Mock )lo'n fmlrn;m h!iI ~Hug a so'h~dan. (Sp~'d Hng 'ca r is a I'Cfr]J.ij:l rk tlMy com men Mo(;~.)
I n ~'h~ ~flCj(lt P 11 re of. rhis week. we wU1 ,CXt'aV!E\: your uneonscions b~I[~Js by using s>om.c I"l)gk-b:rain/a,rt'~s~-broin ~canlillg tri,.cks" ~f~lese l'mflt3y s'u:'i'k~ YOu as 'hoke!,,' arid unpeodacrive. l:J.. in, t'hat's resistance, ]f:timl'h!crll~Uz.cd ~~eg.ui'vj,ry ils,-tlw enemy within, what fo~]ows is some ljf,t:ry cffcni'w W'C:lIP-Ol1li1iY. 1'r)! it before
cl:~SCaJlfd~ng it our of hand. -
NfGATI:V'E BlELI8FS
~iQSrrrVE ALTERNATlV ES,
A rris.Es 3 rc: dirunk cr:a~r 'b-ml,kre
i rrcs pO'J~ s:iblc ,lloners
prom isc ,t~.(nl'$ doomed
m~b~ppy _
DOJrn., nor ,made
A rt isrs C3:n be: sober
:5JIlC :s:o~:\l'enl responsible
u SCII"~:fm:lemll,dl "I' faithful
sav~d
hap,,,
d i scovered and re C'(JiVl" red
O'-UH ALf V "wmT"LlmN A-' FF~1i'!I'M'IIo'TIV't:' '!l¥.J'~ ,1!i'1)"ON" 'S
As blocked ,cn;;~tivcs" w~ ofllen si'r Oil! du sid~~rull3,c~ cri,liqying those In [he !YI,m\!'. "He's n()~ So t~la;:l!Jlfycd:"\JV~ m, y s._~y ef .11.':lU'rCTU 1y hot: arrlsr, And ,,\I'e l1l1llay he rig;ltu; .. boy t that, A II tn 0< on~'11 ~ it is ~ilLu~~~"dc, and no~~ l"3lelfalt eh :il1( Il1;OVCS an :riIfrist ro CIl: nre IF 5lt~glc.. A'!i b]o.(:kl:d ereael \!e~s. Wr2 WI ~.d [0 (c:g~ rd rhese bo~ us; srod:igbrr grabbers \~rjlth t'lrchUO!llity. We nKt~t be able m ~:h:~l~r 10 tt~UC g("!~lius, 'but if ~t's merely J sen iu s [fa sci I -proraenon were wim essi nK. (Jill r re sen -men r ru ns h igh~. 'h~s i" aetj lJSltj~~h}ll~~!.
,It is a ataM'~ng tcdl~ll'i~u~ d~~~ ~ill_fo~f('~~. ~~i~S~7I:~i~~ s:t~~:~k, 'W~ l1'jji1!li!iu; spccrhc-"i. 1[..0 Old rsc h ~~ ;'.nRld ot]~C no '1;," ~ ~ JI.I ~lt "'~ reu wrililJs,. l~ co blIld
de d1.1d:H!'u'·r, mf tnaljl • .. ~ _ . .'
"(lHill could do ilt bCi;fC~ ~t omdy, you '" Quid ,~c your~e~f do it!'
,Arnr-it!l1la.tiol1'~ wlU hcdp you aJJI~:ow yo.n.,sdf It~. db n. An ar~ {j1i:'ftil':'!JliJoll is a ~)ositj'lt!, st:lmJeJ]l~Jt1t of (p'~:iauvc) bc]~ef. 3~JJd if we can bC~Q,'AJr~t' (n~c-mt:tU~il. :\~ :go!J~, air posurve sdf-t~lk 3S we (Iure'::u ."I~' ...... J,r. ",''' ~'~Io ••. tI' .... u wi'U 111 ot:U:_C:;i"l n ,e~'lO[,·lll,o!U:S ehanac,
.first sun \'vo,r.k~ng WJth a~r.11~3UOPSi'. thc)~ 'lU;ay fc~~ dllf;Jm,b. r-lo~tJ.Embarrassljn ISin'r rhis In'tlcresu~g! Wc.c~n easily; and wi I-fHJI!.I t cl1tb!l rrs is menr, bJudgeon 0 nrsclves ~"llli:h nega t1vc a f .... firmar ions: ., r· m N,Q c. gjlfrcd el:D ougb/no [' .clever tfn"}'!lo1Ih/:no~' Qrig:iina I cn,Ic:n"g,l~ Ino l ,/,ou:QG enough , '.' '" 13 ut say oog niec tl'a a ngs ~bu~1 t 0[1 rse ]'IIt:S i$ 1~.QI~Ori?~~~!y h;a,rd,.~, d~, .. It· feel s "r~ltry ;lwttu,1 :U ii~l. Trt t]]r."'SlC ~uui ~~~. d ~he'Y dOD ~ so~~.ud h,opc'lcs,~,y
W3_rd~ ug (f~uh"e li fe. ~" "l :J III 3. bril li 2r', nd SU(lC(t-s~f~l:1 an isr, iLo '.~~ have dch" e~ld ve rs ~ClltJlt-s.I. H'~ asn OOli11 p e eene ,3nd ,conudc:lu ill
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I;ll Y ri;,realtJ vc WOJi • • _. _ ~
Did YOll r Censor pcr:k Us IrH~5ty l~ ~ r~107 ca rs 4p? Cen SO,l"Si
learhe :n~ylthil1g I'Jlat soua'ids JikA,; :ruaJ~ ts~lf,;_w~f~J~, The,' innnc, dia'~'c]y start lip W]lt h rhe j rnp,L']~t(:~ ront'! ne: :n~1J]C do YO'Ll~ l'l~itb k y~1Jl arc?" ,I ~'s, as [In eugh 0'1:1 ~_ en ['~rc c~1 ~,(Z'Cn l1'1: UJl1ooil1scl6~1 $ :li3'[" II,] P late n i gJn~ \,~nch,i Big Wallt Disn t.:'!f ~ Olli!' R~m,d'ffrd (mil O~f Ddm·ntrtuu and p,rac[icing CnH!'H~ DeViU,e's ddli['\\"CI;Y for
SG'~uhi l1it i ' clict:mJ1tc:itl es, _ _
JW':;Jt try pick~ng all ~ftifjtl:iti,on. for ex31~iJPlc "I, _---=_~
(YOlJllr- Il;\waflC). ~m a bri II ian rand prol i fie pott.c,r [~~il!1b:(~p.oet'll Dr: \¥-h,H!f!'\i'CT ycw are]," Wrirle dlat ten rimes in a row. WhUe :tOl'1 arc' !busy dol ng t'1l~t. sum€:flr~ ng Vlc.ry i m~~ resti ng 1IiIlrml11J~ppeJl. Your Ceusor wall scar: t,O objl;'>Ct,. ~":I I,i:,j'Y. 'wait a minute, You ("3J1i~I't :say all [Jia·ar pnsitive nuff aroilli:nd me." O~ect~ons will start 10 pop \~P' Hke bUfl1U03St Thesearc your &'/(tyl'$..,
r , Every nlor:ni~g. set your dock one~l:Jl. ~tf hour ~3l1i]V: g,c'~ u p and w:r.Uc !til ree ~>3tcs of ]ongllf,lllld, st re~.m-o·r~ C1,:nrllsCuQIliIS'II1e,SS Ifbl;)niiB.[lg; ·Wridll'S;. Do not reread lht:s{'
I. I am a cb::ul1l~cJ for Godl'"s C'n\u:i.\I'ity. amld.y d
~l!II'CI,.rk (o:lUes to goo .
1.. My dreams come from God ,aJ[]1Ci God has
he p ower EO .;IC;COg'!J~ plish t]~~[';n.
J, A~ I c reate ~nd listen. I. wi ~l] be I cd.
~. Crca l'Mll'i [1' is l he c rea tor's 'will for me. ~'" My crcativmty heals JJnYM.:Jf a nd others. 6. Jam, Ilowed to nUnllllrc in.y .u·li~lt.
7" Thr{nn1;;h the use of 3 l-Cw s~nrp,ll: reels, my cn:~uivily will ~Iolilrish.
8 .. Through the" l1JSC of 1:1Ir1')' ,C'rea'~iv"itYi! [ SCfY'e God.
9. ,My c rein i v iqr al l~l"ays ]c-, ds me to tru til ~ nd love ..
10. My creativity leads m~ to forg\l'c~IJ,Il:'&"i: and scl f-forgi vencss.
H. There is a divmc plan of G'oodncss.1:O[ me, 11;,_ There is a di,v:il'le plau of gooduc"ss. Cor my WJQ,rk.
CHEArrVE AFF]RMAT]ONS
'1 J. As [ Ustcn to dlC erea {r[ withirn., 'I 3111 lcd, 14· As I listen tic r:ny cr'C~'th~lty [ am led [0 Illy erearer,
,[$" ,I ;la~~ "I.l1Ii'i~l~i:ing [:0 create.
J 6~ T ~u all. will ing 00 Jeaen ee 'let mvsel f (:n~aw. 17, I am wm.njn~' to let God (fC3J{t; ~~J[ough l1'U':_ ] E. I a rn willing to be of service th rough U1I y
creat i vhy,
19. I am "vininG ttl expencnee nay ('[t'i'Uiv~ cn~rgy,
.20. ~ a mn 'Ij;II!.I'UJi I] g to 'Il'IISIC Itl,' ,en:~' t hI calenes,
firln~H iJO[lI~' or choice and YQ'I!.JJ,[" bln rts :H ,ti'H'! CJiI d nf ~~da d:1!Y'S morning [J1tge~. Convere aU b.~,urts h~lt{II pQlSh Ive .'I'f:fi rlm:ilialt ~('JnS'.
2. Uk..: jl'tmJr'Sld{ OfI 3~ a['tds~d;ate" You wJ_n do this every ,\1IJ(:'i:k {Of' mhc duration ot the course, ~ $;;u'inpl,t; a tiSl date: rake 6,ve ~iOn:llrs aad So Ito YO~:!i leeal fi\f'C-3~~fIl,. d~~r~eT Buy silly [hi~JISiS Iike gold ~~ick-''o;n~ st~f~? liJlry d illfJ:O'SJUU. SOITlI,t" pO:!l.lC3Td~. 8pa.~',"':Jy s~g urns, gh:~c. a lid ~ scissors, It;r,:RyoWl5. You nught grve 'yo~:utSle~.r iii. !~~}O,frd sta r ,Oll 'your envelope each d ::g:y Y'Cifll wrlre, JlU:rt (or f(n~.
Ti me Trm,oc I: List eh ree 01 d enemjes of Y011T C[(,,"( ti've
). self- .... orth. PlclIse be as specific U poosibl", in doin8 En~s; ~XeirCi5e. Your histQl!!i(: ];n_O']lSltll2~r5 are the buJEding blocks of you r run,: ne§:rdwc bel tClfS. (Yt:ist rotten Shi,'" ter 1\.3fil'll Ri.ta, fr(lm fifth grade does !l:Ot]'IU'" :rnd the roefen ~ h ing she s a I:d ro 'you does marter. Pu t he,r :ifil.) Tho s is yOll[ rnO.ltSl'elr ha U ,of f~ me, Move lU!ons't,crs win CO;tmc [0 you as you work ~hr'OJ,il.gh YOIl) r rcc(w(;ry. f( is ,~I\\lays ~1ecess;a['y to ;l!Jcknowledge cr'C<'Iiltive' injuries andg rieve them, Oth erwise, rh,e).' beco1lI1C elm~~'~ ve SCJ r tjl:5SUC and block yo ur grow th.
4. Tl me Tfav~'I: Sdc(?t and "i,~-':I!'i te ,out ene bO["fiOI.r story from }l'OtJ r monseer ha ~I~ of {an~c. Y.ot~ do itiIJot: nn,eca to 'II\~ iii r~ long< or much, but do jOt dow:" wh a.t-elVCr derails come back to yot1---'rh~ reom you we re ~11. [he wa,~' peoplelooked at rlnl~ d'be W81Y 'Y"0U fdlt, what )orall f. pa r.'e,IJlII[, said or didnJ'1 sa, when yuu ~_olo aJbout i,t; [i1,cI udc ~:h('lltc'\l'(;T ran kles ~Ol~ @J~01i:!E rhe 'inci,deuf: .. A 11d lhc'il I rcnuellin'ber sh C' lave nl/C dll'iS ["cB:l fa key ~mdk' allel p-~u ~ed HflIJY head. _ _ .~'
You :rn~}' find it ca rb::l rtic ~o dmr:.t'\.y 3 ske:[,ch of l OUI" o~ d 1110 nster or [0 cHp Out 3 n bn a gc rh,:u e-vio,kcs the
incidc~ It, lroil'" Y'O'lLlI. C<II.r"EOQ]lm (~ hing 'your !I110m'lS,['U,f. 01' at k:asl': d,ra;w a nice red ... 'l thnrt!'~S~J ~t .
j. Write a letter eo rhc ~-ditJo:r in your (k'fe~H;e. M~,il i'~ [0 yourself. It is great fun 1:0 wrife ~h:rs. ~,l:'ttcr il~ the voice of you Ii \'\1\Q:E:~lII~d.e-d iiII:r~ iSI: ella Id':' OILl'f;li wm,O.:I!:II1I, it may ceacerrt: S:isu:'r A!lI~;n, R ira is a jerk :iUn~ has. pi~ ey~:Sj aJndJ ~
£'an too spel]!" .
6_ Time Tr.avel: List tbree old d EIl:~~piOflUS of your cteative se,lf- ... Y'~r,th" This is )l\01il1F 'brail~ of ,cha.mplOins,,, those w,h!o wish )'O'1i1 and yO'llmr cWC'Jti,vity well, Be'!)pc'" eifie, Every cnoowrag;,ltg ward, c-Oll!m ts, ,IE VCn iifycu d isbeljeve if) com lIP] i i'lt!l etu, ·U'C'Cord i r. lr m ay w,eru~ be true,
If you ~ rc s tll~k ft:lf Itllm pii m ["IUS. go back ~h toLlgJr~ you:n: ti n:1U~,! ... t«JI.'\i'C IloC an d ]uo,k fur p eshive m.emories_ Wh'UlI],. where, and WIlY did you foOCl good .bom:
Y'OLI rself? 'Who gave' yuu ~.rt.1HlfI ltio;n ?
Add i tioll1~ II y~ you JllfaJa:y wish to 'W ri tc th e cern pliJ11e.I'U out tIi'uld d!~c'O[~tC' lit, POSit it near whe re }ro~ do YOUrii'" Jnor'Jlin,~, pages.or om the d~dtbo~rd t'&f 1Q'u,lr car, [ l:;l'u't ~1iJ, lne on dIll;! ch!;l'!il~is of l11')f OO~1I1PUU;!E to chee r ~T,j,rc as I \,lJ,r ri ee,
,. T~rl1e Travt:'I: Sclccr aad \'IIIr~te 011~t one h'appy ,ieee ,of enCO'!Lu:3gemc'nt. Wf"i'~e ~ thalJllk~y,o~~ ]~[wr~ Mail it re you rsel f Of' ro [lime I ong-losr f!fle:~t() r,
8. ]n'lagin~ty Lives.: IT YU1l,l had tfi'~ ,oth,cr ]ivJ.:s, to lead, Wh~l,l weu b-I you de j 11 each r().f tht'~ul ~ l \vOM.1]d he a p:i!~ lot, ~ cowhand, a p:byski~t~ ,;1 p.syrhi,c. 3 monk, You mighr be a scub(] diver., m, cep, 3 writer ~f chih1'r.cn's books, a ibot'ba]] :p ayet. ;t, ben}" dancer, it p~intcr, a pt:rfor, nanee artist, ,3, hb,~ory teacher; ,~b~.ilJt,cr~ l1Ii ecach, ~, scientist, a tJ ector, a Peace Corps worker; a pS:'ch@~-, ogisr, ~ fus herm ~11I;, do In lniseer, am~ auto lll~dl~a" lc, ..1
~nore :i1l1Jn th;ur1L yOliJt lfn:ighr In: ,having in rb'ls one. Lock over ~·o'~U' i ist and selece one, Then dro, ~t ~h'is we~k. For i §:I!s~,[I'nce'l :if you :Inn dU'i,\\\,,ll (o!mr i"y .;;i~"R'C"r • .c~1'II ;rOt'll flfrl,ick ~ gu ita f? [( you drea'm of being .~ cowhand, ~!ih LI,t
f' '. 1-... 1'• • .]1" ~ .
..1 bou [ some br::IUSCV.JCg· TI~,m~"
,. J n working 'W.itrh sffi [[ mat icn ~ s 'al~'lid blur rs, y.l:'~y onc~fI injuries and '~l'lJO~~~s'rers swim back ee Us. Add these u). )fOU r li~ ~ :}~ dli:~Y occu ~ ro ')f(r~]: W?,rk '!J.WI ijh each bi'~ln m ndli''I,dd:uaUy. 'fu:r,n ca1t'h ncgata \fC :1:11 to 3ii:;J, affi ILIU:irtl,\IC
pesirivc.
,'0. IM~.c ya~r a:rrri!'t for a walk, the ['II.Y'O o~ yorLl. A hrislk 1[, ~~P[ y,~,u~l!lIi~~lUf' '\:V3Jk can dr:3Jmi:U1 tka II y ,a,llt"t cou-
:tou \,\dJJ do c:lleC];(.eirt]ls ,ev€ry wc~k. rf you 31'(' :runn:in~ }¥'Olr.IIlr Cr-esrive wt."{!'k Sun.day to Sunday .. do fOl~r check-ins each S~tu:r~ daJY. Remember th31[ rhis recovery is yJ(JlI~"j. W1Htt you th'mmk ~ s bnport:llJll(" and 'ii~: "'ild ~ ~ become incl'easiugi "j iml~e'I',~sti 1"Q,g IDO yO:!JJll as 1Ol1 p'rog~CfiiS. You m:J·Y w.~nl(; eo do check-i mt:IJS rn )¥'o~ur Jnot'111ng...p,a.~t:s n,o'i:;cbo ok. ~t'~g bess U) 3USWC r by ha n d and 31~low ahour Itwel1l.t~r minuses 1[0, respond. The .purpose o:~ chcckins is to gi w cu jOll n1l.i3Ji of your ,cr~~6vc jo"rnc}~. ]'t 'is m'!J1y hope that you will bl~c:ii" share die tOQI~ \v~th others and lin doi ng so Sud you r ow.», notes, i.I'i]'\1aJ]i[]:il'bl:€,~ I ~ Yes, I 'WEl~ 11l13d i J1I
w'Cek !o~.r .. 1 loved "',~"€ck five ..... "
t. HO\~ Plan)" days IIJi~ \",,~(;k did. yo];) do your morn i ItS pl,ges? Seven O'liJlt of seven, we ,;!,h:lIII'a:ys. hOP1C. How was the C;i(pcriC'I1('~ (or you?
l. Did you de you.[· arrisr dare this. lVCCk.? ViCS, of course, we ah\\l3}'s hope. And yet a rti sr da res can be rem ::Lr[k,aIl:;I:y diffieultso ,;d~'O"!.iV YOlu'~c'~f Wlil~lt cl~~ yorU clJJ? 1ddw did :it .~ocl?
J. Were there any ot'h~T lSSUrCS dl.ii~, week tharr }'lOU COnsider s~gllifuc:an[t 'folr ycur recovery? Describe them,
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Sense of Identity
G;OJNG SANE
Tf{US,]]l~'G IO.Ullt C R'~A WI \I' ~'r'1 ~s new bc;h~:'vio:r for m.;3jfJill]Y of us. 'It InilY .fcc.1 qil.!i~~tc thr~;;Hcllll,ns mitially, ncn only [0 us: btu also Ito GU~ Iruimaecs. We l11ay fc\.·I.~nd k~Dk--crr;.ltic. This erraticism is ~ nprn::l31 part of g:etti'11; \i!l~lstuck. pYmn~ feee fllonllhe nUI.ck th at has blocked U $. [It is i ~npo,rlilln 'to 'I"Clllllc]l'llber tha![ at 'first' l1ush, goring sm'u~ fedsjltl.st Jike ~,Ojr~rnIS Cr3zy.
,];,hcrc is i1 re('ogI11i~ab]e ebb aJlJrd flow to the process of rerC'O'I,,"'r.::t:il~,g O!U r c rea't'i'w sel ves. As \ViC g,31]]-m! nl'e:lI1llgt'h., se '\\fijl~lru s:o.c of rhe auacks of. selif-douhl~, Tb~!!, is 1'i],O'fliilfiru, and we Can deal wi,d1 these $ltn:mg·er ~itta{:ks, wh~;J~'we see rhens as sy:rnp~onts of rcoovery.,
Commou sdC':'.at(a,dUl are: ~"Oka'l~ se 1 (hd ok~'Y t'his week burt it'sjust a l~,m,por. '~'1 tlil.i,Wlg ..... Ok~y.. so ] got the morrring pages done, 1 probably did them w[on,g_. i •• Okay. so :now. ~: need [0 p.1 ~,n somcrhing !big and de it rug{jlf ~U~}£~r~ •• • Who :"b:Pl~ ] k;:iddfJ:ng? 1'11 ~'~C::V'C'1i reeovcr, nOr'~ r.~C~n ;3li'1.!3,Y ., . . not €V,Cl". . . ,""
These attacks ~re ,gtrC)undlc&s, but \!',er)f cenviucing to OUfSri;.:h.l't.":S, Bu}rimg ineo them 'cn:ab[cs us to [C,"la:~n stuck and
dIe m:']s\ks. 'Of (u I f'lllj ng it", ¥OUiIi" blocked. .fnCJilJ ds Inay S E'm he ;,1;'8_ d~d,.~i'lJjg ~m all these com forti ng N>clf=delusioH ,',
'If th~y arc havil,l trouble wi.dli yo.Ul1i G.iCn~·Cfy~ t:b~y If\~ still ~cnill,g a pw~ff fr,o.:m ,elnaining blockoJ .. PClrb.,p:!i thC.f still Gel ,3 n 3.norccr.ic high fr'O,1'I1 ~m,~ ma rryrdom of bCllllm.g blocked or ~1'a~Y .,o:;~in ,oolJ",,:t !;y ,np;ttd:ilY a n.dJ W'3J]0'~.'M" in self-·pi ~'Y. [~:rhllaps [h>ey s[iJ~I] fC1:i S,rltlJ~ f'il'ink]~:J.g ~h~l1;D,t how f.lr~ueh more C!i~11;J11~~ ~h!f;;y ",mid' be rtha n Irho,$C: "I!Jh,o ~ru OI~t !~htC'",e doi ng it, These arc w(.'!: ie 'btcha,v iors fc:u' yQIl~ tlO'lf,J1iI;
Do 11'0 ~ G'~pt::(iI:"yO'Uf blo,ckc,cl friends to a PI t ,ud your reeevc'm:y.That'~sJikc expecti:mtg y'Our best f~iend~ f'rmm the bar to eelC'brn:~e your sobriery How cen tin:y when I:ne,ir Qwn drinkillig is s_onl;c~'h~:I~.g they wa:lIlt to hold 011 oo?
BtrJdl:etI~ft;,~;'iti~ IJ~,{iI'y fijJ~' )"0"''',," r~i.£iH.'t1ry &b'~'~~I~U' I'll- Your CC [ti"S I'm i1MOGk~d rnJ&cs dK lnlseul.~ H,g: pOi£slbi'l i ty t'ha t dtt.ey;. t.oo, CQU'I d bceome Iiil]]bloc'k~d and rneve lID1lJf:-O ~'Ulthc;n:~k cre:nhlc risks [ather than bcnch-~iM:i!lr1ig 'yniels.nt. n~ 3~en It:·C) $uibdt: SabOlJglJ (muu friends. 'Vall caAntOt3Jiffor-d dr1gir 'wrell-:lrneani[J,g doub'~ right no"v.~ Thd:r: dQlu~,ns win f1e-aili;tiV3te yo1!l,r o,~. Be partic~d;rdy alert to any SlI.!Ugestion thar Y01:.il1 have bea:un~ scHii,sh ,O'r eli ffc:r-crn.t (These are r,ecit-a],er, ~ wt)llds for us, l'ih.ey are att~lnpls U.l leverege us bf.a,ck ill'rlllD O'u'r old. W3l\f~ (or '~lm,(~ $<'IJke of som .. eene Q~$c1's cO~llf.on. not oueown.)
BJQck~d oCf.rr.'ilt-hn:s; are: easl ly n13~lIipulal)oo by guilt, IOU r fr'jends~ feeling abandoned 'by our d~pa'nure froul the ranks of the blocked, m,~y UL'liCOl1Sdou~]y Itry to. guile-trip us imtQ givu'tc: 1._'l1Jp our 1:'J!l"\yly' bcahhy habits. 11t b~ very important 'to ilJ.lIJ~dlCp.aa1ild I[h,ar. d;~C' II.U1C given ~~'Jor~1J~JVlg p~g'~s is d~ne between you and G;od.. 'You '~c£'~ 'know )!'Pur' an SWC:lS. Yow w~U be led to new sourccs, of SliPP ort 3S yOll'l begi,n to S!J.1PpO:ft 'you'l"sc'l r.
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C1rt."ativity j~ blocked by our fAI~.~ml in with other teoph:~s plans for us, We '\va~t to Set ,3siiie time :f'Or OUi ,crG:'w'iiri'~e work, buJt We feel we $i'i1Q~lt1 de sO:Il1~th~~llG else mstcad, As, biocked crca t ivcs, ~~C (OCUf,S. Ilot CJn our rcspon::s]biL~fh~s. tiO' ourselves, but en our r,esPQiIlsibi,~'iri~,s [P o,[h~rs., 'We tend to '[hi~-ruk such beh3lvior usakes us go.od people. ~Itt d)~jJ!sn~r.. h In3k:c~s l'!S fllil1snared people,
The essenrisl elemeru ill !\1llllr[tilillJ~in,g olur (,reativi[)' lies in nU'l"tllIil1g ou.rSelves. Through :self-mrJIrU,f1!:ura:n,u:c \¥C :rn.JI'FtU('C I)l!lT
Crea~'~:~ity Jleurishes \lllilc~1 we haw 3. SClliSC of H,£~'ly iln~ s:ei€- 3JClOOp't~[.],(e. )four ,~Ir[i:s,l'. ]wke·;.1 small chjld, is Jt1lrp:pje~a Whl'll {t.-cU·ng 3i $C'tls.c,.O.f~C'~f.ity. As '0\1'1' Z!l:rdses pro'tc[ctmlvc p~H'e,rn. We 'mUSE ~tCarnl to pJac~ '(l~l( 'U'1t":ll$f wich safe compaeions, t'O~llC' pbrym3ws can O1p'S,izc OUI:" .atds,t·lt~O·wtb.
Not surp.r:i$img1'~f the mese POIS(U10l1S p~ay'ITHu."cS fur tIS 3S, [1~~O;lJcrilll (:re~riws: are people whose creativity is still b]Qc~cd" O:1lJ1E" rlc,ov~.ry rbre:a fens d~IC~1llI,
As long ' .. ;]5. we wer,~ 'h~.oc.lbcd!, 'Me O:ft,C:nl. fdr. dm~r[ I.t' lI\I'aS 'nl'-['iJglil1~ .1 nd sel f-wi U. 00 sp£~~ of ou rsel V,fS as cre~tlve 3:~.l ists, The 'until is tha'~ it \V,;1S sd:f-will eo refuse to, adfnowl[c'dge our 'f'c;__I~~l'ity. Of course, tlus flcfu~i11 had its pa,yoJf5.
We Il:OU I,d wondc r and ;,vo,ny ~Ibut ou r a r~rlogJ nJCC' in~ID€3d of bejng hu mbJc enough [0 ~:u;t help to n:~o\l'e t~] ro'lL1G~1 (:~u r fea I!'. We could fa11tasize ~bo"Llm art instead of do~ng the work. By uot ilskimg the ,G rear Crea lor"s ]]cl,p witb our crc.IJLd'l!fiity~ Sind b}f nm s>c'cing she Gre~t C~1I,tor"s hand E~ ,0'1.:11' creativity, we could pro(1~ed to dglt teou 5J,~ ignOire [(:)'1111' cll'i3ri vi ty ,and l1CY(;r have ito l;)k}~
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it :!IJ~!riCady. ,mnd you certainly f0Cogrd:n: 'he thumbi1l~il cles:c"~ (ion in the lP3Irng,raph ' bOIV,e. Cr.1'Z.}f~ra:Ti31kcrs like dr. 'tn.t ~r dn~y C.:,1II1 s,'W,ing iE, dli;;Y are !the Star. Evrer'Y0'11C' aJr'~H':~lild lJilt:'ln funrdons alS, SU.lJPQrt~ng. GiS t, pick iug u Po ehei r C1L1,1l,': ~ t111l,ci,r iIO I!'IItra nces ;:nui. c;;t: irs, from th e C'1:\:1 ZYlll skcr's (crnczy} W~J,~I~m~"
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.to ::N,'Ior"e lIiJ!'I1Cr cni!.IO~JII:1II'Cr,:ed lIlk [hc'ms>f!lv,~s, IbIllDiIllOUIS> .']'f[ i$;[s_ ~bC'y aee $1~~!l"PlCt' 1Iif/~'r/l j"pj f\!i',Il""If 6).ttJ "")i~""r,; j ~~]ill: kind ef ~rrthlllt!li ·th,t1!,t give du: rest of us 'bitd niln'h:s. Oncil INa! i!"lI't")ltJ"j~ j',ulm IV,.lrdJ.ilI ~'in:"g;~'~ lbairil Uf~1 th,e.y 3CqUii,~'!! I~hat SJ:atu:s b¥ {cc..~di~ilg on the ]~re ,rnp"s~ en~r.g,ic s of thwc around dm"t;:In. For th is reason, ltu'~y of mh~ l:1l()s·t C'r'a·Zf ~,1'li~u ~"Il ,A1tler:fCiiI are found, s:ur:rOU'muh:d b13 cadr-e of suppcrters as: tiIJlt:'Il'tcd as t~,er aloe h~t dc~eftnlnciLlJ to s~ibVtrt rhe i r OWIIl eslen t in. the service of ehe Crt!r:1JUl ak ing Ki il&
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maker, Giv~n rhar 3'11 Ii lrn nita kiir:llC ]~ d'c.m~di rt,!, his sets ~irC l'iJ r :nno.l' so: k~~tg.er hours; long; bouts, nfip.21ra~m,oli3; m'nuigy." :)Ilid ~I!l~ tCrnec:illt:' po];~dC5. Arn:id n.!l,m0 J:'5, thar the set Was b'll.lgg.edl~ lb~i ,Cr"l'zYI1'Ilake:r Kil1Jg addressed his act~lrs ~'r a, loudspeaker sy!irem \1V'l:rile he, Hkt:' rhe 'Wh18.rd. of: Oz, secreted himself ~,war.y i~13
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0"11Cf ~hf:: p.as I two d ecades, rn h:Jive """!3,~dl!ed m ::luy di reerors at wcu:k.. I was ,mmJ:rrie;d EO a p[jQfoun.dl}f gifecd dilfoC'Eor, nd I have d!i'[cC ted ,m, {cattur<c In. ys~] f. 1 h !ilrVC orl~ n remarked how dosdya tihn (f\,~V resembles an exeendcd (~~'1Ifl1fil'y. In tlrn.tt case or ehis Cta'2ym.:!lJk,c~r King, the crew resembled lIJ,ot1L1llmJg so 11u",11 3S am 31,cO'~IlO~ ~t C:U'il1l ily: the fII'IC'G,ho[i~ drin'~clif ('~h 1,1] ker) Surrounded-by his tip(JOd~!lg €w~:~bllcn, all, plle'~c:lm,cl.ing· drnat his eurS;,Z(~ ego and ~t.s co~colinit3nlJdc~3nds were ~or.a],
On lba,t C'rnllYW-lu8:kelL"~s set~ dlJ! ptcduc::tion lWlifda-ed 0« seh.edul~ ~uld ower' budlet front king 'baby's 'IJlhfl"3JSOn:l!ble dt:&.Inands . .A film CJ-e,1'i is cssC'lniall~y a crew of Ie.xperrs. .lII~d to watich the~~ c~tin'l,3b~c c~I)~ru, bcCcome di~s~u~aU~lloo was a stf'ong l!cssol'i, for Jnc i 11, du.: p o\isQI1~'L!S :p.owt:r 0:' er,,~ytlrla~d l"I,g .. B'fi'~!1i _ 111 f s.c'~ d,e.sjgn,c'f$, OWiliume dC$~gners:,. SIlUlliUI, t:'llg~ncer~,-, mot fe, nlCQJ~ion ~~I:o;ll's-=bt::(a.mBc ,I Ilcrea:s~ngl, inj U'n;d ~ [hI:' pr'od.uJt::d,on. 4111 irs .dcv3s[-alt~~~g 001.\J'rs.:, ~lt \!I.'3JS ~,~. n'lilSt (he- «rnz)!~rrn3 king di rc.ct)o~s person a~ d r3'11taS t bait dllrey ~lrulgllC'd ~o
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Be ,ge~tle' tmn ~rl~l., and ,h~Ir:I',i to'ug[l. The b~,;[ [thill$ ')\Jill call do {'Or your In.enm b: [~O' be 3~~ C':~:a rn,~,I(; eh i:?ougJl1J y)Ol~r. OW~l [I{l:~!D'~f')r. Do ~,! ot ]e r rhei r fca:s,.'1 nd scooiITJld ~!itO~:~;!U'$ ,d,er-aiJ~ YOlt
S0611 enough, ~h~ krh'l'nqucs FII!m: Jear-~wdJ ~en(lb]!e )'Otl te re.aeh o('b~. Soon eno~gh., '~/Ou_\'\-!dJ he a bfld,~ rha,t "l'l',j ~ ~ a]!o,W' odlcrs to CfiO(Si ,(!I,ve[ from sdf~d,oubr into &elf~p,res;Sii,o~. :Fo{l' Irig'lu 11OW. pro ~CCt you f alFtl~ t by ref! u;~ M g to sllow you r, ~,O[tlirng p-3S'es m,c, "mlre[e~Hied b;YKt.1J~ders or to sba.r-e vo~r 3.rltiu date wi~h rfje'nds~ ,[)~I\'W :I $aJc:JCd cl!r.de areund YOU!lf. recover y. GllVC yourself rhe gift of £a:idlJ. 'Irnst ehar }1IQU are OJ.'JJ t~l!,eright l[:f,flrCk" YOM :<II~.
As your recov~ry prog~SS~.s;. Y'ou wiU CO,IJii~ EO CX,P('flC'ilCC 3 more comfortable raith In YoiI.Jllr cres eer and y'O'ur c(~atO:t, witJfgin. You will ~~ rn ,fila r jft is actually easier to write th3r~ l~Ot wnre~ paiut than nor. paint, Il;nd so. forth~Yolill will ~e3rfl to C'J!l-
joy rile pmress of b~~llIg a :er,'~amiwc c~~~ne~. and Ijd' SUIL~f]d~f.j y'Our ,1'I~;ed ee COJ1m:mi dtC~-eSu.~t You '\IVII] ,dl:$oov~r {he JOY cl':f pr.rl(I~i:i~1A 'l/olU.r cl:ie-adv'j:tr: 'Th c:: process, n(lf~ tb~ prodl1c~~, wi ~ Ulc:c~nnc :VO'L1[ focus,
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A ~'J3Imed rhi Ilg 'vGa'~]WC5 do;w J~id beiug cre~tiv,e: is to a IlVO~:VC themselves widol (.'~.!'rilM,kl!.rj. Crn:'l!y,rmakc~ arc d'jjO:!l\c"pet"so~m_ 1l,I:id~, ~htu erearc :sbID,limt] ¢Cnl~rs.. They a~e anen 'C[1ai~ri~S,ll1,atic'! frcqL1Cnd)1 dUf,mhl,g. id,!:h.ly il:TVCntivei aJfld powerful.ly pcr:s-uas~ve. And. Wf the C'r{"~ci"v,e person ,in their vicinity" :ther ~rc' >Cl'lonn01!JllsJ, dcs£,lfucf'\I"c. You ,know' the type: t:halr'i\lnl3.tk btll~ cnn of contro.l I long OEm pwbJem s. find s:ho(!"( om £OJlIll tjons,
C:i.'~ :t;"Jua ken. 311l'C d10 kind of pe.opJe wh {) [can ~a.ke OV'~f ')rOMr whoJ~ ~~~, To fl~i"~uprp~rs" dtlc'y are wrres,is'~i;b~e: ~'O m;uch '[:0 d~a!nge~ so ,ma;I'DY d:islr.tlcti,alls ..••
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TJle cr--.lzJlnaki:fI]£; dynf.l.m~' 'is, sroul1d~d JlInJ_llower:~ 3,ud so any" roup lOt liicoplc can fu m;: non as ,11'11 energy :;;Y~~il.:'111 [0 be e>t.-'
.5eum.m:mg. ln a'II1l()~LtUl}l' an form- .F.amc.': :lilay Iw.lpoo! {::r~a'tc the.Im:o but si 1lOt. du:~y' feed on power, .'lIl, power SOU~(; WI n do. A J.dlOUgh (Ju i IDe rreqru~ n dy ,ra~yr.n.akers 3 re fay iii. a, a Inon~g' tI~e ~iC'h :Iud fal'HIOilllS- rbe'~' 3JiC 003tD,mOn even amo.ng COIl'n-noncrs. Jhgbt in [he Il'~chm:r {;urmiJy (ldJ.(i:I)~;S ~reJSO]ll 'W.U~C th~,tw.nr,-d), a r.~si .. dent crnzyJl]]lak,c.~ may ofwl'l, be (O'~fld ,fn(tim1!g~ !3mJly, Im:rnber aga ins r fanl i I y membt::r.. nndercu tt~ng anyone s agcnd3 btell' ]!a js. ,01' her O'll\fll.
[ .El. rhi:r1ltimrlCS ]10\;\1 of a deseru erive l"tl ia;tr:i:i n::')~ at :rny acq-w.iru;~noe" TIlL ll~lU]3~ Reild Of. ,<9. ]ar,gc and ~~~n'necl dJu~: s.he has; deveeed her e~,reuSn'£ 'C11:er'glcs to .dcstrOYI,!t}g du; cr'C'3nv:lty of her child·r,cn. A~'w.il,ys cheos:imlg cdtical mJkI!OmemlrS .fOr her sabotagc'j. she plants her bomos ro ,C'N.p,lo de juse as her chHci;l'el}
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The d~ughlr~,1J' s ~ ruggli rig ,"0 fin ish a belated ,oU,cgc' d~gli~C :f.nds le!~t"]f :S.1c;j~]ed w"i~h ~ ,udd,~,{:'n:t drama [11,(: mJl~ght 'before her 6md eX3Jm, The son "Iilllhh ~ Cdt~.c;3·1 job in~r)l.\fie'w is tift~d WJ diu :I visi ~ad()[1 j usr when he needs [101' fo('Us the .lnO~lt
;"0'0 you, know what the nei gil bors a re S~yjflg ab O''I.'J t ·YOil,..tt' the crazymaker will. often ask. (Amd duo"!' beleaguercd sE'~dcnt morl'tcE wi~'1 hear aJ horrific round of gossip thin leaves her bat rered , lacing her eX31'1] week beses by fccUngs. of ~~Wh,U'S the l-IS~'?! ')
"Do yon realise rouTe n~inil1g YOUIIl' -O'\1'loIll nt~tfia~ w:ith this possible new job~ , (And the :50n:'5 bopofi.ll ea reer move is athcs before irbegins.)
Wh~fh~f" ~ncy ap:pea r .as. YO'llU ovcrbe:u.:i n g mQ tncl'\ ,null" 111.:3Jf],[C ·bas!;.. yOU!rlll-.edy friend! 011' 'j'01.1t' n~bb Qr.n :spou.se! fbe cJ".3:zyn1 aJker:s ill you r ]ire sbare ecru h~ des ~ I'llC dve' .F~ttc:r-us thil tt 111.aJklc rdu.'!:nrn .I~ OiS011l0'1J,]S' f.or ~fJry $lJs'~~i ned ,'rea ii-ve work.
ham1,d 8J lei (0.0[, Tb,c}! '[€,IU 3 v~catiGlf1 .rabi n 19 rger a~ d more ej(p~n.s-mv,g tl~~ .. n the one .itC;[lI;.--cd P'PCHf:lI, ,:1nd t1rq,cn they cxp~C( you so foot th e MruJ.
IC~Z})~lJtlk.ef."S exp(!{!' &lJ41€1tl"l {~~JlPH11·lt. l'h;cy ~uffur a wide panoJ~ly of m ytae[iou~ ai I m~l;ts ·that !i~cq'lll~lr'C C:3.r,~ an d .a['bC'~tilD n 'lil,h~fl.eve:r you, h.a·~ a dead~JIfiL~,[~-omnlg-or 3Jm1Iylh~rrllt ds::e [~:u d:rnws Y'O'IiJF aiUenU03tli {f.OUl mc' cF"azymakl'"cis dCD:tJtH:ls., The C!1lZJyru::tJk;er oookS"'ht:r O\Wn sp~C'mdmeaJ 'i:n a h.ou~c Cull o:r,h~I~~ .;1:"y dl'ildrot;l:1=a"lld docs. nor~:ing to feed_,thll,; kids. The cmz'1~ maker 3S UJO (I,PSCl 'to drive rll~n a.f.\er he has ¥c·.l1It)ed Cll0rm,o.il!W~ verbal abuse o.m the heads of those l!IJround iml'UD, .'J am aflrcaid D:add:i wi]D h3~~ iI. h~art 3:tfack t· the \F;cti III srarts t~li~~.i ng, ;.nS tC'Zll.d or, "Hew de 1 gc't dfuis :r;frons'tlc:1l' 0 ~1~ Qr r:ni9:Y houses"
CM%i'~llnk;el.s di'{iG.Il~~r }'O~n' 1em~ty. No mat t,c:1i' how i.nrrponant your deadline 0]' how Cf,'j,t1c3'1 fOur W()u trajectory at the m.O~ ;'ltcnt, ("[.3zYfiHlikers wil~ violate '}'lour needs, They may act as th.o·ugh du~y hiC~~ your hou~ld:ari~ and win re.spt:(t them, OtH ill] pn1ctticc a€1is du: op~,ui.\l~ W'Ord. Crazy]1j;!l3k:~[S SJIfS dire peephi who C~]J )"uu at mi(lni:ght 'O'f 6:00-<A.M.. sayi:Q~ "I klll10w you ~sk.ed 11lC ~ot eo ca U. y(n;!! :uhis 'rr·i me, bnt . .. .'~' C [;ili::y-m.J k~I"S a:N [h~ people who drop by ul'l~Xpe[lbr.u.uy IElOI 'bouow serned)i:ng y10u C~ittl'l And or dor{rt 'Wi.1i'nt to lend duenl,. E V)~11 b eue f. dle'y call and ask you ro ]ooat,c ~am~thint they need, ~hen r~iL 100 pkk i.t 1l.llp.. '1<1, [ know' yoU?h! om a deadline," dlley say, "bue this '\vUl~ only takCfi minYlie.'~Your minute.
C!i'~:Z l~'l~ak.ep,~:f sFnd. yD~j"" ,riJltu dlul maj:~fy,: ] r they borrew your C~:r:1 'they rerurn It l~te'. wieh :B.I1. C3!iWPt)1 li',ilItllk. TIl!sir traiiJe'~ arnmrgewcnu alwsys COSt y,ou t,~ me or ~'il1iL.l)l1e)'. They demand to be met in rhe rnidtUe of y,OUf "'I.\\i'Qr~d·Jr at an al-tp''Orl mil(!'s frol1i. ['O~VI1. III d~ddt b.r-iW';lg '[3xi m;Qoney,'~ 'the~,f ay when <oolJifronlt~d
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Crj'l1zY;I~~kfi'S , J'1'tn~,fiUI(!\IC dJ¢lie' al~T Jed'j Ui nlIJ1. 13 ':Clraruse cra~y,makers r.hdwc !l:1n ClU~l'gy (}~OIlJ.1jIl:' elt€]lnf)~ th~y sct ,cop]~ agJ'in'St Ollft a'Oodl~r ~.n ()'ftder hl [ruri n'lain. dt~~r O\-VIt, po,WCl position dead. c~rnt!:r. (That's W'hl:f~' r'hJ.!¥ can ret'ICI 1'l10M di recti Y Orn tJu: ne,g;nive ·energies they sti[" up.) ··So-~'lI'Jld-s:o \V,a . teUinl,lne 'you didlt,t .get t'O wor'k olllitirnt: (,oday/" a cr.:ll.),'nllkt;f IDay ["CIa,},', You
CmZliJU1k'~lj hrenk llNIs ~nt1 desl roy s'dled,',jie.'S" The>}' sh()\v up 'two days c~dy (or yOUi' w,c;dding 3fclJd ex.peel tic) be '\"',I~t:'ed Oil
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[tf 'r3'1;:1111~ke:J:7.S are tha,l d,e!i!t-r:l!l1,eti'l!l~'" what are we doing i11= M:J'J~41.I!WIf' G~'~ !ll1fd~-II ~&oUI
w]ved wida HU .. ~ll1? The a 'I lSwe r; to be 'b.m'~uef b Ij;~t b.ru[o1li~ ~!> dl,1I1
"rife: ['\lal~ eraz Y 'P'1I:11JSc;I'II,!'II::'i: and W.e :t'n.; thatt sel r -destl"ucti ve, RL":diy?
Yc)';, As Mockt-X1 ceeatives, we ~'fe wm,mng ·~o go Ito 3hnos auy leB;[h~ eo rcm::1lIlIrJ',blocked, .~s, r;righ~e~~wI1g, :Ill, d ;lJb'WihflL as ]ifc wit'h aJ c:rnzy 111 akc.r is, ~~ lind 1Jt: f~r less, t hrea te [l,i~.~ l1m an tm c (';h~ llenge of a c~·~'U i ve H fc of 01.1 r Own. Wl~at ''Wou:dd h_J,p~cJ!]
ou rselves be ere.') ti'~~~ we wi II. ooco.g1]'C c:ra:ZYBfJuk,l"rs; au ['!i(; h!:t':5
ilnd abuse d];QSC ~~I!IlIJnd us, U's~ns dl~5, fear as OUIII exeuse, w~
ron ['i1~fljIC eo allow Ct~l1l.'C,! (5 to a'b l:lIS1e 'IllI~.
[if YQU an: in'Vohl'.,;d now whb a crazyma!k~'f, it i$ very impor.,t~nt ehse ya~1 a,~mh this f~H~t. A.dmh lhar yO\ll, !_I'C be,ins; l1se:d-and admu. that you are' lIJ5,m:g yc.~~r Ow n sbuser; Yo ~llli cra,K;~nl13l1:ie1i" is .1, block .you ehese yo,a:rrse]f~ ('9 deter yo-n from Y0ut (!J,W n tn;jecl'oly. As iU,L11lch as 7fO'!J.l arc he ing ~~]oi ted b-~' 'y<)Q.D r cn.'ZYin3ker~ youl eo 0, ~i"C usi n,l;, th 11.[ l'lerS-tln to 'Mock 'you r C rca live !flow..
Itf you ~J-{: hl\'O~Ved mil Q tormred t.allgo "?M'1rh a ('~z,m~kie:r, stOP dancing to, his/bt'lt" A~nc! ']c-k tlf' ~ boo~k on ~odEpenidLI1icy or get your~eH' to a twcJve.=s't~p 'progmm for rcl~~ionship ~ddi.ctiOilJl. (A] = A~gJlll and S~X ~~dLa,,~ Addic~-s A nOJli1iym(n~~, are ,twO ,cxceU(;I1.l program 5 :Ii(i«( sro"pping the Cl!:{!JZ )tmab:F~~ d:n:u;,l'.)
The next time -you catch yOill~s~~.fs3yi~]g or r'hink~hi~' "'Hel ,511 e is d rinll m;Jig I1IiLC c,r;l,B:~ry,~"~i ask YAllU!l"sd f w'h3'r CI"CJti,'!J~ '~'rk you are Itryi'lll,g eo bleck by you:r i1nvolv(!,ment
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C - . ,k 'r (Jlre ;:Xll,fl'ft bJatl,I~~11, NOlh'i~]!g thalt ~~C's Wroltlg is ' t"'~~,f.~J ir I: ule, .. ,,,,,,..II 00 healI' them eell it'J EJil G:' r.11Jl:1J]~ is; u liua:~~ \J
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, ' urs, .']t you had n'~ cashed dl:ll dn,I~~u P'pOfJt: dflcck 'lit 1j,'o!\~tild yo r.. I" ., I~Oi~I-I.i""D\.AI ", one c,mz'IJ'maklllg fl_t\-h:l1sb.filltd. told Ids
Crtlzyui:flll"on (rct~;le d~'lmdSl-.bJl~. ~'f!I'df)PlJ ivih?a'~ t/~€.'Ilif:I:O:,~gi' 'Crn~y_ makers are oft-en bJbd:,c=d eeeaeives tl1eJn$e~v~. AfrnJd to offer ...
tiwly r~p' their own Cf\cJtlvity. d1t~Jy ar:~.~.'OIrB.tb to allo'w that saJ!il:U:: c n.'{J rivl ~1 in others, [t m~ kes thc~ jealous. It _ ~n3.ke-s the 1]It th rt;at!:'ll~d, lt :1]),3 kes them dr-a iIl1'J13 Urtt-~.U: .rou r Il,':~PCJll~IC.Ot .... Y{nca! to dU~'i r m.~,al ag~:ml:d~aJs\, ,cr;}zl'.nlm:ke~s impose [QC5C' apnd33 on ethers, ~n d~a I i 11g Y/t,jlth a ~ra,l. y lTD {IJ~]"I yaM) a re dea]~llU,;g ~hV(ljy,s \~~ith t-Ile fa!'!Itol:ls issue o~ figure <,!U],~ ~u:n?: b, Oth.£r wams wJ~3irt'.ev;er maecees to ]1'0\1 bec01HJ!S tl"~'I!litaJh:zed ]'m:r~o fil'Uler"t!' bJ('kid~p for the cr~.z·yrm;ll,3~cr'~ p~r~o'1~al p~ig]n. ·~~[)o }~Otl ,t'hink jb,e/shc loves me?" ehey call you to a sk \-Y1h~11 _you are try 1:lI1Ig to pass ~tl~e ba r exam or get Y'pu r h~~b,JIUJ. horne from. the. I'H);Sp:ita I.
Cr(J,;rtj~,,~l.fett,S .ltiJle I'kdllie~~xrt,IM' Itiei I' Ol~tl. ~~11 ~~e ,I:t~uuls, of l (,t.'izy]na Ic~r, [i rne is a p d:maJl'lI fOO] for abuse. .l~ ~y'O~ .'~~,~un. 3 eerrai 11 block 0 f d me as you r own, YOlfJt.: C~~}1'Bn3 ker W~n find. a \~r,3;y to .fight you for ehar ti me, eo 111ysrce!iouNJy Qeed th'i ngs (n(J,c~Jl~I'iJjg: you) just w'bcn y'ou nrc:'" to be aJon~ and fo[tJ!i~d. ~on [ID~c ClSk: at hand. "I !l~ycd up until three ,last' ~':ll1gh:t. I c::m.'t !ci:nvc' the k ids to school,' the c:r-azYl'am;a ker w.i n s,p:riI1U an ,!DiU d:L~ IJlor,m:llrnng you 'YO~'Its:l:,lf must ,ie:ruVle ea dy Cor 3 b~l1sinilJ'.$:S: br~(lk:f;;:JI$~ "'IV ilt'h your boss,
N'ow thiU ,\~Jfe h arve' 'tal ked abour ~'~e b~ rrie r [0 A:('o\.rer~· others; can present, lot 1l.1S taloe ~ l'OQ,k ~It tbe muner t:menlY Vi-e h~wbor 01:1 rsel ves, Pr:rh~,s rhe g rea tcS'~ bar-riICr (or ;'ll:lr)' uf us is \:vc look
The reason we thlin:k lIC'S ,wi lifO. eo ~~l agine an n nseen hdpjrnlg'll:l-nd is rhat we d]l doubt that it's okay fu:r us to he- cre~.tivc, W'jeh this ~uitq;ad.c r.rln~y en1tr-e-ndlcd, W~' nol ollJy look ~II :gilrt mo,rSC-5 in ti1.'t m,on r;lml but ~11!!lO SiW.U ~hC!'H on dt~ ru m~:1J to gl:t dllC m O'~I t of our Ii V,C!f;, aJSj fa.s t.a5 po:ss,iblc'.
'WIU!tl Mike b-~ffi'ti his creasivc r'c _ov-cry~ .he ~eli himself ad~ :rollin rrhiu he \\\I'31Ot,eo: 100 make films, T\\I'O weeks later, dlrOl1gh a series ,of "'o:l1Jdd{!ncc:i,"'~ be fom ,d, hi,:m's~U hl f1hn Scil'ool wirk hiis compa,ny pa,',~ug, fOf it. Did h,e; y~~,ax and. ~Ili'oy thi,s? N'el, He rol d hffi.m;!;~ I ( t1:l13it fml m scboo'l ""as distract i i'ii,g hi In fronl !Tho; rCaJl job 0'( Iiru:ljllg 3ifllothcr j"ob. And so h~ garv,n: 1il:P fi]~fID}lt'lakillg to
1,0011.:. fo:r 31!~,orl;le_~'iob.
T'\iI.-'O years hne:r~ r~Jrnc~riu,g t'h~.s incident, Mjk.c 'an' Shilk-ehis head 3lt h'inlsclt: Wh~n d!lC' ~,-nh!',~ue g,(!lv,e :him 'wh;;u he waJmu~d) he ,gary,e thQ ,gift r~~shf b~ck. ,E:V~lltU{l)lIy, be dkllct h'im.-; sc,~f lca'rn fiJ nun-aking, but be rn~d~ 'it a, lot ha,fJlCl:.r on hi,lllsdf than the 1II1i,v,ersc Inay J13,"'(; i1IJu~Qdcd..
O~tU! of the til i 1'1 S;s ~[lJrruost woNk no time in it cre~dv"C [~c-'OiIrU!ry ,is, G1Jm1l" rei u,cta'llce to ta kc Siei'iQiIJs~" ["he po.'l!dbi~h.y th3 t ~bc tI nivt::rsc J u ~t n-l i g:~t ~ coo-pcnlJt ing w.h~h Ollll'~ :u:r~\~ iH1.d C-i!i:p~ndcd
1~lan~. W.~1'\"l.~ GOJt~CII b.r'L_~' ~I'K~rlll.tJiTh to (I"Y [liCC,fJ;\I'e!jF'I~ but we d " 0 W3:IU ,t~BIl' ulIl:rvcrsc 1£10,'. ' II:fca nlU'.lI1'HrW 2UC:li1rti ""''Ii 'IN~~ "II' ~ II' e. ~ ,_ O'~L
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3'u of OII);I~ ~su~,1 Idea.· about bre~ Gad. wh~t·s PGs~1'bh: and!
wha.t"s fillOI, T~"~ 'roOJ~t ha~ a door. That door: iS~vtr SlO, sli 'hrtl :U f. a~d o~lt~1dc :~U,~' IC •• i[1, see fI, great dell (~f daz~!I~I~1 Bglu~ OIJ~ there I n ~h~' d:l~Z]]~lg ]Iagh t ~:["e ,s, loe gf new idl.Las rh lU Wt een$.j,d~F too r~r-out (:Or ll~. iI'Ind. liOI w;~ k,ect~ t hc:m OmJ [ there, The' ,ideal ~c are o~J11flQrt3bJ,~ wirh ,'I'I'IC in t'l1lc rO~»lJ w~dl1 05,. Th~ erber ideas :;I'r~ OU'l, ~mdl ~ ~~cp·theml out.
In ~ur o~hury~ p"r-ere-ro:vcry ]iflCi when we would hear somerh ~ 11,1 \Y~n rd or [h rea ten m.ftt, ~liIJ Ju'S - g,rJ b ~:h e do.o, kn.ob <loci. pu ~ I, dire deer sh u r, fa st.
_ bnu~'.r WOf k. rl'~g~ring O'tI ~'C.r cha hge? Ri,dic'IJJlI,Q1;1i!ii [ (Sla~'l rh e door .. ) God ,h!l)t'l~c~]~l,g to b}e~p m.y OU~II ,cr.~~ld\i'e 1\."('Ovcry? (SJ,m,]ll; ~ Sym:l,chronlcuy SUPPOllftt:l:b]g my 3,niJ~,t 'wid'l, &er'~iL'Ildi'Pi(olaSi (:OU'lC~dt'11OC~? ($ Ia.m I s~ ~ In, $13 rn.)
Now Eh1.'lt we are mll:l creseive ;~ol!!,'rfY. l"heft' :is, 3nodill~r ap~',I"Oadl wo need I~O try,,, To do dus,. 'Wt~ gCl1ldy' Set u:~df: our S.kcf't~C'is,m-w.r 31~t u.s~,'" if we nt!-cd mt=-a nd \\'.hcn a, ,:v~i [-d idC! or cOlncld~enc-€i W'hIZ2£s bYI we gently !~u!dJl'C [he do~or ,ii, ]Ju]~ fnrtbf; f O'pC'ill.
Setting ~k~'p!tt'icisJn aJside~ I!;:vcn b["~eAy. Ca:11l mn,:JJ~e Cor '\'l'Cry inltit:nts'ting ~p]otr.!i.tions. ]n cre~twvc n.:oow.!f'y.. it ~s, nc't ucc~sary that we dUJ1Igc alny of our belic:fi;;;, ~' is ncc~su.ry llhat we eXJ ~iIil! i nc t'h~al.
More th~n 3nyi'~ii!l[Jg else,. creat~:vc' :n:e,g,vcry is a~ cX~lFCis~ in op CMHl1. in dicdmesiS. Agai 11.~, ,pil:tilIDr€' 10~J f mh-ld as [~~ iU rocn1l1 "Ii',i i:h ~hc d:oor, s Urghtly 3j_" li". N UGgi 11,~ tl~c d:Qor OpL:1l :iIJ bi,l l'lUlie' is: whart ~~3k:.~S f(lr oiP!!;n~lnindC\dllt':5'$. Bt.·lin~ [his '~ft."iC'~~ to lCm~sdous,ly practi~c; openmngyou,r narind.
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~f.1'JjJjdll1g klrlce-dt:~p Ul' [h,e flow of hfc ._nd p. ring d@~e at .... u~rltiOI1.
My g:ra Ildulc'th,cr Wa*i gbue bt'for~ I 'I!e. !ul'~d I h,t": ]e~~~:nfl h<tf ~1~U'~[:ii, \V)t:IrC' ~~~Ich i u g: su r!jj' i val I i(i!ii mini san h y, ~!I!ltd sa n~ty lies i'~1 payj ng al[;r'7nt,1~I'. Y~sl h CIIi' I~:l ~IIJ: f"S ~:;J ~d~ IJ .. d~s co LlJ~tll is gCI,t mlns WOUl" ~ W~' ha-¥~ ~ MIC rhe house. IChCfiZ IS no fll0llil.:Y 'imd m 0 wor~ bue 1 ~llC 't, ibl1f;F Ii ]14;;.$ are b1~o11 ~ 'tiimlg •• rhe lhrs,rd :n a!s fDun, - rho l :lop~~
Or SLl.lll'l, [he roses a I"(: ]loldlng de'spu'e ti1JC hear, ~
My GI'~~l.dm1ofrIH;r knew w~a~~~. ~ p:)'unft~:1 H:w had ~'~'lI:glu her: ~ID:rC'cSS or f~JI.I.~lur.t:'" ebe truth of ~ hCc' r,~~n}l' In~ ]~tt'lic ao du with its c]u~lil;~, The'_ql]~I&it,y Dr life is ill :propur~knil, ~dw,y~. IQ the c!lp3:cthy fDr ?~U~I]tt. The ca:p. d'ey fer ddight is thoe gift of -~yDng a,[u:nUon.
hm. '- 'yt. f when ,:11, ]Qm ~,and 'rt1iwa.minr [O'llc :3111 ir was lurch .. illlg g:r:uxh:ssly aw. y f(o:m :tIH.: 'oen~c:r ofhc=r nre-, t~!! w!dt~r .May Sarton .kept. A JC\~~r,.u'l f)f ~' ~oliff.~(J:tt. h~, h, lIil,t: reeords cD,ming home frturn tIJ psrticu] ~rly p.111~ (1[;1] we~,lk.elll d wwt h her 'h~Yvc1r. 611-
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ID(;I'~ I:l g her e rn,~ny Ji~~USlt." I W '\\Vii'S SJDO'PF cd by the [h'I\:cSI'lo~ d o,r my
$i[.l,1dy by a f,:;ty Olfl 3 Kerc:}11 d~rys"iillnl'hClnlll fa! ~]ghdll g it 'Ijl./P' like a sped igJ:u!im deep ~d IJC 13 hi and C1Im'incsc ycll,OiW (eQWF, , • • S~c]ng ~t w s I~ b.: gc ~dng' U!',ans fu~jQn 0 ' ~~II;l!.u\nJrl Dl I igh E. u,
Itl~ no aeeidcne til ,t May S~rtOI~ USI;S It:he word trJ',msfiuilt.'UJ.
The I.'05~ of h~r-I!D'vcrw( s a wound, ~I"d JII~ her respm;lS~ to ~ha't ,ehry:sa u l:hC'II1I[Jtlln~ i 11 Itlll~ at: ~ of p~ying rilt tc,nl'ti,u:Ifl" S:],il"Imli],Il'I!I:s ~!~al-
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The' r,cward :fb,!' .l~~ention is .11\V~;_ps hC.ll'iflg. h nl~:y begin llJ; tlrlrc J1Ie31'iIl~: of a p~l[l~icul 'f :pa'il1~thc :~O!illt. Jovcr" tchcsickly. dll1ld. rh~ sl1m tlCe r-ccl d n_::ilIIJH i Bu t wh t ,i~ hC'~J~ cdl. 'H n ~ II y, bahc,: ,~il1 ~h m, ullclcrHes :;dl p .... ln: th~' ,pain lh:::u W'C' ~1Iit: .. II~ :rJ$ ll~,~kc 'phras'c:ii '~tl ~11Jjl.lnili[e.r,:1lbly al,on~c'.'!" M,ore' ~m~m anything else. :'ti'UeIUl011 irS • ~ act of en trucC ['ir-m. m ~ c~,rnQd doa i,~. l he \rli'3y ] Imve ]!ea rl1~ mO~lt rh i ngs-C;i II i te by ace idcnlt
W]~(;n 11'11;1 flrslt r.uil,:urri3·gc Ml'W ,;!Iip~n'. I took 3, lonely hOll~t i 11 ~hc rn-~o,11 y wood Il~i ~ :Is. My pll~ n was .sin1 pIc" [~1II0U Idl \IM-caithc'r
Vcry ofrcn, a crem,live block mani~es~s, 'iudf <JJij 3~1 ,addk~.it)~f!Ilt<) f,alm.a'~y. R;aIEilC'f than \"",~fklf!lg OF hV~IrJg dU:110W; We sl,in OUr ,~ithr!d!:, :uJJd II1du lge J ~I d ,ydirC:1 ~'1IlI':S .01 C()uJd ,h:l,vC' .. , wou Id h~l¥c. :should h:l~t::. O~1JC of rile g:re:u nliliC'\l~filICe-pt~OI1S !libom the' ar[is l ic ];m &: is ~'b;] ~ it eutai 1$ great swa t iu~s of ai 11IiIIJ 1;c'S:S11 ess, The rru [~~ is [h~l~ a c.reJU I life ~ ire !Irilrv.o,h,cs g,k'~1l swa,t;.hC$ or a,t'~~It·nion..
J\ Eir'l::[uicnl $s" '\\I.1Y' to OQl]Jlnc:c ~ a nd su r 'i;I.~ \1'(:', ,
"'flora ,,'wd fa~JIWI1I~i reports," J used to ,cL,~I~ ,tb~ Iculg, w3nd:imtl,g ~,cners [",om my ~r1u,dm,od!u.:,r. "The COfS}Hbi~ is s{art~~c and this morn.ing [ ~l'W Jill)' :first robin .... T.b~ roses arc JlQ;:lding C'Y'CI~ in this J.~lmt .. ,r , Th~ SUfillMC ~~~S eurned and that ]:iltllc rna ... pole do.Wltl1 by the .Ill." i I b~" . - ., My ell I";UM mas C':aCll~s. is Icui~'1
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r foJlgwcd ,m'y gra nod rno ~~IH:; r~!':i, ]W:! Ii kc .1, ,long horne mn,6vic': a S'bOl 0.( (his a!N~, :l ;sJ~Ot of' [hat, s,p~lic(.~d rcgether wi~:m, ~lO p~ll~ ~r,:lm rh~,f ~ eould ever see, "'·()\;1d~s ,oou,gh is g~tdrug worse ..•. The rnJc Sherland looks Iwk~ she·ll] dro.p' her lind e ,rly ....
JoalUlllc 1.1$ back in ['ill.: 1!O.spilf !i' at Al1na ..... , We named tJbe tH!W boxer 'frixi e and she li kes eo sleep ru~l lilly cactus bcd-CJ 11 you
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grnUiJdml;.s eyes was 3 series, ~f ~.nl,3,11 ,mn'rJu::;;,les:, ,th,e wild d~er lilies under rhe cormnwoods injunc: the qriL'uck Iisard ~COO~]lljl'g under ~I'H! gray rjl\fcr rock she admi:rcd lO·f hIs SaltillY fUl~J'isi~. Her letters ,docked the seasens of the ,e3lr and ber life, She livc~ until she was dg;h :'J~ ,:lnd the hators C311l(;:, u,lrlllt.il the W;liY 'C~HI. Wht."11 S~,i: dli ~d. it was :II':; liuddC!lJy 35 her Ch r]stw~J caCltu~; ~I~rt: rochl)'i gCUll: tun;U~~row. She' left bd11ind h'~J lOl~CfS. an;ld l~cr:' IUJI.:5 ba I1d of si x ty- ~'WC yea'r.5. Hlcr husb3~)(I, n1 y ,~l'al~d:rafhcr Daddy H!ow:.:m , an d'CgillLlt1l:t fa~c~d W~lth 3 g~lm bier's sm i,:!C, lcud.'l loser's ~uck:, h,m,d, made ~1I'id ~on severr' ~ (O:rtUl1lCS. the last of l'l"I<cm perm:]11t:'hd~ ~C! dn'o'k them i1way~ ,oilll]'bled t'h(."lrml way. l'oss~d them Jv.lfay nh:l: w,lIIy sbc th'mW' crum'b<s tirO In::" bilros. J--j'It.: :s'q1Jaf,u~!er{.·d Hfc"~ biJg dl~l.Il1 ces I:'bc way. she s3von-d, ~ ~e sm rt~ I ,ones. ·'That m::1n,'! m,l" matlhc.r would !'ii,~y:
My grolnd,l11~ ~be r I i ~cd wi l'b d-HIi'l mrn,iIIJ] i.1I11 l.i:~cd Sl)3n'ish hO'lkI&C:~., iil l:r:JUcnJII in tt li n 'J CabJlIl! h,aJrnfwJJY up <'II, mJOul!n~a i I'D, ; It ~
nruy ~o:ss ;;II~o:ue. I 'I;,\.roillJl~d S ~~. no iD'lf';, ~d n~ 'OniC wou]d :s.:C~ rne, IIImntH the- WOr.!illt or. dB; 'POlJ~U :-vaS' o~er. l'\,voUlld 'c~ik.c I~cn~~, 501 i ~aty w~dks\, 3Jnd ~ w·o~mlfd SUm-f. I\s. ]t h~PP~fled, J ciJ:d take thos:~ walks, bu t the')\" did not go, ,3cSphU111l.cd.
. Two (l;!l)~V~~ up t.h.e ro~d bch~jf:1 my house, I ;~1e'l a "'fay. s~~npcd IC:!Jt. ThiS e~f. I~~~~ l'I~ 3 V_~\'Jd 51ufl ~~~~I~e w'~th a h:1lrg:e :s:hocp,do.g s he clearl y ~hsiL~l~!Cd. [ ICairn"llcd 3 U tins th..-:sp.ne lllYS~I.r in .1 week's w'i!IJ]kili'l g~ ·W~ b~p n to lrove H:td .. e Vi5 hiS<", tltU! 'CIlt· a~~'d
I", and ~)iH:·m :~ong talks o~f all we had in cOW1~nUQlI1iiiOngly \-V'O(lUCml"
80!~h of us adm ~rod an C!( [fa~'~G~ In s:d:m.QIn rose eha thad wau&ered .. acros. a, ru::'i~hhoring fi:~lce. BO'[Jli olf us lwkc w;atcbing Efu·~ la,vender .!Q.al~ ef jacaranda b.los:sams aJS :[bey shock loose f[-onl du~ir ~Oo:rhlgS" Ali.c~ {I he~rd her e~nlo.'1:I ills±d~ one alf'U.irI;u)on) wou Id bar: at rhem wi ~b her paw.
ny· dl€ tillfne the j3£;3 rnlllllcl~~s were dene, an tln.an·ra('~~\1'C sJ ~ucd i:M:O~' haJd lJ.~cP added I~Q C'Ol'lllta~I:a: rhe rose ga,rden. By d~(tl], I h;,d exten ded .m.y w,a~ks :I lJ1l i ~c' fa n~~~r up and 3ddcd to ~~ly fd]ow.d~Ji:p cdu.:.r ears, dogs, I!U:tI:d chj'~d~~en,. ny dtc time th.~ sabtion rose disaepeaeed b ehwfld it'S fcmc-.e, ~ had mU!!ilJd ot house higher up with 3. \~~]]ed Moons]} gttmCti and 3. v]ttio·1:ic P;)[rccu J 8Jje,~ fUlid ef Colorfu l, opjll1ljoJ]3.led. ll'igb'ly dram:l.t~c. 'be' leI. D11.rndcii J'I1!e of lUll ~-iliwli15l~'3 nd. P:a:i.l~ had 'b(;cUJm~ so.~~lle~h;i~,g 1110re vaI.uibfe·; ex periencc,
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d~J aboae p~ilD. This is no coineidenee, ]It .nay be difilfcren r for (n\h,ers. bue painl Wh,Bt i~ 'took to I~'e.a,ch [ne to p~y ~tr~ndon. WI'~. times. ofpJj~n. w~c~n the funn:'lc is too l',er.rifYing t() conte~mtlJplau!' and tlfu,!;' past eeo p-.li jjl~l.d rc remem ber, [ h.aJ~ ]ea:~:nedl to p~y atren rion 00 right mow. The precise Pl.O.me.IU ~ 'was in ~s 3 h"v~},7S ehe oJroIJy S8JK .phlJcc w\[ me, Each m,'o\l1fUUll~ taken alene, '~iis,.:llL ·W,t1Jys bea I':aJbJe" r t;~ rJb:jf; 'cxai:it no~ we are aJmE., a[wa,ysl ~J] riglu. ~,;sb;::'rday the nlllir-d31~' nUilY h~ve fuo,ed. Ton'ilorrow dlC c'3t J113Jy die. The .phm1.e call frOB'll the lover, fcn~ ailll lily wai ttng~, "lay not ever come, butjust at rh€ momenr.just DOW; thsfS iltm right J 3 m breath ru~f)JJg' i f.1 •. and ou r, Realmj~~flg til ~~, ! 'bep n to. !lO, rice ~haJl ~~,cl~ 111 .. 0JrH;lflIJt 'was mot wiehour its beau ty..
The n1glon .m" mother dlj~xI, ~ got the 1(;3J I. t()ak :m;y' s:w~~~,elr.. and s~'~ o:~t up ehe bi i ~ 'heM rld Illy ho/use. A g:rcat ~JIOWJ ]1100:11 W,!:!! ru.\dug 'behmnd. dlJi.'! p;dm trees, Later that :nm.ght .. it flo~ued
:q bov>c r.h'C l,a~rot::~:IJ". W,:J !!l~llill1 g the (-:JCh:.a'!) :;;~~,ViCr. ViI hCJ 'I ~h j'n 'k :nt w ,aboillt Jfit'~y n1L~,~Jru:,~'~ .d~ .. t~. I n!'f~~~mbt.:f dh.l '~l1mvy moon. - I"hc :po{;l' 'ymU]am M,crcduh hLS obSIl,.~t~rcd lb.,t du: worst that can be $3~d or a 11't1~n is th;iH ~~~H: did not pay al't:enl~OF1I:" \Vlll·n l rhlnk or m~y sr.abl.J.IitI~ot~li;:r. I n.~ITIcnibclr. ~l!~r ~~~d{:nlil~~~.
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7· Choose cOITi,p~nio:n~,~,dlD t:lflcoura.gt.:- me ro d.o the work. not j ust t:dk !.'!rbmw~ dein t rhe wark or W']~}1 [ aUI nor doj,i1Lg_lt:he \\'tlrk..,
S- Rc me III ber rhar idle G res t Cr-c~tOi' 1()1lI'cs. c:rca{iv.ity"
9· Remember rh . .t it is :111,- job to de dlC' work, not j udt;,c ttl teo' work,
10. Place rhis sign in rny werkplaee: G'~(u Creator, r will u,k~ care of I'he IJlumri,!y. Ycru (3kc ca re of rhc q!lI'dU~YF
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P (i~(,:' live ;lI'ouud -ILUJ I U w. f'lace I,~,ii, ~.jJfclfY. m.l~ UC"f where ,uu w d~· ya II r mnrm 111" p~~~c.... U~,· rh j ~ 1I'l;1,1111 ,til'J IIJ_~J'pur( yQUlr :UUOIH}IWY. Add ~,II~Ulli~lt:o:; ~,~ ~:ht.' lin~~cr am~d nUh:r ''lI,bC'ni~ H~. apJ)fn"l,fm:IU!~ '1"( >1.' -U~~~k ~s "'O~1f'ud)u,ly ,I \houldn't' t~dk to ~1!U~ut (!lifO flgJilll[ uuw:"
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A" YlQlU h ·~,jH .hll.' • UWIIIf'.i:'l 1111 j. lIor IIIwr.mmmu ~ ~,t YOllr life ~r,u!' an ]uuik U:kc ,t 11.u-.:lIIUih, A I Jot" n~h"fl' pruK f\1;"~o("-" y. Uif 1;1 r.nH~~ I' in HI V h ['l;lJlIII • il ~I ~ '~'lltLI' ••
Working wilrh rh is rool, Y'!l;;m ,vi i i no rice rha r the ~ ;) IY :I re: s of yOltl'f Hti: th.-.It reel i mrJr]:povcr-is,hed a nd On, wh ~'ch yo - ~ spen d liultJ or [1,0 :t:i me, Usc the tbn~ l idbits you a.!IfC find:i:mJllj ~Q 3!'t~f rhis,
J f you r 'sp,i riJtua) li fc'm!; min i filflJal! e""C'11 J h\l'eIII inu [C pir $ top i~M,O ,i:li s,yn a:g-og iJ]t" or ca.thed r,i!I!i C~Jn (€_ 5.1l:)(ll",r..: a S(;"IUi,C of wonder. M ~i:lry of usfin~ th]!:::Jit 6,'111(: w'i Il'[lr~,es or ,it'lnu:n music can pu l'IJ:IS h:u l~"~!(":~ 'W i ~h {:)IU r s piJri tl~3J core'. For cehers, it"s a tri p ce ;J, 8 r-ec,r~bOlUse-:
T.he pojnt is: dun even the S.li~hIN!st aJi!::lOeult'h}l) ~o OlJ~r hnpo,,·C'[·ished 3itii::acS can nurture t:hcrn.
s, Ten Ti11')' Cbanges. Lji't een dU;11g(;S yQud lik~~ to ~il~a ke for you rself fh~)ln ~ilh(' sign ificdJF.lJt Ito rhe Slf;Jm ~i I or vice VCrs.a. f' get new sheets so [ ~a,av~' anort:ill!t'r sc r, g'o llO ell i na, i?8J~~lllt III 'I/, k i rehen, du nr]j~p III y M{d'llY f~,iend .A:lic(;'''~), Do H d~i~ 'W3JY ~
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,As the In,0]11111~lJg rag~'s nudge' us iilCI"e'il:Singl,},' into III e presen r, where we pa:r at tenrirsn ro 'OUf' currene ] ]VC;S, 3 sma~ ~ s Iliff like ill r;:Jj~w ],p,i1JjiU1[cd b\3,rhroo~'Ul] 'C'8J1'[ f'il!:ld a ]u xu r.ious:i 'Y hlJ:r1;C sense of sel f-care,
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~Cfq, ~(you are w~,iti!ng m,OtllrniI1;1 'pag,es, ~bcY' are wOl'kUl~ '~o,.r yo~ . Wh;;IJlt W~,re )'101t su ff1rised to ~nd y,ol)l;r~el r ~r tml~ 3botl'~? An~w~'r .I['~lis "ltlCStioll in fun On YOln check-:m page, Tins WJIU be a wl!(!kly ~e~f-sc:Jfl 'of YOli r In,ood~~ !~,ot yo~,r ~rogi[€Ss;" Don't 'w(]!(rry' jf }f@wr pi!lge~ ~ r~ whi ny :ilJr.il el trl ~~. SQnlC'lin:u~:s fhl:1JJt:"s I~he 'very best d1'lng (Qr Y'OIUl.
2,,, Did ycru do you r ~nis,t d Ite dl'is week? ,~\e~em'b~:r tnait 3'rtiSlt d:at~s are ;3, nccessarv ftill"oli1ty. Wh~t dxd you do? How dldil r~el?
3·, 'Yerc du:lFC' ~U1y '(!ilt~l,~:r issues this week tth,at ,'01] consider Sl!G'Jl iiic3Qlt (or your :r-e~o!\I'eiry? De~cnb€' ebem.
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,I. Ho,\ .... r ntauy' days this week did }fOIl1 do remf tnoll"l1ing pages? (We're Jlo.p~mg seven! remember.) J '0\111 WillS. the ex pcrience fCH'" you'?lilow did rh e morndng p::lJg<."s \rlfc]"k foJ'" you? Describe rhem (fo:lr example, "The)' .feh so s n~pid. ~~d write all t Ilrt,;!C' :i t,ty=hitty d~ ~OO;[bIH!c~C'd rh i ngs fllJ t d ~.dn·t seen, to ]l~.wt 3n'Yt'h~[I!l:g to do 'w~th one 31tJ10 ther O:r wieh a.ny dl,i 11 C . . ."}, :nClnC,I1I~-
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At,u;u~ is ' . .tIP.t .. We rl"t":~ it I ,rid wt W~.IH to do, sOll1c'lhiu~ I hl !IlO;liilfU,l(l:un:', btt'. 'k som,Il!~'If]jil1g, ~lr:1i1liOW ~ fillt ..... m.-Jilsh ... 1'I~t ~mnn she W::Jim:~,~ [en dvosc h, ,5~::lr"d~, But we jiJ,rc' iiJIY:((' P~ol:jllJc •. md whal[ we do wid! {'j;~n i'luglf.!. IS, sluff ~t! ,dt"ny k, bur}' it, block i~, hide me I'ie abuu I i r, nln~d iC',ne ilt. Irlrudll' lr, iCllof,' ilL \'t/;f; d.(l ~V,~rr )'t h i I1g bu l li$ll'Jllto i~.
Anger ~!Ii met m, It [0 he Iisten ed eo, i\ nge r ~l'ii a v.a~cc, , , ~;.Il()U I, • plea. :. dC'l!i'i~,I:iJldl. Ang"r is IfllrliC1HH l~iDI be respected, Why? Bee u~c ,;') ngc'r is a liM!}. A 11 ~C[ S ~lOW:'!i u s W~!il.. It au r hou nda ri i:S. arc, A nger shuws. lIS, where we W~Ilf.IJ~ L~O G'o" ~:t h~n:~ us ~I"."C il.:vhcr,1i.' '!",,'e\'\! bt't;n all~,cl !Cl'S us know '!i~h"":~1 wr.; haven't 'Il'!kc(;~ itt. flmg,cr pnil1,t~, til(: w" ''I, :1~OIt jll!.lJS,t l he f Ut;t::r, [mf'l, I~ 1 ~ n;~Ql'l:r)r of. Mo(k,~d art i ~~ .. ~l ~ ,ge'r ~s 3 !;,i.GJD or beL ~Irh.
Anger is Incant Ito b~ acted UpOt31. h IS not mcamto be red out, AU:gCf l?o:n~.s, l~t: direction. W!: c'rt: I11C.IH 10 use jn,g~r iii'S ud I:u, l~.kc ehc aeeions we need to mow W.H.'Il=C our Lmg",r poin~'~ 'U~. With a Uulc l:lr~(luch{l' we trJ~fll usu ... II')' u'.1n~l;alll1' the message ~hJl OU" ~m~~cr is '~cu!l;lin~, us,
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'~B~laJS ~ hi m] .I co~ I d !Irnila' ke ;1_q, b~ [ltiCr fi ~ nl than tha r ~ I~ {This, a 11- gers.'f,ys:)'Ou w~ml(' tic In:tJ,~c_ movies. YOIU Heed t·o ,!~anl how.)
'"TJ\;'IJ[ 's my 6 ~Jra tl'"~Y :tU~iS ltSlJl1g. Til is ~:s' in,e£:edl~b]e! r\l\e bC(;lm riipJlt..-d ott! [ JkjlJCW' ~ sh .. end ~] i3fVC pulled that ri!'U~'~eri a:a~ fifigetll~r .mul cP,yr,iglu~eJ ~~ .' ~ , Thi~ 3tlgCl" says: itt's tilrrie It·O ~~k,c }lIo'~t Own 'ideas senously "no·ugh [mil) rreae thcmtill well.]
Whcri "We;:' ~~eel ::linger", \eye are o,ficn very' ,;'!!ng~ tl~(l,t "iW Ceil!] 3 . t~(:· Da.mn <l11~rt [t tells us. 'liY'e <:3.n"[ gc;t aW,:3!Y ufith Our old Hf~ ~my' io~geif, It tens us that oJd Jjf~'i:s dying. It rells tIS. 'lYe 3'~C bel n~ re b()~". and b.·~thi H.g, ku [itt~. T~~c' hurtm akes us :'ll1gry.
Allge r ]5 the fires EOiP.l1l. that S.1~3J~ the dea t~fij. of Q,~:n- old Hf:c A Ilg:t:'f' ls [:he iu el rha r [propels. 1tI~ i IUn our ~lC\V ·O.n,t!. An.,~r is, ~ roo], nee a maslier. ,Anger is mean r t'o ·b!l.;''t:.:pp~d inta an d dl".1.wl1 upon. U~ed properly, an . gcris ~~IS.l:-fid/,
SJdth~ ,~p,~dry, and, despair are the enemy, Anger is not. A11- gCf :is. our !ti~nd. Noea nice fd~nd" Nor ;ill genele (r-iC'lld. B'l1lt~ vc'r}l!; :w;ry. i·byi'll friend, It ,¥i~~ a!~W3"S ten us when '~lC h~.vc b~e~;I. be~:rn)''(~ .. It wUI :id\.\"ays. wU 'IJ,IS when \~~ ItaV{~ hetF3y~d Ourselves, It 'W~~] nlwa,ys tell us I'!h~.t 'i [ ~s ri me l'() 3Ct' in oue owu best j n teresrs, .
Angcris n(rt the action i~~.It: It is aJcttiows Dll'v.llatk)l,l1.
~~s my ~$p-e'r;,~:lfl:ce t'h~H 'we're m~ch JrnoliX afraid tb:3Jf dU.:fiC m~~ht 'be 3 'God than "'"'Ie ~re r:h:u' there 'nig;]n nor. be. Lrcidcnrr~ li k€' rhose :lIJb.olve ba:pp en [0 us, and y.~t we di'smiH them as sl1,~C1i lo@i~cid¢.l1 .. ec, ~op1c t~d k iI bout Iw!w d read r~d ~f '~@Itdd be ~f there were 110 GOld. [t~l~lE1k n]ch tank is booey, Mo~r~ of 'll.JJSt a re I ]0(. nlO[5~ contrb["~a~I.'e' rC"d~ng we"t.~ l~lot [lcifil~' \lIl11tclu;;d 'moC) clQsely.
If God.-l:)y which ] do ~f1ot necessarily mean a 5i~ ]cp.-ointecli Chri;Srti31l eoncept but i1U1. all .. powcr.ftd :amid allk:nJiowi IllSi ioOC'C-ilo. ~'S noe ex.i~t. w,~n then, were ~.]l '0 ff dl1 e hook, :1Il!"crlr W'C~ 'Ttlc'rIC's 110 divine rCl-rfbut:io:n", I'HJ' dl'lirH;i cousela ~ ien.. .A,n4if d:rc wh!CI:]~ experience slrink~,1Ji!J w'CTI. W ha't d:id. }'Ou'eKWH;tt'?
T.~aJ ques tiO]l of i~xpcCta:ri()tls i nterests llJlfJ)C. rif thl;.~f(' is no, God, or if that C,od BS d'isblt,ef~ned in 01/,11:1' plIny little a fairs. rhen everything can roll along 35 ~hllM'~yS; and We C311 feel qlll]f'i:
J [Jsti.fied in, dt·diIJ'rilrug ccr tai 11 I hing:s i L'npo$si'bl,e~ 01 he r 't~n (I'll ral r, [f G,od; ():r 'tili]€' lac.k. of God" i~ :n.."'SptH1sibl,e r(],'r the s;t,a'te of ~~~,c' \,vc:rl d, '~kel1, "lillie ca:n 'C3Sru]'y ~wa:x cYlllic:ill ::"DldJ r,csi,GjF~ 00 r el'ye,s ~o a:p3,tby. W'h~t':s d~c l~se? WIJDJY tty (:han~jng ol'll,thing?
This is rile lHe. ~f t'hert.: b. ~ Jie~po:Ji1Js,htc creJti~re f()r(~ :~h:at.
,Ii· It writer ackm:a,o'lYl,ed.~~s ~ dl'\C~ilr!lJl r:o. Sf) t'Q flint 'l!.cho~L 1\ si lICJe- el(plo[!:'.(I~~ofy phone c-all PUts him i'lfIJ touch 'w.ilk . plrc(~,rC$50f 'wile bin Orws, ,and .. d~ni·f~s .lIT!; 'work and prern-
ises hi 111 rha t. tbe last.~ \t3ib ble s]o[. 'is now his. -
• A W OiJTHIJ 1,':11 :is ttl i 11 king a bout goin.,1 back to ~ dlil.J,01 llm:il op~~rJ~ her .m~.il '~O fil:a~d, aletrer luequlCSting lm,~r.,appMC3.t]On f~orill the 'V'C~ y $("110(}] !lb(il was fbinkm 11,1 ll:b~llt goin ~ 1,0..
iii' A WO.r~aID wonders bow 'to t'~n'~ a r,:![,c! 5lhn :she has never seen, She fiil:ub it ,ill her neighborhood l.r,p~dm{J"(· two day>s ~al~~.f.
'Ii A bu~~If!I;fl.ss,m'~n v,'II,ho has seeretl y writ te:~ for l"~rs VOWs fa himsel f ee ," s.'li a pfo.f:bsstomd w~jtJ~[" fOJi a. p;rolll esis 1Q.n his ralcnr, The nC'lit 1]1~g;hti ever ~ ~?oQl [O'iIble:" he me~ts .(Ii, w.fiter who beco.lliI.,~s. h-r~ ruenror and ~hcn con:a!bc:r"3~~;r OJl1 severa] SlH::Ce-ss,fu[ books"
'/\~lsw("re~.praye:~s are sea ('Y. They im,pi y re$:p;Q(ns~biUty" You asked for J to N,OlJi:V rhae }iIO'I!l'W: mOt it. wha,l ~n~.c Yol:a ,~ojng to' do'~ ;Vhy d~~ rhe C:-Ut~O'fU't;~y, ~I~i'as;t ~~W~tdl oUlt (or \:vhac 'Y'ou pmy for", youJ~s.t !nqlht'.gcr. U ? Al1sl!Ye[ed praye["S ,a·eJi.ver IlS back t'o our 01;.VU han.d .. This is IDQ:t comfo"rmble. We fil:ld jlt el,~,i,c;r 1"{1' a,v('cpt [be~ as ~~a t']]]])l!~$ 'Oif s,ymcllrroni,cjlty:
• i\, woman .~dnlitSl to a bur1ed dre:un of a,Ctiu,gF At di'al:IfJJcr ir:~'e.ne-1I,(lt I'D ight. SJI(: shs b.esk~,c;) 1113 n VI,(!.I'iJO liCaehes begI~rl:rnnB iltctors.
"n.ll'ni toI'f'SI!' Will :rn4'dfil youfi J laki~, Nh ,,"/~ itt. ,b.r~lf.
diO~.~ h~a'r us ::and aet 'O~l CIIIIIIF b~lmlr: rheu ·'I.-~e :rl1o:~{ Ire'llly &'Il.: 3Ii]jL! IN:l do some d:!Jiugs. P-r!u!' jl~g, in :;hlO:rl~ is UI): God knows tll.lrt tl1C ~ky's ehe IhIllrnJjlr. A!1')f()ut:' ~n):m~.sr Wll'lll [~cll yen rh It pot!isib.i!~il~" is f:,r IHllft!' fhf:'~u,trW~'~II!1!G mh~uJ <imifo""'5·~bdlity. lba~ (1Jjr.:~dtnn i fi r ,I;Il0rC Dlcii'ri(yi:ng [than. l:m.y pri-\iog''I_ W,' we do, ~11l : acr, havt' [~OI-dCi ~ wi l h [[ fOKe h "]lI(Hld oursel ves tha t ~n\poh,fC's ilt'scl f i 11 ou r 1'h1''C8, [hen 'Me i'1~,ay II ave LlO move into rile [ion ,em ~bos(:"p,f'ev,iOlt$~ Y U'fJIl ... pn.'i~ i Iph; 01[1'1.:'., rn 5.
1 Ufe i:-. whar 'we ~'ml.I"u; or it:. \Whether WfJ: conceive of ;U'II ilmlIlCD' ged $orr-t: or .In other, 'o~n~r Cod, dOC5in"t m,ath:r .. Itt'I'i-fin.~ on rhar foil:'>C~ does,
Ii Ask .I'l.d )"ou d~311 receive. r(~ oek afid it shall be '6iPCI1~d I~O YOUI ••• ." These words are ~]nong rhe more liLuplc. sam O~1~s :J sc r~ bud eo JC!lICLlS C h rjl!fl r.. They su g gesl~ t ht:: ~o'~iIL~11 lit)' of s r:i'r.:n ... liht' nw~hod: ask (cxperin1.cn[t) ~i~ld :liC\(;;" wh: ~ ~~[~'PI~r,;:n~ (r'cf:ord d m,t.· rll's'u;i!u)~
]:) h amy wonder \"Iffb' disc:ortln~ ... nswer~d prn}/crsr We call il co~~~ddcI1"'C, We c. ,n it ~uck 'Wi! call jlt ~:uyd;~ing but whar It: '~s-[h~ h~md, or God. 0:" g'o-ad. aetivated b~' .our own hand when \'Vi(! act in beh IJf of eur truest d1"Canlf;,j' wl n we commit [~O Our own soui,
E>Il~ll lht" rues I: tim id I ife eonreins s~'~ch moments €I.f CO~1~'ndr~.'tlWiH; ~! I \-v~JI ,lirt;!t ::Ii :U~e'W IOIllJC" sea t iiiI.n~t.,f ~] I! II And 'then I • i,] 1;C)und the pCrfC\CI Orl e, II" ",\Va s the s t'r3 I ~·B6~U fhi~ng. [ was :n 11~ y AU"1 Bern ice's ;) nd llt'r n~.igbbor 'lV, S h,ilVil~rlg iI flaJ'r,[tS~ ~(I,I~ .u]d she h; d f h!'is won de rfn I love setU he r lIew .hllsb~II!J ell was a'~It"rgi C itO~'"
JI1 O'ilJlflili7~d lilvc-s~ such moments stand OlU lin bflrs-rel:ic". large ;)~MOQro~ Rll,11~,11I1f1tOrc: Lewis and Clark headed WC1U. h:wk ,niiH:'~~'n t"icu,k U«rOf Arrlc3" 'We ~U h:i1JYC our AJl'ic,; S't dlO:i't.!' da r k ~LI;~ d fom,;:nH ic ~:1adml S' Irl~,at c:. U fa ou~r d("~ peo~H !tiC'h,'_~s. \V~It: n W,' I 1m $M:F dUlJt rrr;' :n. w,hcm'l ,~ {)onllu'i'E; to :il~1I We sc t h~ UIi,Dtmon r:be pduciplc th:lt (~. G. Jung dubbed SYilf/u'Q/.irir,. ~~oost: ~y dd1nr·([ ~~. (o'.Il'LuilOUs, i"tc,r~ncshiln' ,of events. 5.,1I,ckhf~ i]lC s;~:;U]CS, we' 'c:.JIC'd it 1t'h'I'l'l-Jri,ily; 'W,hawver you C'hOO~l1l0 call it. OI'rl,CC ~C]rU b~,;~ i Ia yO'II.I r ,Clrc, .;;ivc I"!o!'.co.v,c r, yot1m,ay b t: :Hartlc:d W rMlti.it r!"oJ~~!l:ting up ~\p,c;ry\1~lu;l!'e"
U~]:rlt be surpri~c\[1 if you ~ry W d i~e,ou nt ~il. ~:t ~::1n be a w[r,.r d}'r~.Heni~l)g c(l~C{;p[:. AJd~o1l.]ghJILUla,n'~ I~{l,pc.r on ~}nidE~ro:nidly
\MillS :I, (;o<rl1crs,ton,(' or his ~'H~,oug;ht. I;\!'CiIfII hHIl')' jllI.Hlgi-;:ms p:~rcr 'H) b·I;.,t';V,t; it \1IUjJj!j, .. son rtf side l:HiJWI,C. 1 hey dbnu~~ m,l, l'uke 11M. .iUU~'FCSI iu tbl! ] 'C'h'iug, 3'S ~m Qdd~ty. jffiQd:Jan~ '~o (.;)'ke to!j, ~t:.ri- 01'1 '~y~
J I:I'mllg ndgh ~ ~U ITc Ii w~(b the m, Felll.ow-j'll g his own ;rm,cr ]~. db~Jj.;s. b reugh t h Im IjQ experl ~m;f: and {~rs crabe a pltcne<rnc~rnr@:~ru dM.l some ef US p'r't: r~W,' to ig:lT][fUt:': rhe ~joss,ibi Ully of a 11 ~rn~'tit.,1Ii gcn~t and 'res;pou :i!ivt=, urt i.v,crI:'S:L:! act il!!lt ~11 cl IiCact iQg in eur in It' jl'CfiU.
It is my cxpcrieece dun ~hh; is '1:'11· ease, ~ ha'l,,--1'C k"i!nH:t~, ,ii' a f~~le o( dunn b, never ta , ~'ik whether you ,elll} du somut~,nitl'g. Say, in'Stci1~" rhar YOlfm 81l1fQ doing i:t. 1"htm f:l~~en your Sloat bell. 1'ln; miliiiiJOl!;'t rC3lID:I r k:wblA: th ~ I'~gs 1\(;']]Q\1;I:.
"Gud 1!'i1 clff'ld'r:!nt." the a~~r~l):S J~H:]'l1na MCC;]Jlli~hy ~\ways ]"C[nhl(~S. me. [ ~H1V1~ many ~:i,mes, milrvdtd ,1N'l [b~ s:l~ilgh~ of~:!Iiu~ wJeh wlm[]c1ilJ the universe (lc.e]ivrf;;'nl·i~s treats,
Abcult six yC~tra "Go~ ~ play of JJll!1'itlt; 'W,IIS d10,SC~ for:) large st~gcd 're~diug i1Jil the ··~IIVC'r Ce~[ter f~l' ~hc l)ef.,orm~'rng 111"[[5. l Iud wfiu.icn dire' p]ay' wuh 'Orr frw::IiI,d. J~~ ham1:JJ 'Ijill[ mind fOT- ., he l!ll~d" She 'was my ide: leasrlng, but whel. ] aJnav,ed in Denver, C3Sl:iarg \~as ~l'r-eadl' set, It."!> so ~,wl ?J.f; I met ,m, lcao,iJIl g I i),dy, ~ had a (JiJun~,y rc-e~i n,[I'; diere W:'IIS a, bomb t:i:C'ki'r~g. ] :1ll]Clll~t~,o:ll:iJcd til ~s ~o rhe d i rec ~:~r ~)U t ~'If.'15 assu red [h~ act ress ~:!i. 3. eon su 1fD'D m:3I~,~ prefcssiouCJt S'~ilIn r~be' :funny r~]1nt Un!;cl'tcd l'illJ IUy .')[OfJ':13d~. SUU1" e flnll:gh~, .t\ ~1i4~k be fore '~VC were set to open, oUrI' IC3dJ~'· I~dl ~bruf'dy ~es~,gr..c!d,~fi om Illy p]a-y 31li1d from Ri.lw,,rring Churiluj th!o!' p:~:lY dt;;'IJt WJrS 1][1 I C) i d-run,
The Denver Ce n rer w~s st~lm'iI~':i,.c;d 31';JJd. very jpolOgt:lk~ Th~f fell, wr,dbJc abou t ~bll; d311"1J~ SiC' !lry p]~,y 'Ii,~ould su s:t:ain b-y d1L~ abrupl' depir1r~tl'r(;". "In a pc'rf~ct, "wo:rJd", wln) l!o\ll;l'ould you c.1stf"
J1ll~rnbnul •. was Idredl < m].d flo·wl'ru nt (rarm loIS Angd.:s. No sooner dl~d dt~ c4?n,[ic.r's ,d'ir~(;l"Ots liIy cy,cs on hc'r ''Ii'lo'QIl"k [ban du~y asked bC!;r ':'lot only ro' do. my play btu i\lso 'to bkc allier the m!I!'Il of
~ jiG Dd is ~ihc(1jI1It'1 1111 offl Ii! ~1!:I!gh~d ~o J u h:lnJlr~:lJ" very h~P'Pl; tlnu sh~' Iud t'he ,h~nct" [ro do i!her'· p,]ay fq,flcr :tIl.
~ n mru, toX:PCf kn~c. tlu:' iljniv-c~~ fJW:ts, in 'wi~h 'w,o'rtthy pi rln:s ~nd Inoslt c:s.pcCI3IlI)f \-v~th fe~t~\I'IC! ,find ex,plrl'ltsm'\"C ones.. ru ha.\'c
Ch""u' ili .dlbaM)·f tU.J'l~l'fr-ft. , II'~ ~,'jlI~.1' ,~mtl.l'h 'I i" .dW.llYl raSI ~ I'n thr plJoJ WJ.rt"Jd you Ifill_' r ")(p~ri ~i'j III U ltllm b,r. d fiJ~1.
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seldom COJtltc,iy,..[I [.'Ii IdcU"ious plan wi.rhou:tt bei:~~g g:ive;l~ Itlle D'1I.;"::n~:s I~D .<J<c,onl pllws h ~[. Undc. rs ta~~d, I~h,u [he Il.;Jr(i' must CQ,IThe bl!Jore rhe JWUl. :First choose f~if1.~1 Y()lLI weuld de, The IIOf~" l1Su ...
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A llecc ofictn. WhCl'i p~opl~' tal k abo:l,U creauViC work, they ettllph~-sif2~ st'talttegy. Neo~'hy tes are ~dv ise~ Bf t:h~ M ~c}aI~).\\I'e] .. li::lll'li devices riley In usr em p!,Of to ore., lot in [0 dice HeM.. ] lh~ltk. [~(~s, lls ;3 ~Ot of r1.~,b]dd1lJ. If you ask an .'l.rds!! ho'w h~~ got: willea;;e he is hit! win nOI: descirjbe' b!(~3l!dng i:n bu~' inst~ad "ir\!lt'iU ~~dk of a S:l[it-':S of luck", bre:lliks- ""A rho1J~JI1d. unseen he]p~n,g h:ands,'~1 1Qseph (:3 n~pbd~ '~31~ Is these brea 1£'5. [ ea II them sy nch ro]~ii[~1l)l~:
his ,nly cO:IlJ[~ndon ehae yo.u ~a~~ ~-OUl1l.o'l1_them. "
Reln~mlo~r thilJt C(iC3UV~ty IS :'), trJb~d expenenee and that tribal elders wi IllinilEial~e the gi(EOO yO~l!}gsr~rs. who, ~ roSs 't:he,i r p~d~" Thh lllary seund ~,ruocc ~i:dlhll] dra'~£ilLking',., h(l'~ ~r is a'l .. Qt, S ornerisnes an older arnst wdl be moved ro help ,(j)U~ cv'en
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this £0([ you, bur ... ." AS:a"I1~ [ would sa.y. thae some of I he hc]p' hI'S h;nds rHay'ibeso:mcth'hlllgm,or-e than biLlfITUIlD.
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The t.rl1d~J is, ~t' 1S d~fli;cu]t to avoid !~vZilk~nl rb rough the ~'iIl1I.~n',' de Of5 rh at will open. 11l rn 3s[d~ )bmlr d eea m, a:~1d if. 'win ('(}~~e hade ro -yOllJ ;!!jliiB-~. !Oct WJIDli n,g ~o f9]]OW it a_gaj n ~nd ~ SOC-Olid Uly~ ~G'riOU.5 door 'lIMWU swi Ilg ope'!' r,
The u'lli,v~:raC ~5 p'J'odigpJ in' irs SUPPQlt. '~e rn:e nl,]s~r:ly in what we aeeepr .. An g~f[ h'ofses are ~ooked i,n the mouth and usuall:ly reru riled to sender, We s~y we 3'fC' seated by f!lily rc, burt wh at frjgfu~elf-ls us. more is. '~be possibi]j:ty of suceess,
Ta ke a small seep ~:n dl~ dif~cdon of ;3 d rc.a~ .~nd '\~F~r1Ch ,tbc S)'rnlch:rO,;rlO]lS doers ~yi~,g open, St;~ing., ~.frer aU~ is l::u~'H:~inf} And ~[ ¥orn see t]le re5'IIJJts, of yQ'ur experunents, you ~wdl not ]lccd ro Ibc]icv~ me, Rernernber '~he maxim '~'~lcrJ;~ and the net 'i;MW]J 3pp~3r}"~' ~n his bo()k" TII·e Srpuisli ,1iiJtld'.itlij'4l;1l E~p'tod,ilfo1i W. H_ MUffBlY tdls us 11li~ cx.plo[-e:mls ex.pcrm,e;l1ce':
An 5't>rt& of thlngs OCC-I1U' 'to hell!:!, omit I~.h t Yt.'(JrnM oith(:xw ise ~l';Wil" 1m, '!;;'~ OC't"lIJifc~IHL A wll@lc SofIrCil f11 of t."'!,tj~FI't~ ,~5'S,lJib.":h fi'@N (('Ie d~-t:i,~iolTl. r:rI i~dfllg i~l'i OI1J~'s ffl'Ll'Of a II ~ e ner of indd~ntcS, and mll.: ... d!ll50 aflld ararensl @!i.s,is,t:nlOl: whic:h jl!I,(lI< :1ll~;Jfn l\1i)tlidd h~li'l,l\e lbeJlievcd 'iJ.\\iilU:wld, hi:l'l,/~ ClOi'lflC: h~i '\;,.;,~,y.
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]fyou do, Bo't trlUlJstM:u~y~r ,zt:'--Y01Jl rniglu WJm1t [Q tru~t Goethe .. St~tJeStHru:l~ scko.l~f,~ aruse, man of the wcdd. Go~~he had th is to say 011 ehe will O!r Providence assis l'~ng (n~r <uffa:r ts:
Sorn~ of you QJre lh'inkil\g~ !<[:~ itwere tllart casy to b:kt: an aelian" ] "VQ'IJl!rndf1l.~t be :1t('aJoling this broQk. til Those of us who g4o!t b.og~S'ed down btfe3'f before action are .~SfIJl3n y b-e;'I~,~ SiJbOL1;~C'd, 'by ~o older ~nemy~ shame, Slh~me ~s a c'Ol1'~mllmg d!CV1C~. Sha IU iltlS SOEII1!l011e. IS an :aUeln pI: [[ilQ proven ~ the pC'£50n f(cIJ:U:U~ '~chJlR,ll;I' lug ill 3, .~V',:ty dl3 I em ba 1!l:'il'5~S us.
Ma,kin~ a "ieee of art n'lay :Fc~:1 ~ lot ~,ilke t'r: Uing a rami Iy ~~ret. Secret telling .by m,~t.~ ~CfY n~~rt .. hll''lO.I~~ shame and feu .. lr asks tbe qutSt~.'on "What "'lJ11[ they rhink ot me onee Irlley knew lthi~f'!" This is ~ frightem1-ngq(~Cs.lion,~ p3rt'ic~bdy ~f ,~\tel:m.ve ever been made [0 fed ash,lulled for ear curiesirics and
I 'How dare )Ht)l!? 81.ngry ~dl!.dts of~cn r.age ~t am 1nn'Oc~ltalt (hii,d who bas sun;mb[ed C'n'to 3. -(3111.]]1 secret, ([iO'\~' d~'~ you open you r 'Inothe:ts j~\Mch~ bQJ's::? H,~!Ii,~ da t~ 'jKm open your f.a~ dier~s, desk dra\~r'? Hew dare y,ou op~m t'he b~dfaonl door? How d31IG you glo do",r~l in ,tbe Icell :lJr~ 1I;]'P ~ljJ, ['he :a llt~C' ~ h'!lt'o s.o,mt dark pbee \vhc're \ve lnlide those rI:iI,i~fss Wii'!' donl wa~ [, yom 1[0
~) k_now. '
The act of m:31k~ng aTt eX.J.l6S1es a &Qci.ety to i ~~cI,f. Airr 'bd[~gs d~~Jngs to 'I ight., I't i~h11\l'i I'OJ~I~es lU.iS~ II' s,h~d's ~~Shl[ Om 'O'lJIIiU' ~imSt:'n~ g da'rk::ness. ~it ~as~s, a beam in'to rhu hean of OUr (it\'n d j],m' kn.ltS-S
nd " i,JiS' .. .I:>?" a: s~ys,co;:.
Until one :is Co.'Jli31ll1iJt~Cld, ~h'!!R];$ .heSl!tancy. ~h!C' c~a.I'J:OO to dr;3,,,~ '&.. .. lct", ah,,~¥s Jllu~n-(?g::~ive~~ess. CO'Jrn,CC,r1If,iI~,llg 3n 3Cr.~, of lll'liitiativ-e 1c(t1f' c-real[iol1m,] dU'ilre is OlTlC eh:m~a::D tar, ttli.~lh~ ~he iyuo.r,3Ji3'ce of w:hicja ki lis CO!lLli~~d~$s; m.d!tM and $p'I;e;ruillid
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T~lt (,rl~ (J/ tJ I/JIIIJl is lilt' I1mc:t-l.jl~11 rOt .. 4111" 1 Mfi lifo u;'Mrh ~'i ~ttui~t f:4l hI" f..w"~1il¥.~1forir. ;'mfj~d~lJIrlil:'i)j or ~ n 'hr: rruJ8 n·m.
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WhC"o p('\@pic do not W . .__'I1.t to sec SO JI1Ir'iet'bi ng, ~hc y G~ t Il~ad ~It dl~ OI1'~ who idi~lo~s ~l-lc;m, They .ki II til t" n1CS,ie'.n:gC.r. A ,~b~id (rom. :m ~JcohoJic ~10'n1e gets ]3flltO Em'OlUb~..:: s,rhoJIQ~uicJny (l,r JC'~ U!I ~ I y. The f l11 Uy is fh'l!ggC'tI as beln' trou·bh-;d. Tht; cM]d is
n sde I~O feel shame for bdn.cjng shame ee tthl: {a~~jly.B;w,t did r:~1J e eh i ~ d hri ng sha m:~? No. The clri I d 'b~o1l.~gh t iSha !lu;Tul. t'lrti~ra'8s; to nwgh t, Th e :r~D~ i i 'I sha riil1C' pf~dl ... ~ed and caused rhe c~'a ~:Wd P, d~
tress, '~~'\Vlu,r wUI the 1l(d'~G:h borg, I:~~lj'f .. k: ?·,n. is .31 .• d~3 mWlll{j; de 'hi' ice ai nii cd a t COn [iul11:iug a oon~p~ rae >.1' of :i ~ ~ ness.
Ar[ 01~cn-5 ~hC' closers, airs ,Q'UI[ ,th~' ~CUiU''S ~:nd artmes, 1:1 birjn'~fs, he ~in-" Bu[ - efcn: a. ,w,l"oumd can heal h muse be S:GC~]
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and dllH ,art of ~xpo..li:~ng du~' wound 1'0 air and Iighr, the alJ:'iti5~S
~Ctf. is Wfielrll rer ered [0, wh'b -sbiH11~nB'. Bad reviews are a ]lrii~fH!' snnree 'Of !Ilbamc (or 1l13ny' arrists, The truth is, ln~l,rY. rc-vi',em!s de ~Ilirn ~u 'fi!~~~:nlC .d~3m~· in an artist. IiSba.m..: CU~I :you! How d ~re jJO~J m ak,c rhoa t rerten p:icGtl 0.( a rt~~'
For the attmst 'w~n,o endured fhUdhood Sha,D'lim~g~over any (onn of tu,}edii~lcss. 3n~f t-yp~ Q{ c;,,;;p~ora[jo1fl. :anY'!lJCp-C=Cl3'tion_ ShfJ,II11f' U13Y kick It!FJJ even wirhoue l'bl;! ZIlid of 3 ~ha'm~ .. provoki:mJJ1 r~'v~t;'Wi 1(,3 ,ch~Ed has ever been made [0 fed foo[is.h Cor belie" ... j~:ig hiJms:df or herself talen~edJ the 3C'1 of 3cfuarnJy finis.llru]~~ a piece ,or :JU ·w~;n be fra!~ gil t w-i.t'i1i.rt1 ternal sha ~'lll ing.
M diny an:i:liU bf:g in .1 piece' of werk ~ gc ~ wen ~ ~ ong ~rD h" mind. '[H,eD fi n d. a s rhey near com plc:ticn" l·h:. t the' WQ,d:: :seCm s myst(;'i'1iQ.~Jsly drained ,of merit. ~rS" uo longer worth rhe tr'O'IrJble, To, [hcf3p.is,ts,. this $l)lf'ge of sudden d~sirll~e.r~st r'~:It doe~lf:IJ!t:
ItlalUir:t!") is :11 routine cop,in! device' C~flPI]O'y'Cid. 00, eJ.C'l1ypain and W'3 rd ID.« l11l!.m~lncra:biJi t,~ ..
AdJ1l~~U vilbo grew u~ in dys,(uJn£tional homes .1.cilJl'ra !:lOr use l'h is '~Dp(ail ~ d~<viC'e very liVC]~. They ca]] it del3.cb:mc ~ ~- but jlt ~s act u.:d ~:y 3 ;n u mbing oUf ..
, •.• He fCFgolt flU)~ ibb·dldary,. Db. \V'C'.I [~, no bm.g dc~].n
A lifetime of this .kind,of ex,pc'nC'nce~, in wtdeh :needls for reaoln j rj.M .. re ,ro 1n Itu.dy dishonored! reach es a you ng ,ell i I,d dai31 puni ng. auyth Illflg IDU t fur 3 ttcndO~l is 3 d!aflg:e'f'CrlI.1S :I:Ct..
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it'~gg][n;]g 1 (ll'I}1'1;' tn.liC ~1IilV:1.s:II[J~.~ ,mr3:C IS _l'Q.-w O:lfl!C rec.ove,lj':-
,ing a:r.r.ba ch3,racted~t.~d her v,iII,run $t~r<ch fer an ac]hievemel)'t big ena ugh 'EO girin approv.EJ:~ in her fa nrii i ~¥ 0:[. ,o:dgj n. ~ ~ No m.fU ~~r bow big ill dcaJ m.t 'w,as, t'hcy iI'!I.~V,C r scem.edilo, t3.ke 'm~~ch Inn icc.
- It is ol1l.y naurra] dUll ,3. ynu,ng artut try' to I._g pZllrt:--n~' ,,_It,~el'1'[ro," by - \Vay of aC'COm p]i!ih:mt:_flIlt~!i-POS ~thl'c or lu:gati ve, Faced ,\\\I'·i tlITIr ill diffc ron OC Or :rage, ::i·IUIIit.h y<lIllLI'l.g5 ~c:rs ~OOn ~t'~I"~ [halt r.1;Cli,bol'l~ weuld I'\cany meet w.ith p-aI'\CJat3'~ ap.I7!m.1~l
,Often w,~ are WI:'()'l1g]y Sh3111i:rl a~ (:u:~tiV(:s. fJli'O\ID I:h'i~ shJ'nlbrag we' lea fl! th:n we :l're 'Ij;yr·Il;)il:1g te ,!'Zt'f:3.tc." Once We ~ C3Jf'11 mh j", lesson, 'We for~et ~[ ; Il$It 3f!1d y. Buried ~~r:Ld~r JI r/Ot:SI,llit 'lu'flfr~ I b.: ~ba~pe l~v~s on" wairing to ,tlac-h iitscdr to our new ~ITOrts, The' verv 3,Ct of a.ucrn:p.tilllig ItO. make an creaees ~~'I]LlIlmlll'ti!.
. 'T~t5, is. why man.y a grcl!t srliLiJdent t.lIlil1s I''H!WII' yrH 0« to lit;iU'iv,a1s where it Can be seen; why :_goodi :~o~~ls. afll! d~s.U'l}y~d Or :~i'lj,li~ 1 Will desk .d-ratwcirs. Th hi Is wby f~Jay~, do not .811H 'SC~11U eur, ~,..ltay t~,IClnc-d, actorr{;, do:n"r; a.wdi.tiJon. This i,Sic why ~IH"tt~!!:r~!i :may (('c'l ~l1ame at admieeing l'hd'l' dr~a.ms. :Shame is ,reldggerc:d in !lDr!o as adldt:;; because 0111' in~c'rnp~ ard5i~ is alwa,s eMr crc3;thn: (~i[d. Bec~nJlse of this. making aJ, pie-l:c or illrt Ina., ,c:1Use us. to f~d shame.
We dOEl~t make ~iII't wirdln jlCS 1Cve~t.u::d cd[ icism fOr'CmD!i.l in .m·ind. but eriricism 1h'3 l asks :l. question .1 ikr: ~ I How OOu Id you r ~ can _'~.31e au a'l'lt~st ft~c] ~~:k~ a "S~l ~~~l~d chi I~. A. w::nnleamlimg frIend. who OOl~SUHCU~[y' crUICI:Z:-f;:ii 1iJ begmntnG w.ri tel' :m ruy V~fY '",,""'ell en d that wdtcr.
L~ [ RIl¢ be elea r, . . IO'E ~U "iri~icisr;n is sh mhlg., [n f3CJr I eve n rbc ~lo.S·t severe eriticisrn when it fairly hits 'the mark is ~p't '1;0 be- greeted by 3'1~ ;!I1I~e'I!Tm~ A,tr .. Jitlh~~r .iJ sh~ws rhearuee .1 new and llahd pain fOf wQ.Fk. The cnUCJsm eh ~t: damages Jc5 ~·ha.l w~\ich dis;I~[3,G~'h (Usmisses\" rid~cu!.'~$~ 'or oo~dcmn~. lit is fre~l~c:nd ".I v~c i'O'~I~ but vaglm and. d-D:fficLD 1 ( (,0 rcfu te. T~rais is th-c cJrjlr.'[dsl'l'U. £ha{ aarn,a ~,cs"
Shann;d by :SUdl c:rn.tidsm .. an iIlf'~ist may bccom~ bhx:kt.'ICJ.or st!OiR send:in.g wor,k ~'lU ~iif'il'to [be: ~'O~ld. A pr:rrectj.oiiiILi~( ~ricnd" [cilicher, OIl" U;iti~-hke 3 'pcr!CiC~]OnJl1i,t p3rn:·ntwho I1Itp:~cks at ~is'Sllmg c,oim:m.as-can d:l,mpe~ the 3Jr-aOit of ~ young ~ftist who ]sj~st IC~irn i,w.lJg 00 let lit dp. D e(3use IOf ~lh~s,. as art is[s. '\'~l;;
:l!W1U.!H ·1(;3H1. itO 'be vcr)' ~u·l,f-pfOlCni'i"e, _
lI:v,h~n ~r.ifiCi~;I~I.j.S a;pp,to~,pJ!'iate ~n~ (rom: \'"h~m .. NOl 'o~llly rh,e :source but £"e' l ~ nu~g :It;; vee y I tnpor~a,nt ]l'ere~A f.n"'Sd: d fa.ft b ~]dorl1 ~itprroprj.a.t!CJly sh 0"""0 to a ny' but th~ :mOiSl gclule a~[ld d:isQ~rJlil1g ey.e" h Olt~ll t-ak~s ~'ul]Qf,her a.rds.t to set: dlte ern ...
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ryaJfllWC '!jj1L10['1l.\. t,~li:'iiit IS tf}'U1:g to sprout. _ te uH;:xperil!;,n'llced Or
hL1iI$fI: crlrieal eye. instead of rnuuH'I]:mlJ ehe shQQI!: 'Or 3rt IIn:o b~jllg .• rtIf:IJ3)' sA100t it dow.nilfSflCitd.
As artists, we CirllJ!~(n conl"ml ~Jl the cdticisnl 'we ,vii.) "c!eceive, W~ eannot nt~.k,e our prof~.ssio.r:ta,~: critics iliQere.h~aJlthy or more Ioving or morel!' CO,Im'S [:ructl ve £nan they are, But W,~ C3~'U learn to comfore our artist child oeer un!: ~f cri.tidsJl1; we ean learn IrnQ 6:ud friends 'with wnom ~vti call s::1ll~]y v:e;nt OUr' plailil .• We can learn WIDt eo d_~ny ~nd S.~dg our feeiit:lgs, when \!le h~\i'e"
b~eu ,artjsr[c:~Ui.f saJwg;ed.
A.rf :~ql.1'irl~S; ,m, safct fubch~·.ry;.[de:lHy; 3rtli~,~s find this firs,t hl their tfiarn ililly" [.h~Jl i n [be~r school, alnOl fin~d Iy in '3!i:Oln ... [m ~llui'ty of friends and ~uppO;rt,cl'S. This ideal is selda'lll, 3 :rea~-, ily. As artists, "''''0: must Icam EO create au m'vn .sate e'Dv'it.,on ... menrs, 'We' must' ka.n1 [0 protect our artist child from Sh-iUillllt. We do this b, defus~lnll' our ell ildhood shjjmj~gs! geotJCi.fig them, on, eh .. e page, and :iJU) ri1lg t:h,e~n with. a l [;lllsred! 1101] wan:} i I1g o ti'1le r,
By IbcJl i!rllg 0'11:1.1'1 sh ame S~[~t'S areund QUi(" ilt1t and t-e~I]ruD1lg flu~'~m lhrougb O~1:r ,a,rt, we release o~,n:sdv~s an.a orhess fr-OJ11 cia rkrn,~ss.. This release is noe ,dw-ays "wi(o~ned.
~~ mustlesen th,a_t '~V~1;~]1 OU[ are reveals ~ :se~tet,or the humaa soel, tlJio~t: 'i.vatchifig it m,~y' try' 'to shame us fbI' J:llabhlg ie,
"'J'rrjs rerriblc!" [hey' Inary' S{'ifYi ana,ckmng the weu,"lk when Iche' 'liM'Ork ir~€~,f is. aCiIW"td I y f ne, Th:i:5 can be very eon rll~ing'. Whe[lj we .U~ ~jid~J "'ShI13Iue on }10U"i 'a:l1d {e,el. ~t, lye :mwsl; !e:a.m 'to r-eet()g,liozC' rh i s .$h~u11e 3S :a re-creation 'Of do ildho ed shames,
"I know t;b:n" 'Work is geed ... " J thought tihat 'W~S ,~ood 'work .... ConJd [ be kidding m)~se~f? . ,. M~ybe- ehrat critic is It"igb£. ' .. " Why d.id ]' ev-er ba;\.!\e' thJe: IlUVe to think .. , ?lij ADd [he downwa.rd spi.ra I :b~llfi$..
At' flu,list': tirlrles'lo lYe nlti-5,~ be very firlM _ith. o~;lYsehl!e,=s :rod. not pick up the fllrSlt dcmhrr. We s~rn,lly CaIlnmrlc't ,aJ]]o,w the, hm:-st negative Ithlnki'Bf3JB ~o take hold. Lak~~-lg ill tire nf~'uijQubt 'IS like
pjck:i3f~g, ~,p' 't~:~ fL:~gr dr:i n k Com" ~l1i~. :d ~~po,],~c. Olnct: i'll 'QU r SY's~e 1n1 dl!ir do'ubt '~ .. n.i:1 rake' on anorrllc,f ,d~ubt-:--a.nd a~fu:uhcr. Doubt;ng dl,ouglllrs cam'i bc.s,ropp~d .but u, Ukcs'vl,gl,I:U1G(! ~Q' do tit. "Maybe dlal CaiL"k \V,aS f\ght. . ,.. ,And,., bOQ.I'I, •• we ili'lllUJstUQ '~Iru"o ,at;:ti'~l]rnl: '~'¥Oll ::IJf~ a load _::JJllr[hu. a brav~ :aniu, ~I'0~ are doillg well, lr's
dcl'lll'n.:d in 5Q~s:.hin .. SlO~'l" O.C ... ~t ~~M :rL homeCOl1t'lh'8, Calr 11':1:1:. My earliest JQUir,ll~ lism work h~d been fo I he WasAitJg,~pa PoJt .. [ was bo~p~~~1 for a ~ .0J11COC)WI ~gir1"·In.:lk~S;-otoQd :rec~pd,G.l" B-ll'tt]1ll! dil"~ revtewstu~inQJ:d pr-ior ~o' the o])~ning .. [ did no.t
g~'t 'If.. . .
The Post sent a yO'!J.:~mg \-w-om,1l1'1!: who\:v~r~.chGd an cliillirc r.IIl0vi~ allo~J: l·heMlcr peapl]e iutd rh'c:n wrere ~~'aal h '7I.!aJ~ .3bo\u ;1l!i1,ovic.: people, Shu add~iI tl~~u ~ i Mgs,t' r of 111')' di,aJ.oguc had been stoJ~" from "Casablaeca," T w'01ild~ood wh:;n Novie sb~ had seen; not the C:nC I made. My IfitoiV;i~ b-ad(Qrty odd t'hearem: jekes and a ant HDe joke a:bm.u '4CaS:lb~lu~ca.!'· Those were the r~et'S bin rhtr'Y iid m't d,c m~~ny go.oa.
r was morri Hed. Sh amed, Rea,dy llO (aJ 111~s.t:) die.
]3e(.aJIJse th-e antidote fbr sllalT(e is s.~n~:iovc llU) ~J/;'lf-"f:rniSlC~ this is wh~u 1 d'ifl. ] '!;i\rem~ fOf a \~ant ~~r-01illIgh Roc-'k C reck Park. [ pr'~'f~d. [ made a list for luysc,lr (rrJ~3St ,oomJ1~i,im~nts ~n,~ .good fie1jtiews. I did l1'O't teU mysel f~ ""']I( d.oesn',[' maner," BUI[ [ d,.d ~'Cu
,fmy 3ftfi,s;~sclf, !~'yo,u wm~~ heal," _ _
And. T shewed up (or Eny open:lI1g. h was ~ lot ~110re S:D(t::e~'i{u] thaD my reviews,
. Three months I ater, 11\ Y 6~tril, "w~s chosen rr:o~ {II pres.drgious Euro'pc[M n l'es.ti val, Tbe~f 'Offered, re :fII,r me 'O\l\~:r. T6 p.ay M)r exp,en~cs. To sh.'o1il1!t.ca~c' my fihln. ~ h~c$ilatt~. The ~a.s;h~nEt~n shsming Ilj.cli dDme its ~do\v' and POilsoorOUS, work, [ wars, afriud
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Bu ~ I kmcw be t 'c:::'r d~a'n to 'DOt: go~ ,My y'c~l.Irs Lll attHU, re-
eov~ry h~d ta~~g~:lJt tut' tlo jU£l show up.. W hen ~ d to:" my fII~ m s,old ;at. ~ ,~.f~g,t price. ~u1d \VOt~ iI. b~~d.litl,e J-ml [lidn'elfc.
[ sh :irr( ~ he ]le;L,d}i"'H~ b CGa.U S,e it'he iron}!' o{ i1 WJJS 11.0'[ ~(J<s~ on lili~~', uGod~ ~~~:" [iit ia;.tl ,MlJIJmQJI€h.':O i~ ['C'ad.
[t i~ uGod 's 'iti'lll a un fot u..s- 1:'0 be C-K'<'Lti ye.
l·~rr u \jjIflJ::r; Ih~'" t'1~IJR/~I!'t~' d~~ lrml 4~"c' mrllr.t' ph'dri}tf:Sfir(:mjt·~~'C'hk.
If--IJlIiZQ1J1i. T I ~Ayl.t,;r' K I g'lIi; N
his irnporram ["o:be able to sort useful cr]d~ilsni fto:m £he Otlt€1F klCdl. ,Of~e11 we need tio.do the sorting eue for Ol.u:-se]lI'"esi ~~ilrh-, ou t the be~~e'fi,t of a pubJric: "!indi!'.},tiolil. A.s ~ reis tf:,. we 1'!JiJj'~ r.~r m,OIlC able to do eh is sordng dTt'i111 peoplernjgh t S1.I3pec t Poh]lt,ed, Ci'il~iGi:nn, if accutaee, ,ofll~·~~ givcs dl~ altis~ ,~n inne r se:1ll5C cf' lic:!'icf; i'O' A,b, hahl 1i;Q '~b~fs what w~s; w[I'oJn.g 'wlrh 'i t, h Us~f~]i c.fifid~.m ul~il1lu'~eJy lcaecs us with one flllore ,puul£ piece for OUflyod: .•
U~cless cridds:m. on rhe other ham'lJd, i"eaves us with 3, feding of being bludgeoned, As, :1 rule, it is ,vidlering and s,h:tlm, .. , in,g· ~ t"O!DC; a mbiguoas in con~t:~nt~ personal, inaceu fate Or' 'bl~~~k,£ [ lin iu GOinde~,mldol1s. There is nrothilllg [101, be gl('~~jcd frona, irresponsible tCr:i'tids:m.
You an; d~alm~fiLg ,~i~~ _3]-1, inner ehild, Ar~is[i~ ch~]d ,m.ln]st; creaees rebellion creates block. AU ~hart can be done "liN/it]) abusm, ve eriricism is to heal from ie,
Thereare certain ru es of rhe road 1!;~g~,;(;\~[ in dealing with 11~7.f {erm of erieieism.
[l:nl C. ri,t i€i'S~~'IL is [ri gg,c:ring grief ovc r 3 'l()ng,,"s't:l'nd'i~1 w(Htnd.
,. \Vri,re a hetrerto .fb~' cir~dc-=not to \)1;& :Jn3~lCJd. r.TI:.o~Jt 'prob.~,bl,y. D:ftmld ~~1tU ~of.k m~\tJ gcknowledge whu wa,S helpful If ::IJJ1'lYillh~n\'h rn '~h~ crl,deism. 'p!n',~Ai:rOO.
3. Get, back OU t ~~e' hbr$~, M'ake 31~ j fllmJm~dja'~c C(~MI.it-. ment to do SOMc1iliillg i;iN1\t'h!f;:'.
,. Do ]~. 'Creadvi.ty is the only C'u1re (Qr cdll:kism.
A rtMJ!'wh" Jltk:,~ifnti'''n ill1 tlJ.'tL'ry.Jh;',I~ ~rt./II"Jt'" uA~(II (Ill'tnP[lJ q~~i~~ .r In a r,ryrJii tl)!.
EUGt;::.;.o , 11 LA1'_ [i' IX
l1ET:!,Cf[VE WORK, AN EXERCISE
] . R.e~c'iv~' ehe criticism .aJU the 'w;ay d:rf\ou,~l1 and ,g,Ct h O''!;I',C.1i 'w~th.
M.any blocked. l.~t~OF~t:' -are aCUJaUy Yery 1f;Q.\Ver.fl!m!, a;IlJd ereOlt~:\!l't ~~[i5lQ1rUIJUlie~ who h,a~ b~e~. 'Inld!~ ~ feel :~uUt:!{ a,bOt1t their oilt;vn st[,ellgth~ 8.r.JJd g) fits. ~1It:h!o:ut being ,a,c'kno1wl:cdg,ed ~ they ~m:e oft~m '!l.]sca as batrerles 'by thei r :f.amili'es and fricnd~. who ,feel rf'~e to both use thdr erea i;~VC enC;fgjes and d]spairage them, Wllcn these blocked arrisrs srrive to break free of their dys= ft111cdonal S1$ terns, ,tbey are o{tc'rIJ UTJlCd ee be sensible 'WIllen such advice is :trot ~:P,l?'rop(ri~Jtie ;fQ,f them, M3de!if) f£'e"1 guihy for flm,C~r. t:tilLe;nts'l they' oft,en hide their (:lr~'IoIlU ~iC:ilIC 'l1fnd;i:1r ! b'l:!tsh,e[ fer fX.'1U· of hurting ethers, Instead ~ the:y hun themselves.
.A ,Ihde' sleuth, .... '1,ork is in O['dCf' m resrors '~he persoas v.'{; have 3bandoned~ursel'Yes" W~len 'Yj~)'u C(U1IffLpl(,IG '~hie fO:l1ow:ing, p;nra'ses, you. rnily feel sU'ong emotion as 'yO\l~ retrieve mem= ories and misplaced fragrnencs of ¥ours.cI( .Allow Yo'l1'rtidf to (~3~QcbJre fo\£' a Sicnu:rtCe 0,1' SlO' ~'Il hh each phiGlSiC.
2. Jet down '~H);tcs 'to yourself 6:11 what eonceprs 0.1' nhrases bother YO'U.,
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3. Jo;t down nores om whse (j'Q"m:,epts or phrases seem 1il~efi]~.
,~. D'O somerhi i1 g ~ry nl);l'rtu..d I1g fOIl' }1'0'iJ,1 rsel f-.--.,.1)Ci:adJ an oJd good rcvj~ or recall 3 cOlnlp,illi rnenr,
,5., Rernember ,rtha t; even if 'You havt(! made 3, tn~:ly rotten piece of 3rt! ir may b€ a nel'eS:fiU'}' steppir~g~s't'ol1!e to 'yOU[1 next work. A,f[ matures spasmedlcally and. re-
q"f.rts' u,gJy duckling growth stages. -
6 Lcok ar the criticism il,~qii1L Does it remind you OffliUY ~riddsm fi:rnn your :p~'St~p;arrticllldJdy ~!tl:r.u:nil1g (hi,[dhood tGri,rieis.m,? ,A.'cklJllo\v]~dgc eo youu(;,:]r~halt t.b~' ClU"-
.1,,, My favo:[:i't~ ehi ldhoe d tJQ~ 'was , , "
2. My favo'.fire ,dd]dbood :g-ame 'llrlkaS • • .'
3. The best lilJ]j~V ie 'I ever saw as :alcid \\V3S . 4, 1 dlolltr do i~ much but 1 enjoy + • •
j, 1r m could ligh,ltcn up a ~i~d,e, ['d lel ~u~'se]f .. " rtj. [f~t werent soo late, l~d ... ,
7,. My f3.\h)tlre nili1lJSi~3'1 i~u.truli1lLC'n'l is .
~, "fhto .m~,n'u'l U of ural1l.iI:)lI>L;'Y I' S'I'.t:l1d en1, Itf'~.ujng mY:'l.dr to cuacrrauuneru c~ld~ IlH:Huh I ' , . ,
9· I J ''ilV!.·fCl1lt NO '~il1~Y whll IUy ilrlti~H" J<';I buy hi~1
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10, '1: kin,g time ,UlU for mY"'i'L!Jlr I,~ , , • rr. 1.;'8 Ul ~I ~'I' .1I'~d t~ I :'lilt it r Sl:ll r t d rea m jl~i~lg, • Il,! ~ ~!I,;~nH Ily c.: IIjuy rc~ d.m n IJ . , .
I 3" ~r ~ had 11:~ld, ,per, ~(t chil Ihc1d I"d ~1:"V~C RJOwtm till to
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rnc~,n '; ,M Ea'lj,)' 3e'OO.lnpH~r~lIJc", it"; r,f yirfHJ!i wru~ll, h.cw 10:1 p,ranice of \vriJt~m1g th:rClc 1~\rI~c:J_ every Ino:n~,r~g ~~lUd lh~j,.l ~ n ~ kuru dtl"~ .01.' yQurs~lf CVll;fY dy.. you will ~gll1 te I1lUUCil.: :I dmgj~u hg'hl!less, ,orh~:'i rr,
~'ractiOt b 'il'll1~ kind to yQwrl:1i;~I,:r il~ small, QQ~ rete way's.
Lo-ok "_,[, 'yo~lrr ,refri 0,ti r II:! H. A re you ftedlr~ t y_ota'r~ I- I l'ICdll ~ I )(_l. yO'L~ h,a!Vf: $oekd )\,:0 1!lt:M.lCl ~ct _ of sht;ct~,~. Whl'u ,Jb[]\11[ a. new ~OlJ~C p,11UJ'~? _A. thermos rar [he IOJ'lJIG; d rm \1'11,;' to work? A~ ~ ~JW yol1nl)df to p~~clu ~)ln SQI~U: of yblUe' n! d ,ra'ggt:d ,Iotht:;;", You
,dmllli have LO ke~p' cvcryt'h~nR· _
TJrm't: expresston "God bc'lps dlQ'$t; whl) 'hd~) Ithcm~d"c'.~~ rnay rake OI;'Jl 11e~~_ and, vcry dir1iI!Jr~nt mCo'l'Iil1t. WI:1~fi"; in l~ro:: p - ~t~.r u~fll1~lliW'tc~, ~od, helps ol~'~Y rhose who c film hclp.~· i'[ win noW' come ~ :;;Igrn{y d11C :illl. z.~'i1g nY.~~lb\"T of smI,aU fr,ec r;irt.'1 t ~m"e e rca [or s hOWCfl on: r~h!lJ'~C' W~]O a re he I'p! 11 iJ Ih,~,n1I!1Jjsd ves '~i) ~~ lrhdc bOUI'Dlty. ~r 'you db. One niee thinK .3, dary Or yo~r!ileU. God ~ill~, dO' (WO more, 'C ~lI::ft fol[' t;.UPPO;rt :md CIlCOtli3gcl11i1.:'nu fl'iO[illl 'llltl.c'tlpectttl quo ~t4jrs. Be op en t-C rereivilng ift~ fl'nJD odd ,d~:lnlmiiJts: £h:e '[lckets, ~ free rrlp, 11 Oi-rCIF to b~'~y yo I) Idimllcr, a ll,eYl ... i~O-YOU eld couch, Practice ~,ay~m[g yes ~Q !i;UC~ bc~~l.
The 5C~,~,!!l rl filc.a II y inc! i ned. amon @;' you nli:gh l wa nit. ,t~, m:ake n s.ood~ ~hOrol~Gh Jist ef'elethcs 'YO'!l-l w:ush y.ou h~.d. Very IlrtCI1, the ~l'\CBns, on th e ~~~r ("C)ll~,~ hno yo 11 I' l~oSscslS;'~n ~t disconce r'~i !lg, ~~'l ucd. J'u~t t~y it, J~x p 'rhtnmJc IH.
More d:1ilan 3n'Yth~mg CIS~il l:~periWlu;nl WillI s,o~,i'l~d~, v(),~~ win need 1-0 '111 ke, ·onnll~,tnilCI'i't r~CI 'q,~j,e'l til:lflC. "try UJI acquh:~ t~H! 'hibbit ef ehecking in 'with y.ourscl,:f. $cvcr~,1 nmes day. JUSlt t.'1'~,C a bene, and ~~k y.ol,J~st:lr:how rc,~. arc' fccli,nr;. Listen to Y'DlIllf' d'lswcr.llcspOI:1l,dl kil1.dl.y. Wf' ,OU are d.~ing ~c'men'lling Wf)' ~flan~~. pfoa]~ise 'YOll rs(d f :1 blfft;;!Ilk. and a ~;II'\~a't ... f~lcrw.1 rd,
Ye~! ~ n!J~ ~sk~ng you 'to b~b1 you rself ·Wt,· hel ieve dl:u [0 be' arl'~n$. we must 'be t-OU:g:~~'i ,cynk~t and 2.. tcUcC~U3n'Y 'h'illy. U;, ,''I,l'~' til:, t te lh{! critics, As, a Cf(:a ivc b ;I'U " you w·rul] be more prOd'~l(lti"itc when coaxed than wnt:'11 bullied.
iJ 'Itd'UI".'td ih f!l,lt.j')!~'~ l!",o~~ ,JIm" drlfrlU. anti ~ffi1UIii' .hlli'! I r (jill ':r
!9 /1'" of )r'Dl' ~'tl dU ,1~1j", 'h U tXP' J. .I i"~l !~S .~j) ilJ.~(, And if'tf)':t, ~I
if, it wi" p1('~r~:.rmdmn .'It I,my tI'~/trn~lt'-di 1m'll a ~ltJ w~ ,,~. lorn
~'.~. .M}. i,~,n;llb ~:hink :llirli~lr!rl.,---re • " , ~'6. i\-1'f Gn,(j 'II U ~r,k.~, a rlt i ~ ~s ;1 rc . . .
~ ,. Wh fit III ~I,kc.., me Jeel we jl I'd .-J)OUlll' ljl is r~oov'C:r, y .1'''' • • •
,~~. ~. r,uillg l .r ',l mysdf is pn;)b)Jbly " ..
~!). My 111 OS I chec t-!'Il1tC-U p m LIS ic is . . .
210. My f..,vori ~t:' wa')!' ~Q d ress I ~ ,
(" j I'Oi\l\l' t h ~. m'm e If I ic f(~r w" r-d n'cvt!'IMrc IU: 1- WO sltc'ps. forw. rd, One ~ucp bJ,~k. ~ltcrn'l:lUb;r rh::u .;Il:d be vent G't;j tJ,~ wi h yom'~ 'l~jlr. It ~WCM IrYt: r-ccovcry J~. !'H:. IIJ1S preeess, You are ctJ,p • .b.lc',or g.rcaDr_ld~~iuS:"i' ~I'Q. "ru~.ii1d'~~Yi_ b~IL 0I11Wcdl~t:~~b"'r y[~IU I~~my l1l]:itiJt: b[u:J:.~rd, rI-ns ~!:!, uermnl . .(I'row~'l~ OCCUI1lr ~~l sl:ml'l5~ 'Vbu will Jl,ic dor! 11. nit, ~'fml e I ~ mes, J Jo not he tI'i con f i Sc::d. Th ink of ilt ~-Il res Jrug.
Verry ~fr,t!n,~ iI week of im.,i,g,hls \~iU be . UOr'l.\VCd by. ",.-reck n.f: lu -r~h~.b:n(;:'II. T'hc ~ 110._ u~ ]g pa ~cs wi'~11 seem) po'inrdt=~~" rhry tll;( ~~(J\t'. WM1:JL YG~'. ~r!l! Icatuillll,g [0 d~ wf,illting d~Ii;'''ln t::Vil·'"l1 W~U!~~ you a.fit: ~irc.:'{1 r ~ld [hey ~ccna d'llll~ i~ tn rC:Jl 0]1 ti1(' .p.lf{e. Th~ls is l1't.:~.)' ~ ,111 pJJr1t:1 n t. M,rq.lra l h on runucf'S ~ug~c ~,t you ~oG rem [ ~d ~JIW nlJIIIL:'S, f~'r.cvt:ry f.1S~ olue.! he ~L me h.t~ld~ tfUie h~r tr'E:..'.I.t~vily!.
111 l.tu Ii ,ilb'u 5C, J~'(1tS' {h~('l .il h: aCt u ,J.I'y, m1IF.iodu"i ,o'I~rC'r"lIld i. It
TASKS .~
J, l)c $cribc you r eh i l.dIhQ(:I d 1'\0 mn, ~ r you wis hi' ~rQU .1n:]Y sk(!'~ch [hi,s m~om_ \1'-11,_[ "I.WUS ')lour r3i\',ori'~c 'lhin;
about it,? \11.113 t'S yOlll' fa'VOlL.i,tc' th iug ,ab Oi!lt Y01.;l,1r reom righ t no'\~r! N Od1JlroC? W~i l. gelr someehin S 'you like in 'rh'c:r'l:-'fnaybe snf:l'!Lefh~:ng frolll rhae old childhood rnom.
2;. Descri be :fi v,~ r.!rn1-rrS"Oll like.1 11, yo~~rse:1 f as a , d:'li]d.
3", List five chw:~d blOod 3cc'O\nl.pJishnlcills" (s:tIrRiglu Pis, in sC'VC'lld~ S rade, Itr31noo'th,(' d,o,,g. p:L]r.JJchoo OlU ehe class, bully. short-sheeted the priest"s bed).
A ld ,:.\ r[\c~u'; Lha :fi V~ fa "'''l:rLte ch,~ldbQ'~Jd foods" Buy );()ur .. lf one of Ebe.ln ehis week. Yes, JeU ... O
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4· H3:bil'S.~ '['ik.e 3 lock ar your hi3ibits. Maf1l!)f .of dtenl m:.'ly in'~eTOOtre '\v]th y.oI~'1 f sel{ .... nur.lu.ni m1JJg and '.a,l~S~' SJUll1€'. S,()lnc of dle oddest th.ings are sel f-d£s tI1lJCtive, Do you have 3 ha bj[ 'or w,atlc:hwng TV you dQ'i1!~rt like? Do yotl;;~ have 3 habie of.han.ging 01J~ ,lfidl3. :r~al1, borin,s: (riend and jesr killi 19 thule (rhercs ~iI!1J exprus-~ sion!)? Some rotten hnbitg are obvlcus, OVert (d:lijnk,~ ,~IIg r4Q' 'Ill u d'n l smoJk.i[lg, caJc],mg instead of wriri ng). U,S ~ lell ~ ebvionsrotten L'ru3'biu. 'WhaJt's the ]?(If.Y6ff lU 'COil tinu m,~g t]hen~r?
Some mtteR h abits ere more ~libdc (n,o time 'tiC) eA~rdJ;eJl little rime to pray; aJ]ways hdping oth~eu, nor. getting iilny St£:lf..J.IU nun [iJ,g, banging OiL1Jt \vidl people who beliedc yq.u.r dreams), List Ir.hrec of ~'Qur subtle (oes. Wlutt U!S-€ do, these £orJ115, of sabotage ~_~ve'? Be specific,
5,0. Make 3 ,~:is:t of f:rmlellds w~o nurture yQiU~th:!!Jtls ~mrtnuo (give you a sen se of yOUlL" 'own, oom:petencl and pos$i~ i] i.t')-')~, nQit enable (glve yeu rhe message d~13t you will never ge't' i~ stra'ig~~t 'wirt~\out their help). TI'H.::re is a big differel1ce between being helped and b.elng t:Jrefll1i!OO as '£l:unlJ2J], we are hdp]e~s. ,l.ist rhtee illlrtudn"g frienc:b~\' Wh:ich ,of eheir traits, p\aJ!rtL~uhrdy,~ rer~e yO'1:1 'INC~I?
6. 'Ca;U ~ fricmd \~ho treQiFS you I ike you. are d reallY' geod and brigltr- person who can 3iCrolltp[is~'Dl ['}rings. Par"
of !fOUif r,ecO'v-.Gry ]S, r~~dJJwtlg OIU l :for SUpnO:tl. "'r'L'
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sup,pan Will, 'C en uea OI!$, yq!lll Itl ' dena kI~ ~I ~w risks.
" Inm:ef. Co.mpas~: E::t~b of iU~~ '11 ,s au inner COI'i'1l,a~!il, TilJfi' is sn msu net ehar posnts us l~O\!la ed ht.'::u~r~,. h; 'W~:rns us when ''liMe ;)rt:, .on ~3Jlgeml-1lS gro'lInil1d, and h t~U s ~s; when ~mcdu.n'm;'~s. s,!Jtc ~1JIm d 'good for us. Momulg pages. are 0I11A; 'way to co:ntact h • So all'i~ serne ,Qth,er ~:rtiS;I!~b:fJ;n act i~i!jcS~P3imll ing, d ri\l"h~;. w~1k~ i ng.. 5l.crubb!'l~,g, l"IkIQ[1'I ng.. T~:is, '~I.\"cek II ta k:c 3m hour to (oll0w your'. mner compass by d.o]m~~, all al'l'is[..Jc.rain activi ty and lis,"'e~'!~'''~' to what lr:J<5~ghn bu bbJ e 1u1,p,
S. List .Iiv'e' ~Ieo~je ",au a(llln[~f'. NOI\¥-; HSI i"c people you ~ocredy ai[b~'1 [\:"" W h~r U:'~~~ do tm~se p~@~ple h:a,\!'>f: that" yQlla:n culeivsee fUlrdJe'f 111) yo;nrsclf?
9L" Lis.t IiVG people YUill wish you ~ad met who a~e dead.
Nov..~! ]jst £lve ~t;,o,pie wh~ ~m. dead whom )'Qu"d like to hang OUt 'W"J th fer a w}uJ€' 1:[1 e mndty. W hat rraies do you Hmld ill these p'cop~e rhat you, C3[J lOcOk rOf in y01L1'f ffiends?
J o, Conllrpilr;e the two sets of lists. Ta.ke a ]00:1-:; ~ ~ whae yau reall y ,I U~:t; ~nd :re~Uy :lldm~'ro~,n:d -a loek J ~ Wh31~ you tltruit1Jk ,YOl!JJ should Uke .llnd admire. Your :silfJl/lds ~mi!i!igh' teU YOli eo adnrire Edison while your ht"i'aJrt beh)ng.s t'?- Houdini, Go with the H'oud~il!IDi side: of you
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4· Were ~hCI~ any 'Qrh,cl' issues this week dUf you cansidee s~gllLific~f,llt far )irou r recolVc r)~ ~ Describe d'l~J~~"
WEEK
1111,,) w~~·k may [ind ~'lUJ] r ~ryplhllG wirh dliln~m~_J ~drdcfmitio.tu. The cs-
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C ,t pu ~r l'QU i 11m ([I ~HIf.ldIH:if.i"",(.:' intr,"} _ '~uun
, nd in n=~n,l ion of new Sdr-~'N .. ;m.':l1c:1o~, Tlris m~,v be borh \It:lI")'' di fficu ~~ a lid IC;Xl:J"(!:R1d" t'':U:ilil1g 'Uf yOIillJ_ Wlniilm,n:if: ~ j J not skip rhe LOol'of rt:ad i n ~ de priy~ lion ~
Recoverii g a Sense of Integrity
HONEST Cl-LANGES
\flO:I!tKINC, Win", "f]-!r. MOON1NG ,pages. we bcgi'lfl' c. 'SOft lhHl'Itl!~~ rfw d i fCCrf'ilC'CS. bli.:' l ween 'QU r retI,I .fee 11 'I'ml CS,,' wh ic'~~ are oftc n srJcrel, ~D:o.d ou r .ojp'r,;'fJl' fcdh:l'G;s. _ these 0111. the n:e.ord fa r pu ~,l ic d~S.IJ~~,Y. OrIDda] fce'~'ing's are o(~c'n indicint.'>d by ehe phrase, '~:I feel o~a~p about t.h.iU [the jo"b Ioss, her dat.ing, semeoae else, my
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What 0 we J!(!iI;:!LU, . IIlC-C:ll O.:3y ;11; mormng (lialgcs
(orce LIS to get sp~df'IC" Docs ~'~,I fed, okay'; ~ml~. ~ I: feci resigned, 3CCcpl jug, com (0 rtable , d e cached, n {I III b, {l(Jkra nt, pi! e iii sed • or 5.11 tt~ sfi1cd? WJMr~ does, it In ea 11?
OklJr B5 a. blankee word. 'Cor most Q,f I);IS-, ~:t CO;'IIoI'C!""S 3J~~ SOrt'S of sqlu~nny fc(;lin~gs:; ,ill 10 i'l rr,cqlH~'.i1d'Y sigul::ds. '~O$S, We ot'l1rwaUy ft,\;-,I cka-y. but do W~,?
At the fiOO[ of a successful creative reeovery is rhc C:Qm~ I]t~ men ~ ro P u nctu re cnu deaia I ~ (>0 :HOp s!a'yiI111811 ,,' ]If~~ u,kay" whe Dl jill fact iII'S S0I1Teth ~1i1!1~ else. The imof~'ing pag~s :prt'!Ios us [0 !1 nswer l'lol'hat else.
ln rBiIIIJ yea rs Q f 'w~h:hin g PCQ:p~ c work wilt h nmrnj n g p'l t;CS,
J' :~i~v.c ~1().[i~ed th3't maim.), 1~~lIild ~o l,egJ!c£t O:r: ,~b\3-11clQII rbe 11I~~CS. WlliLili::iJlCVCT 3U II n p~~as~liIru ,k~ce 'Of darby ·is. :.ibou t to il!11:tCfIG. 'I r we ~n\ for C~""1D1:pl,ii:; very~ '\f:ery .J'm.gry but nee Jdil!l~itting at dlC'1l 'W~ ·\'~rm.U be t.elfJ1ip:~~d (:0' say we :tiM::]1 '~ok~y !i'i!bO;1.1IE thi.u_~'·Th;
mommm~ pag~s "viii. not ,ilJ~O\\V us to get away \~i.d) t~l:i~ e\p,1Is~:OJl'l" SlJ we f;e~d. I~O ~volid them,
~'_r .,..~ have' r.~~, "r~t:~pi,n:tig f~~ii~l_~ thM '~rn;n; Jo'\'~r ~5 n('H bei ilS [o~·a.i~,Y honest ~u·~]. i.1S. ~,~~~ mgnuJ:~g ~aI"g~s are ]ia'~le t,o b:ring fins ;cn:~py po~~~blhty u:p-and "'>11th u, d\c res:pon'S~bili~y ffjr ;:In ueseuli fl~ oon\'~rsadon . ..Ra'd:u;;r tll3ian f3~C this geSS" We win :fJr~C;SS up, on doing the t.lITLof'uing pa,ges.
B, contrast, if we lire suddenly ._nd ~n3d]y' in loll' e, ll!l.c !m];arl[]~ng_ piir£;ieS ,m,ay seem r.h.rj;y.ue!ti~lg. We dan'~ w~ III 'tOPUI"~ Ulr.€ the f~lnC' and ~b:iny bu'bbJc of OU I' ~3pp.iI1.C8S. W~ waut ~o s~'~y lesr ill the' sea of a 'biissfu I us raeher d~~:r.Il be renlj,n~.h.m [liD at rhere is an .I: 'in the 'If.'Ie (,o:r ~n ,j", ~ye"P 1:nl 1'11(~ 'we) dn.:ilt is lC.'por~dll,y blind~'\d,
, _ htl shJn~. extrernc emeeiens of any .kiil:d~the v~ry thing thzu ~uomln~ pa,ges 3T-€' superb fo"r pr()Ce~S~!lilg~,a.lL"~ the 'L1su:d frigg,e,~ for 3,vo.idlimlg the pages themselves,
J1iJsr 3!:;. 8J1:lli ~r~ful:~ete accustomed to ru nn i 11 g becomes iJ[',ri,taJD:lc whei nt is U I] abh: [to get; his, miles ~n, so! mal' rhese of us aeC'1Jt;.[o]ueci now eo :mo~l ing pages wi I l uoriee an ill: rita bi]i~:y 'wll l:';1!JJ we Iel thcnll, sllde, w~ are rem peed, at WaiYS'1 t,o reve ese cause ,arro effect: ~'~'l was roo, CI1J,b'by to' write rhem," i'h~iI;eadi 0(,1 "I d~dlu~t wrrurre thenl so ~ am crabby..· .. '
()WI" afi)~ considerable period o( time, t~e :m;Ol,[lllJilllg pages . perform spjl:rirunl ,ehirop'J:3ctiC. The'Y W:!!1]igl'Jl oUirv~]u~. ]f 'We arc to d!lJC' le{{" er the right of (J~I r l)crSio.lt~~ trurh, dle pagt:s \V,in p'rJ:jntt out the nt:'Cci, .for ~ C'O'!Juse ,1dju.tH·mJeJl'~. We l\l"~U b-1200Jl1lr:uc alVa re of OlJ,U· d1ri fjr and (o~rect iiU_.j f on Iy (:g. hush dB':: page'S up.
. "To Ithine o~-'n sdf b~ tr'1.1e~"1 du,e 'pa,gcs say, whih; 'busjj·y p()huing ~11at self Out. It W3.-S in (he pagcSc dlliU: .Mickey. it ,P_~~_Jl~~r" finE l,eanu~d $'bc wal1ted to wd[~ con1.cdY. No wonder ~l'I ~ her friel1 os w'cr~' \v["i torSo, So was .dld
ChddJOV advised,., ii'~fyou \wIU to work on. you:r ~It'l'n wOllI'k '0:11. }fuur lile.', Ti'!laJt"s :AnOtil'cr w,aJ)! 01 say~~[Jg' t'llatln o:rder tt\O have sfclf-e:xpressjon~ we must ffirs[ bave a ~~~If l:or exp![t:';s,. That .is the bu~iness of th~ nlolL"'J1ing 'pa"gcs: nl. H1Y:!H!1f., fed th~s \l\fllY • " •
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wfhis l1urria,ge!s I1:Il:H 1r~'r'km~ for mf1l,~~'~ ,the n'll(nl1'in~ 'iII~t",., • 1U' .A -I"ej dU!:1 , ~ .. J wonde r (Ii,bout. COli pies eh er: 11lI<i4i.! ?'''' A rul the I-~
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'!'In 3d,(,bti'-:111 to posi ng problems, d~c I)ag,l:'!l n I.l~" al~so 'Pun so~~JLtio,~~s. ·;1_(l'~1~ ~~:~~~, ~idl._ m:<c. It would be (Ull t~ I!."'a rn IZ rr'en(';h.~ ~ Olr'l 0,1 I nouc~d a Slt,tiJ U'SiI: down tilil..:' bim'k f.Q1" J d a 'If In\
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As we no't]'~ w:hidl (r~l:nds bere lIS~ whi ~~ ~1 L1al~ons J~.l\f>C 'u~ s.dfl,~d~ \~ ,:rulif" o'Ll;etl r~kc{1 bywavc·s; 'of sarro""" 'W,.; a1l1!J __ Y WJfI't our illusiens back! We W,iUH to pretend the rru~'I1~hi,p \~{u~ks. We danl want th~ Lf,3Um,3 of :se.lm-ch!n~ for .1JllodWf Job.
Faced w~itll.~I-n~"jc'l1d'in'G ('hflLng~, change we h~,,~ ~~~ :in medon' tluoli:,~g:b OJ~U QWi!f) ha,nd W~ want '~O ~ll'lIn~ny .. curl r,'p in j '~i3In~ baw,1 our eyc$ ;Q~1'[. "Ne pahl, no ~. in," ehc lI!lIl. SLY slQ '11, has ~J. And ,V:C res,t::Ilt ehis p~t'~11 no IrntmUt:,r wt·~ ~ lin im ,~~ 'hr~l~l ',-
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01'[ don't w~lt to raise ~\llly censcieusnessl" w-. WJr!1. i~11
'WJ!l t . • :J And thin n ks to ~l ~c nlor~~,ing ~~:l B~ ~ w.e ,I..: a fll \\~l-a'~l W~ wan t iU3,d 'Iuh~j m~:iIi~.hdy bee o I1Iff1l 1,;' W],]'I in &;; tlO, in:l k1O! I ht', ,d1.Jn(.t~· .. iltU;("dcdl[iO' gClt 'i,tBut nOll' wld~out J, t3!nttnml. A.,n~d Ir.~ol w~tr·iOllt ,1 kM'Jo. aJ SOlf.ilskr]t w~Ri mr.:ani.ng a sp]'r~l~ml ·~!lfil~rg,c~ :lJ >orr s;~llJlrrender. ,(~ aJ.w~y;s dalilnk of kf'I, :s • s !ip~rmJl~d sCluues.. l'crb. p~ d~ey' should be iptrUcd 'ri~u bt:',ctlllJl1lJse dilley, ,r~ erie or lhc ~t.HJ~1 s it j 5 wUlllg ~h'r'Qlu'8h ('11 :JJrogt:li1.)
We aU k!~aw 'wh13~. 3 :k'r~fy31uoks Ukt': h is [~C bJd CJ!'i'i:! ai' I~h' ~u riglu .~.ft,:t:'r YO'!lJ~l!"e 'b'[\DkJc'~l up w,il[l~ your 'loMer. 11\ dn: mHC'1n ~~ad col,d and brom;:hi3~ COUGh tint J~~!rIOunC .~ y,(b~\r~ J,bu"JL.~J your hea h:h ~o It-u;et an u ,Jl'\eachaldc '\Wlork dca UBln.:, T~. I ~SJ~h m ~
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.lln.:!r_k (uUI'!IIf nr~:wh'7w:t: ,wJ:Ui:alY'OI'.\t('j~IS'1 .dil,i;.H~C i' eeuud or ~d"(..'_ raki 11_ your 0] loo,l:u);IIC ~ubl i ng? ha ["s ~~ k rm y.,~ toe,
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Ven ~ em ~·r[ """'CJ:ll'k ,~Ir 3 j db tJrl;~ t (JC3rnr:11. nd~ ei gbty hQll:iia III '" oe:k. Y,ou c. lI1~l re!o"~It!,' broEhm;r who I1c~cl:li, tJO, s:l"!,I'e hiul~dr:
In twelve-step groups, kdyn:s are oftt:n t::all.r:::d sm'r(m(i~lfj I~ '01 ]c .arc Itokl/~'Ul ~t;i ,~u. J~.~d t~l('l' would if I:hcy ~!1CW who ~ c:~ (')' u~r~ bohlll~,~, on to, Wnlf:1 d~c~ m,orn~ug '~'J:lges 'hl pbn:c and tl~t: ~'rnsrt: dl~r~Ca ill mn:rdc)u. the radio set. !'h~.Tnd~ ~im3h~:), dllanrlt of ,Iucr.ung ~m~' the nl~S';"3gc;' y~u ~IIFC ,li(''IIding ,alt%f receiving. The' p~lgcs rot~lm-u1 Uip [~:w usual Sl1S!' ects, bey UH"IU)On dh.· ~mal'~ IT rrts 'JYe pl'C'~C'r (10 i ji1I()Ir'~, nJ~f."l:.rgc I~U ':'("4.:S:S;t:s "vrlv,c ('iiI. 'd lJO ftc~.l1o,,,v~c~g~. In ~t~o~t, Ih~.J:lri1fOtllll,il1g, Pl:1.~,CS pOliut tkl" \Vcry Hl i'~'clln~r~ ['~~Irn~, ts hew yaure (-edmg,; what "~ll you make oftdnt.?
And w I·u l 'W\" In L k,t:' or [tuu if-; oftc~~ :rLr~.
Pt'OP~IC frcqucrnlly ~i;Hdit!'~ ~hc ere: th.~c' '!'iCc 'is C[\oundt.~[1 in ~:!HHa_liy.. TI:n: I1Ulf,C di'!lnlh tnuJr:IJ is lhd crc.\t~vily i_!oi gro,undlt:d JIJil fii;:llnYI. III rhe part icula ~ Eh!!.: f.OCll!i1(".-d. lhl: well observe I 0,11:' '~)~~C~ !Acid!y i ~ ~I'_ 'I, iI',i I ~ cd"
, , ~$ \llfil'~ i~\." o~w vagueness a'bOllllt:: 011]111' sdr, o~'1Ilr '1Ialucs,• QUi JII~~'C SliUI~nOI1., w,r become ~:vaH;}bl,e to the i1ili()merU~ It is, there, in ti'lt' i'i'lJilit Icud ~ r, t It:'All 'IjJ/j,IIt;' CO~'1I~::tC [ rhc Cl'CiU a vc sd.f Unl~ i I we Ct~ perm ence t he in't:'!ri otl1 of ~ul; l ude, Wl' es n i1 0[, Cou IU'~~ j}UI~ll (:~~,_, [~C'J II "I' ,1ftc may bt: cmn'u:shctl; 'b'lrl [ we' a re no [ It' "CO'l! II rorod,
Art ;~ic~ in r'~~c; mJ)i~f~Cnl t'lf c.mCOlm ~li': w~ meet OUt tr~Hh :imd W~ mr:tilt.'et bllirsdvt' '" 'IJIc n~ccrt 'Our t'lVit,s :li!llJld we lUC1f..·t our S~]! -exprc!):si,on. We; h:CO~l1C' ,originaJ I ce~us,c we b ,'cm!~I[C! 'SOIHct'hjlnTlg S.~)~-.cj fiC'; ,:In u:rigin front whicll Wt:jif~k n,ows.
. A ~ W~ t<1I'.n ........ orr-cg:J,iu-ou r crc.:nh,lt; idt'lf1lt ~~;" we J)()~C the f:'lJ ~·e s't::1 r we \~t:'r-~' SiJ ~ tta j I'D '~ng. 'rh (: :lloss of I b m~ ~.I [llC ~cl f cal~ ~I fCiel H:i1II;Um~~t~~: '!I~ d'Oll\ ~now who [ ",:m an)'liW1cu·C. [ (knl~l f(,t:OIg'" ~fll1.li' 'nn:.··
i~ '\lIIa:{ki M,~, "lou :U'<j; your tl"lcVll I rom I~!.; I ~:m d. y llil r OW1I1I :1m fW
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Shlr~s in l!UtlC aud Pt:_~C\;I)lIOl~ frcqrlumdy u:e'ompall~'y ),jhirl~
in idc'i~ti.,~·Y· ()I~l:' of u.~: dc.~t,,·~t ~;ngl1ab dUl SQrmcthi1lg ht':~b1:nry 15 ;IJo(]t m:S, du; I r1 ~1:Pll ~ $11.: l~ wocd:. out, '510r~ d I f\~ !JJIg1~11I :J~r~ d d ~!:lG~lm l)'ld "'!Od'iC~i p~'IJ"Cf$. • nd belong~ug~.
• i'l d!o~~~rr: nlltl."d ~~ Id,~, ,:l Ily~IItWOft:n"' "live Sir)! ;~!> ~ los'!!. l ~ uw-se l r:-
\,N'o:rltl~ sh;~[ into tlte li'\r<."aIW,y pi]e, "I'm ~;ek. of t'hl~ IU(:J,k'C'IldOW~1 dre sser ?itd illS si x lCCU ,00 {:,'i ,of, h r," . 'Ii, l he dlJfe"'~~r goc·
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L3 .. y t{')SS~~~IS '~inlt the old :}lm1tm lInwor'IkJb'~t:l' We II1IIll._kc' W['J,;+,or Iht.:. l~t·W' ~l1d ~~llillJtil!lblc. A elesee stuffed W'~~~l r.uuy old dOl~DS d .. ot:!l ~ur;t imTlfV~UIEi(': ~~~W ones, A house cv~,rRollN,' i I1'g 'W i ~h 'll}{h;I~, :l11'I11C1 cra,J~ am.t tB.db'its, ~ou·'iJi~ hdd OU' liO :~tD:L!' sonlcday ~n.~, I·~il.l :fl:lH;;e ;for 1'111: ~h~:ltJ,t;~ dmrLf miglu tn~]y enhr nee rod.lY.
\'(HIJl~n the ~~. 'rG'h-~~ld-~i,s,c. __ rd in~pu~s'~ ~i'L:ml~C~ ,'OU, two cro!OS('I~B rren ts .. re ,t w,~,r' : dlU; ,uld, you is It:'. _;\1' i It'!' and gricv;IDl g. wh'~I:t! ~II[: new .youl (.'t:1cbf~~CS 31"!~ If~W~, sl-Nn~s. Af!. wirh any r~n'lnu tel~, I:~ iere I~. bort:lm. re m\l~()n and flo: 111!!rr. en g-~c~u~d <Wepfili!:I'i~ior~ b~'l·a,k!5· up h ke an I't:~ fka;. lnng-rro'.tiill fl"C!'~fn~" thaw, Inc]~. c:J1sC':1dc, . flood" ~ I,~d rr~t~t: n OV~ r~ U~ 11 [I~t:'m r ('0Di3Jt ai ncr (1°0). 'You rn~y find yC;)![lr:sdf I'-:Chlll8 'vo!:lJulc a.~l.d c~l3ng,cabie, Yau are,
UI! :pr~'p~rud feu bursts of tea S al~,d of'lao Incl. A c.crtJhlll gidd i ness :may aocom Pj,11 'Y sudden ~~ ~ bs Q r less, I ~'mJ~ n k of }!(J'!JHsdf ,J.s a~:'lJ accident v:~Cti.~lfI11 walkin a,\V~, rrom the ~n" ~,: your c!tllifl.l liss crashed and. burned: your ~~cW '~'i co bnl api arrUrl yd, You IDl;::l,,), f,,"!.!] Y!l;:mr~~;lf 100 b~ U!I"lL] ~n,~"n~y w~[llJout ~ Yt"hid,~. ]Wiilt k.'cc·,p W,:lt! k1n ~~
yon I,or pOS.$h;~,i; cIne non 3~ PY:f10,u."ewUftJu:s" VtlU m'llrl:ay no r h :lll'!C
th~'(;.I. Your ch,:lllgt!s :m~y be Ul0FC I'ike cloud :mOl\'cmen~ r[iOUl ov~rt'''Sl no pardy dcmtly. It is i port,;uu '[0 know 'th.,llt'ilu nntter t!ih~eb (ann }fcnrf ' ,ro'wrt:ll Ita kc-s, D:'hCfiC i tri J'110~ her kl'Vld, ,of c,hrfl'n'IG~! si,owc-r ,ilJm,~d 11Ir~OI1'C; SU'b~tCl jelClJi funl:ning d~~~~ Whd~\n you :it'nse i ~~, :1'1'les~ I'U;:C tlFIU)~".
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fr'>~]n in)' p~: r~pct~~,~,c 'is c]1a :'!t1CO!l!: i ng 31 the sp ~d Qf ~ ~,j1!'bi" TIL-.
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::ur~,-",~ogy rhat rn usc is ~~~~~r QnCe We eng-l,ge i 11 ehe IPr~s5 of
l11or-.~g PiilJC:S and . rtist dal~e~. We b!i!,in It,Q move ,itt !f!JiI,ch '~m! .. IQd:t y th.n we do :JfU)t C ven rei: ~jZ'e the' pace, u~!t ,:15 tra:v~.h:II"~, 011 :.
jer _ar,~ seldom l1r"var,e of rhdr speed unless ~bcy hit a paJ~ch of rurbulence, tiiO, 1- 00'. 1:r:li'll'Ii;:]c'rs 0,1'1 ['he' Afli$e~ VilL'! are Sf:ldom ~.Wtl~ of' rhe speed of their gliTo\:vt'h. This is {i fo,tm, of dC[l'uiIJ~ ~~~ ~I[' Ca:n:ll te nlp'[ us I;,G ah aJU d'n,iE recover yp'rocc~~ t'!lI~H ·'~i5n·~ ~I ~I)_ p-t:'11 ~lfl g "', to us, 0]11 )"~:S, it is.
some of the 111 '~,lcr>c ~CiC.~~~sc 111 ~n'y o,f t'hcs<:wwJ l not be ~c oo'gn iz.b,~e at .firs'~ as healing, IJ ,F"[cr. ~hcy nhjr 'Ci!:m ~ri1zy a~lId rveR
d estrueri 'IIC_ At best. t hc'y w 1:11 seem ecce 11 [;rk~ -
There wsll be : c:h~:lJg,c' jilL'll ~·Iu;,r.gf I)~ uer~'Jc5. YO~lr dircJl1 ns wWlI ~b~e.c:~(', :s~:r-o~ B;c~ ~l!d d~~~ r.'eT: boeh by' n:ig:ru a nd by day. You \-M~W~ fU1d yu~rn~!'J{ Lf'l.'mcrnbermg your nigb_u:i~~e Ith·-C3,n~s, :Jw,lld.!ly d ... ·Y:. da.ydre,flnJiS wm c3~cb your ucudol1l, antasy, 0 bcm,gn ~nud ttm(;'XllC'Ch:d son, will bczin to crop 'up.
MaJlilY areas O_' your ]~4fC th~.t previously seemed eo ~It will stop :fitdng. Half your wnrdrcbe l'ilr:lJa:y SMrl- to look fll!JlUf1I,g1IY. ¥~:till may dCldd'~ to f'c'upllohr~c'[' ~ couch or just toss :i't Out, Mu-si,cal b.cra,f_5 :nn~r i11.~c·r. Tim e,r~ ~1'Blay (;'lj,1''C I'D bl!; bu rsts ,of ~pon t:i'l1001J] ~ S1I181ng, dil!!n~lng', rtmmng.,
Yo'l.! rrm~ry flnd Yorulr candor II:!Iln~.l:lJt~in. "I doni: like flue is ~ ienrencc rhat wUI h;:tve '~'ur mouth.« r •• ~, rhink tn3r~. gEe. t."
In ~hort. your t~15n:_ :tndj;~jdgmenu; ;]1"Jd per-son ~! idcnthy willi!
b,cS,j'l1 to s.ltow nh ro ug~,. '
~h~t f.'Di(l Jmtavt: 'b~cn ~oj ilfl;: is. wi In ng du:: fI1 brror. :Each d ~;rs motrJI~ng ~,g,t:::s il'3kc ai SlY/,IP'; 8Jll ~~IC bJt~r yrQ~'1 h,a,~ :~'~Jj:t 'betweI.:Jm, you .<i'nd your real ~,If. As YeJiurr i'm~g;c ibccO'Itli!l:S dearer, ]~ 1l1:):V :mrprisc' you. '''Iou m~Y' d3~H;'WVCf v~ry p"'l'1~icuti'llr ~i,k~5 Jl1d dis-' lik,~s dl1)]~ you hadl','t i1cknowlcd:ced. A fo~dld'Jless. for c~clcuse~. SO' wh!y do r ha'vc d1i,' c po:ts of ivy? A dishkl; f'Or: b~!iO'wn, So \,,',J~,y do.l keep wea rr llg l ha t S.WCOI lCr i ( r nevt:'r fet! ~ right ,'ll!l i r?
eel' Jdi tiomed :IS we 1t re t'O ~'CCl)l Qfhe~ p~t):p~C.'i i dcC.l~ ~ t i'ons of USt, d~is t:'i1lfJergilrog ind;vidwqt~]lty C'o:I,I'D, sec'lm ~(l ~I:S Ukt" !ldf-will rUill1 Fio:l. lit 'i:s nO't
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. ~g w rhine .. Y>O'!I;l '"~ I ,j ~I;l"" ~~ ~~Irl '!flII1." HOY d ~. n ij;C~ 11:;]Vt! ~n'~~r.',a!d 'yo'~ f ;;Ct; ~S J lil.:Sl~ I,t ,g.rYQL~lIr~ :-,,~_n III cnC!il~ '~a, 'C'lc~,a: 1"0 ~~n3 i il k '~I" your creJ~Oii"'$ .(1iI:u:un. You wdl h :.'!iV-'t: II.oU[cd . u ~nC'r,t."i~Sll.:d, "KUlll1H: II flU:" disCOIFICC1rl['; fI,lj: stCmfll:l!C ~ ~~~ r-sumal em m~'figy .. S~111JC b-1,I'E":'.I!i, or a Mll!tcr. ;orllia fl. s'~~ pOI,nr~ Q~ ell. nt,y. P(}?Jdc jilt! ,~bJl."ClS, m< y luvc l3,kcn~1
Venn :Iuay 'wd ~ be ~ j(:~}il,;'fJ:t:ntl'111~ a se U~~ ,tl.r b,~ ~:h b· fflt,imrD {o:l1lt and f~,idl. YO'!!;11 arc no Io-ngcr_ :'ll'~'IC'It; ~utt 1,?u canuun ~cn wh(;[c .0'LI :arc ::roin,g. You nt~y fe.id: rhat this 1C~11'1 kcq~ up, "(Iou m~y r ,1 . ror the tin1!€ wl'H~n ehere \\'io\':ls 111:0 sense of 'vo~,~biW'ity" when '~lL~ feh more vinilrllrl;f.cd, '1If.llC~1I. you didn't ~~--~jl~c 'huw m:Jllil'Y ~1~11 t hilml gs yQWI een I d dn t,o ~I m,[[)I"OVC y~u r O-W'11 lin·.
h is nor msl to yt"~ fI'1I fur SOlrnc- ~S.l when }~Qi'LJlJ are mev j fl~; !l() to'II,p:r~Hy. Wh19,& y,!~,] w.iI[]t·~'i'~,~_ [~de is ~~:sE a,mn nl~l'inu~ lik,~dyitllp; dO'lllJ.m i I' a b 0:1 f. You r morn JI'~lg p-. IJC!S a re your DO:lll, They w ill bodl k:3d you. fQ;r~mtl nnd gJvl; you a Ilrnacc tQ I!1cc-urj'CIr:IJt' ~OI11
ymH' ibr\\I'~_[id mctien. .. .
lit is (lilli{:uh fo,r tiS to r(.:ah2c 'rb~l tiu:; '1)Jr'oct"!'1S of g;ning iilside 'f1~,d wrjr;illJlg 1Y.l,~C5 c~m Opl.:," .1~r:!1 in ncr. dOi.lr 'til rO'~1Iglln, wbk~ ota r CW:1 tor hd:p~ ~1i:lIld Btl ~:d~ S U!i. O~lrr wi I! ~~, C,~ll~ ~~ ~;'ritV i nt~ t'lm!~ ~ i IIIJ~er dour Dpen. '-rhe m:'I1(l;rnW1 II l;J'-aglCs '!1;Y m bIOI ~ ~c au r wi.11 ~ ng ~ ness; tiC) sp,t::lk 10 and hl:~ r 'God,. They ~ t::lrl U S ilm~ to ~rlrMIII;( y o~ bcrr ehrilflgcs tint also CPI1lr.n; (rom God ,i3ud Ie, d tl:;j, to find. Ti:li" if. mhe hand of God moving, thrtWigt1 )"CH.lr b.llr]t\ ~~s ymJ.1 write. rn~ is \IIcry I' ow~rC~,~.
'Oll~ tcehniq'lUc [b~l Cc 1f1 be very 'rc.'Mu~i;ug ,11, ~'~llr~s 110int 1~ tu usc' yo,ulr ~mrQrnilig 'fa,~c.:s-or a pnr~: ,of [lru_'in~rO[' wriucn nfG~· .. n113 ~i(ll'I~ or y'OU:1i' 'llr'O~~,fC~,'S.
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"'lllllJlIU~~ wntHl!g;, \'1.1'1,; o:~J,cn S:JLY w l"11 n1311'li.In:g a uC;l ,
_ Tfu~~e is a, sp~ci,d pD1ll:ve:r iWl IW:fi (1'118 CUlt the d~a] we "'~ 1~"l,a~_in.G ,with OUr cre31~O,t. j~~ oorei.'~ yC'1L1~ ~ood 'vi~U~.l~']Y~ and • Thy' WIU be dlo:IJie" .'I[1'"C tWlO S,hOl'lt affi:r~DEnlot:ll$ th;H W'bCill) writ .. '~n ill It he morning reerrind US IElO be open to J;~::u~:re .. sed '.oodl dill ril.'l,Q rile d~y.
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~ trust Dry pCi!"rep'tt~oIjS is a.n~UJl[c:r powc;~:fiJ1 i1fiit1n'UiQ,ll
EO use' as we undergo sh it~,s\ in ]d~~nlt]ty. il·A S'~lr'Or,~ger ~m~d d.'em.rlc;~r rmm:e' is Ci1\tu:wil'lg'. '.
ChDQSle .aM rmat ~rOIJJS aceord illg rmo you r n~cd. As ~P,'O u C~~ilvare your In;l;r,i!e,d drcau'i'n,s", you need rhe aSS'illIJiF4InCe ehar such C'](,,p~lo',rations O),rcpcrmiS!\Li'bl\e; 4~'~ 'I,\eCOV'Cf and enjO)f my idel\tity.~'
.As rc(overing ereaeivcs, we ofl~n ~ av,e 'tto ,!!'~a'!liIJre our Own pas~ fOf the slra:£1ds of burih!d dreams ~Ind ddight$, De J Jird~ digging"; p~easc. Be f~st ,il:FHI frivolous. This ms an e~e.rcise ~ SplD'n~3:n;~e.~:ty, so be s~['(' I~O' wlfi,te your answers out quk;k}~'; Sp('!oo kills tJ1C CCI1:50l!'!.
r, Lisr ti·vc ho.bbies t]ml3 ~~S'ound fun . . 1., list :flv,e d asses that S'Ol'J nd fiulJ1.
3· List five rb'ings YOu, :persouaUy would 1.Iev.~f
do id]~lt sound fu:n.
4·, List Jive skil ]IS i;harc would be' fllQ t-o have. ,s;" Lis ~ five rh i~lgs 'you used tQ er~:oy do,i n,g~
6, L~:s" ,flv€ :sitUy thiu,tp YOIl!ll wouhi U ke 'to E:ry once ..
As yoru Diary' h~vc' gathered by thmcS pO~IiJ:lt in your work, we '!;\'IU] ap,roach c~nawD problems fron" m3 Illy d~([~refllt angles, all of them aimed at el ~cjting more 1nforma.ti 011 fr(l!ID y,ou r u 11-, eonseieus !l!bO~I~ '!!.~'h:lt yO[~ tl~ilJhHt Icoi'ilsodcnnrsiy ernjoy. Tile c~-
.ereise d~3'~ fc]~o\~,s 'win ~e-ach ~lJ enermcus 3m.OUmlJ~S, 31bD~U' YOll.rse,l~s 'WeU ,~S, gi,vil1g f'O\1 some fOO0 time ~milJ whlich EO pu mac dnle jnl1e~rests you j (I s ~ ,I is red.
lu 11' 4ItJJ'A.· ~ilurt'. ;iI(' rye IJCjlilJl Ifl see,
AI .I..:a_ ... t oae StU dent ~h1M~yS t:'x ph, i ns In t~u:--p-i['l![i Illned I y., in no, tlnCc~t. rurm vcr.rns-~h.Sit he Or she is ,iI VCf~t i'fnvo['t.~rn[ :uld
t:m :iLP7f~QI~ W~_C'!l .dlu I ~cs. :Hild. ebl iga dou'm~ ~I~~t .il'~]C~u,d(' :fea,dhl,g.
I his mtormJr1aUof~! IS m,cvlE;~j,biy fc'la')"'cd nl a. wl!fhenUI; lone that irnphes 1 am an idiot child, ~n artistic t1a,ke, una;bl!e to gr,iIIsp rhe C'Omp~~cxitie$ cf'an iJd~1J]e~, liJ(e. Ijust lisf'Clfl!_
Wbl.."1'ii rhe : ;l,ge i~ a}i been vented, \,,,,11(.·11, a I L the ~ss.]8I1ed read~ ng- [OT.' college OO'Iilllr'S,CS and jo~~ ha':) b~1:]1 n'b,c~i~t~oucd.1 po~i~n our that [ h,aJvc had jOlbs and ,I have gonc 00 co~L~g,e am~d that i!n III y ~ :iP-C:1'"ICWr:I,CC' j ~ m adl m,any tinn.:s l"i! r~ggJl.'d C IJ,lt of r~adi~~g for 3 week due to proernsti n 1\doru. A"fl b~ockcd crear i ves, we ca~ll be very ereaeive at 'wriggling, out of [lllillgs. ] ask :n'iy class 1:0. tu~~ d~ci r cn:il tiv:~ty to "itrig~Jillg iltr,f} ~lJotreading.
~,I g .. n ~h;lt will we dlo?'~ cernes 1'1!:t':Xt.
,Hc,[C is .l. brief,~ j s t of sente th i n ~s rhat people do whu.::u r:~llt;y are not 'rc~d]ng;
USlten to mu:s~c. ,M,ake cure '·:nJiS-.
K[tJIit. Cook.
'ix the 'bike.
Wa lJC [('0] 0 r:. Llewj~c th€ lamp.
l~fJrlllit the b.cdfOOJn.,
Rc~rrn~].Gc the ~if,chcn.
~o.rk eur, MecUnue ..
Have (de'llds. to dinnet,
Get ehe seerec WOtk.int-
Sent
bookshe lves (a, diangerous .one!).
Grg· d~ii:1cing.
w'i Sih the dog. SOm" t closets, P:I}1f b~'lls. W~itco]d trh.:.nds.
Re pot some plat!~s.
MJt;Ulld.
EVCr.i1 ar [tl1e safe remove of the w dttc:n \VQ:rd~ 1 C~11 ree.! the' shock WJVt:5· of ~ll1lta.rgomsJn aboue [ryhlg Ell'is tool. 1 will tdJ you rr~~a~ those who have mosr resisted h have COlt"H:"':' back rhc mOSI[ sn'augly rewarded [or h ~vi 11@ done i!~. Thenas ty l~o,ttloim
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inc: ]:5. r 1~1~.~ soarn:."f' 0:11" 1:'lJlt~'r.;, ~,: fOIl are nor n::.l~,~lng~ you wui run
,r~u t, of work and be- (OKed. eo p~ ay. '{.OiU'] II ~iglu some incense: or ]n~lt on .ElJ11 old j~'2z Fe cord. Or ,P.Jl:n1tt a shel f turquoi.~t!, an d rhen yau win fv.."-eJ nOfju~u berrer bus actu,am]y.a. HuJc exeiecd,
~C)(m't i'C':u.i. ~f you can"t ehlnk of a1rmfyth'in' ,C~!i.C ee do.
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frits• you C,:Hl rCl),d 3f1 •.. 0 tu 15 W~C~ S t:ilS,r;;,s_)
En\!' i'[io;~;rmclu: Descrihe you r jdl":i!I!, ~n"l,l'i'rQI'Wim,C'lUi
m: • I~
Town? C:O' •• HUf'Y? Sw,:mi'Of Cozy? One p'lnl~raph.
One m 'mage, dra\~fl or d:r'pp.ed; rh ill convc)r~ Eh is. Wh~,['s yo'!!;!!' f-a.vor-i,tc sCaJso'mi? Why? Go tbr. t~, mml" ~ltltagazi;nt"s and find al~ i 1'111],~gC 0 diilis. ,0,[ dtaw k ]Jl]aCC ~i:: near you['" ",?J,i''Qrk~ng area,
z, T1 ~!]'lJ~ l;:~,vel: De scrib e yOl(l'f:i!ld f ::!It: c:~chty.W hat did you do af.l:"~r' [I fIty th ~t you cl1IjOY'L'rJ? Be: 'Vcry specific, .N01!;cU; \'If rite a letter ffQ;m you 31[ {;igh~y to 'OU 3ft yoU'r C;OH:l;11 t age, 'Vhat wou ld you eell 'Yolll~t:~r? Wb;.u interes ts won ld you 'Il'llli'gc }fOUfsei f to lPur~l1e'? ~n'l:n
l. Tune Trevel: RCITI,r,;;I=-:tber J'Our$-1:1f at d;ht. What did Y'GJU ]'i ke !t,o d.'or' Wh~:~ were .,.nl~r fi<)\r,o:ri'tiC [~:ri "&S ~ Now~ write a letter from ;you at {1!'I:Q;lu to you at YOll r eurrent ~,ge. What. would yOl[~ tell ~~oun;~lf?
Ell'virOfUll.e~~t: Lock at yoU&! house. 'Is rherc ;Jjny 'room
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['hat you could tna~t:inrQ til secret. p_rMv3~e space for
yQUlrs~'I[? CQ.fl'iler~ d~c TV room~ Buy a SCrt~~, or han S <1 S hec ~ ~I'nd cerdcn off a seenen of some ~thcr l'Uom ~ This i$ you r ~;JrcaITI aeea, 'II~ d~Oll ld be' decof(1'~Cid for fun t},uLd nOr[ as an office. All y,o-u FCilly need is: :1. chair 01: pillow, .so'm(l:thim~g eo wdtL: on, some kind ofliu]c ,dl['~n ,:lIJ!fC~ Cor 110'\'(;['51 and ~u1Ld'k~. This 'is
he f 1 ,., a
to help y'O'u center all, r te 'M,E!(t r 13.t C[f1C3Uvlry 15, a sptr-
ltU:1I!l,. nor an ego, issue.
j. Use "Y0U:Ii 'I ilft p~C' (fro]i!l wcc~ 'OI1e) 19 review YOlO If gr-O('lixrrh. Has rha u n~~ly r~r.r~llwb: eh an.g~~ shape y,cr.? Ha:ven't '10'1.1 been more active, less I'lIgld,' lIJ11or~ expressi vc? Be care fu] 'not to ~:XP!!ClIOO In uch [00 soon.
7· An ENt'C~11~I!cd1 Arti~t Dale: :P'bn ~IT1 .a 11 V~Cil~:~on (o.r YOll'rsd[ (()nl" wcckik.nd d~y. (; .[~ r.:ady to 'CXl'Clll~cit,)
,111. Open you r closet" Til ow -tHU-or h :'111';110: 'On. 011' dorl1B,u:~O'nt;' ~O'~II."-~c·lr-Wofdrm ~:mtnr. (YOtrlll knew ~Ia,l,; au d~I~.) M,'lkc SPIfI'CC fOor I:'hc' III(:'W,
~. look:u on C sieu aJ~ 'uml i n '~ou r life tint you fed you s hOl,~~d chi! ,11 GC" bu I Jlil'Wcn'it yet. 'W ha l is the 'po )110,(( for you U1I st:ilY mg 5'MllCk?
~O. ~r you break your fe~din,g d~lJriv:HiOh .. wil"~rc ahotll ~l~W you d'kl i t. ~ n a [.fun f'WUtl? A S~4tJ}l~P? A hi 11 gc, Ho~w do you fCt"1 ::.bOAJi' lit? W~3Iy~
CH',EC'K-IN t.
r, How many d, ys rhis week did you do your m1lf]or~'~I~~n~ p,agcs? (nl~tru~J!1'~ onen shew lU'[) as s,ki:pp;n~ d~,t' 111 O:lI"nJlug ,p,~g(!'~.) r [ow wa.~ the ,,:l(p~ . .'r:i(;ncc ,I\or ynu?
,~. Did you de your artist date rhis w~t:'k? ~[Joc~ yom" arti~t ~c~ to d." ,~nn[ic than r-cnt a. Iuolll'it:?) Wll~,It. dic~ you do? How did r fc.:~.?
J" D]d yt)U experience any sly~1chffm ~dty this week?
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4" Were [~ht:'[1G: :lny other b;'SlH!S ~:h'is w:t'C'k d .... r you COil" S ider :s,iSJl i fi"a[~llit for yo,ur fC('OVoCir,? Dese r1ib~' the m.
WEEK
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~'OU (.111111 r!<!oi:; e ivc, VOIJ~ wi ~ I r,;~;:]1 Ulllll~n,QC' l h1 ~ (O'io\ or se nhll ~ g Ii") I" OIIJ1l1e,lfiug good il11$~ 'd of bdl1~ auahc lie. 'VIJU 'Ll1"l!}' Incl )'our~ ·!f 'Dhll1k~ni;. heut ,. (la-
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U row til 'b"f 111:1~, 111. ofh C"t ... ~ he c,J,U., • 0 )'m r cUJ'rnnnl:l Lon
Recovering a,
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Sense of Possibility
UM[TS
OHiOI; '1']11] CH~lru.lt barriers Il;iQ ,iI.!C,\q:!'~'illlg G'lll[~~S gcnt:'m~:iltty is. 011.11" lif1fJjh .. ~t~ notion of w'h:u: we are 'Dn r~~(,l abl~ 10 accemplish. WI-"
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~n:fy' [1tJ1 I1'C j ~1 to t 1t:' VOiLCc' 0' uie C rc U:)f" Wile 1111, hear 3J 1l1m ev-
discount : . 'b"
s(l,ge~.'IHI rhea iscounr lit as ,cr~rl' Of :'l1llpO~S] ne. I' n dlC' ,O"~e
h:lind, 'we ttL_k,t: our~dvc:s very s(;"r]ous]y and dQ.lll 'lIN, nt It,gl look ]jke idio~s pursu'~lnc SO]UC 1),1I.tCl'JJtly g, 'L ndiose 'SChCimIIH:. 011 ~'hl) olht:r hand, w,,;; dO~l'l ~~kc 'ours.c~~C[)-or God--st:riou",I"I tll,IOUgll ~~1[(1 so 'Wr.:. dlClillU; ~'S Grn'a.ndiosi:! mI3~~y !id~cmi!.'5. dl,:i'l., wl.rh Gocll<s 1'1 e II'~ ~~ ilty f~ U we U w i'~~rlrin au r grasp.
Itcam:lnlbcrill~ fll, r God is nly $Ct~'fl:t:,. We ,I:'t; -In the spirirual positton of lrniav~n . a. unlimited balll'Jk account, Mou or.l'I~ f~~\I'c:r (oll~dt!~r how powerful d~c creator e II'~-' is. lnsu .. L:J,d" w~ dr~w very I'in-li,ted" ,:IUDUlm~lts, or lllC 'pOWlo!f V,;J,;,! ,bl~ [0 Us. Vic declde hoW' l)ow~d'"u I GQ d ; s fOf us w'e lluu:entrll~ eie ud~' \'~l ,~ I ~ ~~ ~I'l on how!l.1' n'tllll,C~ (;od (;::U~:I g~~ U t,; or '~lclp ns, We ~re ., l ihgywi,d~ oursd~~s, And if we 'f!Cclj,:':i·\(,L.:' 'L !§;ifl bCJOll~d (l'~~'r ~nl;l,&lning. ViI'" rI:f~en sc nd ;,t back.
i~li ;.i'r~i,L~ [0 :I~l 80 {)of her ~g\."~~ t~s prc~~i~(;. 'Fi l1aUy, 3'rh~f a. PW'~ ," I "]V' abusive pbane call, C n wrek a letter StWri'tiliP ~~ r lieu ~'.III} I -' . _ • f L _ I ,~I" _ • I::t , .. IJLI!:
r- la:tio.:liJship. She feh .-~ r, sne utllJ~.sltJ~.~lJd I'll to OlUe lpaQ;.
WI"'~'D lu:r 11U:lsb:lnd came h~_Rle~ she h;,;.rrfliJ!!Y told hirn h.o-w she
b '~~:ib ot:1l g,e:a her ca r~c r.He [i.s'~ene:cl alld then lia;,d ! IliA .... ~k
To 111, e~ dns JS 3, sec ry :not Q~iW[ y of syndm rlm~lcity 'bUt :;d so of liigbt-de,pe-Il~CjiLe,e C~ uln~verS'C' as $Q'~Ke'. Om;a ce C~m bL'lL1) m~ ''i,~ilnng eo rc~~"ve. her ~O?dJ !rtU11'1"vh:-"E&Vtr source ~f 1Lp,ea~d. in. she :S'tio.'i)P €'iel bl!;'ll1.,g ')II~,c't~nl'~Z\c~.
. I tccc~dy h:3d. :awo~~a,n 3 r~lst w~t mo til [U she ~,e'r ~er new .and cxceH,011J agen t ~r, u Slug, ~rffi f~rt~~1't ic .. ~,s, ..Even ,aJtJ~r ',~e~n @f 3'rlistic r:eoo,v:cry" l su~1 113:"(:, ~""C1nm:r~l. side t~~a.t says hj~'f:imi;~.O<' ~l ~s ,3$ dtOlllJh. 'we wam ro bel ~cvc t.'jod ~'11 (Ee3'te she su oatO'mic sfrltctcum but is clueless ...... rhen ~accd w!tb how to . id af 6x OU'I"
t recolgl;hw~e dl~l~ :rn arny ",~m.rum b~lk a,~ ~ he sumrlp,i~('~t), of rh is.
'~Ol1iccpl" .. j''!.God d:oes~~~t run the movie ~U1.$i[ru .. rss," ~Il:.'! \1I,,:f;)_D'1!t it.(Ji ~;3Ly, ~"EA~A dees." J ~nllo .sou,l~d a C.iI~,UOlf1~r.y note hen: for ~II attiSU> who F,lIUt their c~a:tnfe lives IIUD solely hum. n hlllld5. Th~,s can block yaul[" gooi'll,.
T]H.~ desire 'fa be worlldly; S'o'ph~S:lic1tied~, a:i"Jjd, smnrt often
'b~o~ks, 01.1 r ,fiOIJr;IIifw 'Wc heve ideas ~n~ epinions about "~heli~ QUII' ~(u:ni, sJlIO'ul"d OOlIte' :fro:I,U .• As ? ,HoUywcod s(r~e.nwlllirerl' ] h'3.d [liUl'UU:'1 rueful conversa tl,bn.s ~'U'h ?fh~~ SCrOCI;m!U1 ntees aboue [he fa.cl tbat wlrlIi le our agents were ofticn n:n.al~mblc"wc' :s.ecR1C-O to ge't an ~w:fu~ lor of brtaJ,,'s, '[mill 1?,1LCC) 11~~c '~~ml next doer rteiglLbor,n _ '~nlY d!l,n~!t- ,b:rother,~~ or ·'·s.onl(~bQ.~l~ "" \vi~e wen t C,O, ca~l~e WIJh, Thos~ breaJ.t s '3I'fC God the seueee m
aerion.
~ , [ha,\i!e s~id 'beiofl"e r~h3 t cm:-"(:'aJti" ity is a sP" rhu~l issue, Ally
pmr;n:S$. is m3dc·by leaps CD f r.~idl, some Sm-~~3n and SO~I~t~ ]a [g~ _ At first, we rn~y 'W311l fi'ihh r~p t3k~ die ffirn-st dance class, the ntsil srcp to\\r,J~d l,c:anl'll'llig 3. new 'I1'1!~di~lun. L'd!Jk'r, we ~~;IJ}' ';V~.I1't the
.ft is w.i'UI y),1 m J' p ru:fIt'rdl/JN" i'tiJ ~~n't" G.od fJlr' 11'1(;11 It' Y.;n'I."l' hh~1. St.'l''''t~'llll'/-J'. I mJd,rlP t~Jl OWlJl ~f'pr:;d ~md the'good if #fe IW'rfJ'lt "~'fIJ. ~~II" "n~itli h.1',:U, 1 forfi.'1 j~IJI ~lU 'i'R~oJ nml tifprif.'{!' th~ ~~!i.~Fhl rJ_( "m! S,Ll~r:I, ~'vJ~id~ ~M!$' i.rllftry POWtT to tn:'t'.I'tt-.
r~ith arU·d, rhe tUIll1.CS1s: for further ':]3SJje5, s'Ci:uwinllr:5'~ 9 :I::lrg(!'"l' work space .. a yea.r's sabbaeleal, l:l'uc:r Sf~i!]1t we ~m3y '~Oinrei.vc an idea (Of' a b'&Oo.k. atl 3f,ltilsts' colleeeive gaUery :S~?~OC. As t:'O)"dl id:e~ CO!l]ICS to UcS~ w~ IUU::;'t; in good f8J~(:h clear 3\!,,-fily 'out 'huJ'u::r 'ball'~ riers '~o iicdng On it and I?h~n, On an Qli.new," l.clWcl; take d'H!! comlltCreott~ swps DC;CJC:S-o;;;u·y 00, ["fa,SF&: au r SY~lch.r-onOt1:s. !t,@=o.ct
If this, ,l)lt.iJi10lJllds aiql' {;ail"Y eo YOUi, lIJsk 'lfQ'Ill[fseJf bh,uu:]y What " C'.X,E S rep you. ~u:¢, e"ilail'in~Wh;}.t: drea m are 'You: dj:sc-Ol1111t~ b~g as i mpo!lS~bJe given you r lieSO~.iJl:'Ces? 'Wh,at pa.y'off arre you ge'tltihlt'JjS ro']" ~en~aini nl stuck all d1tS peri Itt in YOlJllr ,c:1(p-a.nsiOiJi1?
God 3S lUY soueee is a si:m.plc: btu ,om.p.~e~dy, e.ffeC1[iJvc· ,p:lam rlO·]ji living, JI[ removes meg-ati\r·e dcp(l!·,nden.cf-,~nd i1fD;xicty_ flrotn .oUt .Ii~s by aS~!l.a.rint us dn'aJ['Go(1 ,vi']:! pro\'~dl'l. 'Ourjob ~s re listen f.o.v Jrow~
C.n€' W.?iiy we ],iStrr:i1i is by w.r.~rh'il,.g Q'Ill:r ''!l~OmlrnIllg pages, At i11rghll before we faU 3sh~.GP. 'we can lise aeeas ill~ w~'aki'1. "'Ie need 'l:lIlld'~II"JC:C'. In the JnoJrnillg~ w.ITitinrt o~ th!rSl~' SJtrl1:te ~QpjQ'. w,e ifj~d '@fl:tr~c~vrt:S g~jj:~~g ~lre'lli:ou;sly unseen a,ven.ne;s a:r3iPp,.[Io~ach. JExpcf[ulelu ;\\vit'h this 'I 'li,Y{)9S rep, process: ask for answers in the ftvcni:ng.; [isEen .fOI'" snswers in. d~~· mo:rnmml,g. Bc open eo all belp,
FIN.DING THE lfUVER
fo:r (our weeks It01.&!'j, we 113"IFC been C'~c3v~'ti:ng O]J::Ul 'G:Qrud.OiuS-' ness. We h4V~ seen ho\v Cl>Ut11 we ~111:iJlk. 'fi~g-at,i vcly and f't~rfitlll)" Ilovv frightenit:'l\g i,t bits hc'Cm for us to begin ee believe 'tbu. (here nd[gflJlt be a rigJ~~ place fOf 'us. that \l'lle eould a.rta·in by' lis.-, ~e-nrumllig ~o 10'UI" crea.tiv~' voice :dJMlcl .foHo,\1VinC :i'~s. gu~da1llhCC, We ha~ begu n ~Q h,op~, and We have fc~ roo til at hope.
The sh ift ~o spiritual dependency is 3 gradual e l'le'.We ha.ve been :mak~iljg this sll:mft, s]ow~J and siJirdy: 'With ea(1'b d,-ary we beeome more ('FUC ito ourselves, more open to du.c posirive To OUf' surprrse, t:hj~ @'GenlS to be workiag in our hU:m,tlJl1 n:;1~f;jonshi.p,s. We find we: ~U·~ able to It,eH mere of our truth, ~~~ar more of odm,er lP~op'~.e'~ tnub" and encom pass: ,:3, {iIlE more ki tidl Y ~ttinlde toward both. We' 3f1C' b~co~]Tj'irJ!g less judg.ll'u.ml31 of <n,1fsdves aru'.1 ethers. ~low is rh i s pos;sibl,e:? T11( morn ing P3!£$t a :fi()W of scream of" ("onSC(;]O~SI1t:ss~ gradually loosens slIJr held om fixed
are i::t-a,~dn& [0 ,look: for 1'1lJe silver ~,iJlru;itllg in \Vila!' (I]Jpe'lU,'to be a(h.1"C'rSify. M('ili~ of us find tf:l~t,.,S",~ wo:rk wieh rhe n:mnJilng p,iI,ges. we begin to itn,\-11 eursel 'lies more gently. ]\.'lCUn less ~~5~ral[e. we are Ics~ harsh ,~'ith oU'rsehr'e-s and with Others. This compassion is 'ou~ o:f the first. fnrilts of ali gni ng our Cl!\.~ a tivtty with its creator,
As \V1U (:O~;l'ILe to ~It' II'JlSi; ,:'Ilcd Ieve Otl! r :i n'll)c'[na~, gUirltl"i: Wle I,QSC OIU II: {0;1r Qf inti nl:3CY because '\,~ ]]0 IOlng,(!::1r iI;;(ltlilllf':.sli!' QUII: il1ti~ "~atC' o,thl!I"s \:vhh d'lO hj'~ghlc!r power' 'we ~'rn corning tJol,kmll:o'i!iY. In shore, '~,!'C ~![~ ~t~ .. rn~l1ig to give tlP ildil)iJa:t"ry-the worshipftl~ diep~i'ild~ncy on any persen, ,plac~', CIF thWliJJS lcnstcad. V\'"6lpJa.'c1C our dependency on ,hcsou[ce ,iusclf. Tile S01l.lIF~C ~aJ[eet$ OUr ~'C'cd:s, Ibm ugh p~op]c;, places, and tM ugs,
!his_ C'Ol'llCl!p1t is, 3. lIfer'f h 8l~ OJ1i~ (or I););O$,t 'of us to fC'3n~ (re,dJ~. We tend tiO behe:ve we "l'llS':; go ,OUt, ,8Il1d s~J1,3Jk,~ .1 f~'!I,v ltreci '~,o make fhings h3,p;pen. J would mil'Ot dcnry [lila n shak ing ;ii, fc",,; trees is good ~mr u s, ~J] fac~, ] bel ieve ii, is .Ile:~C'SSei[,y, ~ c:--all' ~t ,loi"1 lIlt flo'i:llJlJJ'k. ~ w~nt '0 saIY!, h,owc:~r. du~:~ wh UE the f0i1)l work is necess{iti"Y" [ have s~idonm seen it P(3,y off im a ll ncar !ashiom" ]t S;oe:Il1S to l,york mere Ull"1C' ~~'e sh;;jj~e thee app]e '~ree il!liid lbe uni~'Crsc ddi~:rj (.lr~lilg,cs.
Time a'll!9 a,~:~i'ini r have seen a r~'(jOrverJrm;lg crci,'Jidve do 'r.hJ(;' foet~vork of beccmrumlg :in~:ern3Uy' dC'at ~Uld fU~1IJ~ed ~bOUI dream S ~Jld de~ligh,ts. rake a :ft,~ eurward sl~epl5 in [be d;ifCcdoj~ of the drc~m=on;ly 'to h~ve the universe flillG open :1Ii1~l 'lJ,l]l)~ suspected doer. One "llf the c~llu:ral~1 tQj~,ks of cre31~h,~ reoo<vcry i . learning to. 3CCCp,'D,' tlris gene~o5ity'.
THE VlI1TUE T~A])'
An 3'ft~St> rnust hav.e: dowIDtim~ ~jllle to ~lo np;tldng:. Dcf(mdim!l,g ,our I["ign't tQ such tht1,c ra,kc~ courage !OOJ1VktiDll, ,~nd ICsilliell~y. S.uch '~jlrme~ SpaJre. and (l~jct 'win sttikc' OlJ-f famUy and friends: 3!i a v.~i[thdllia.,;wmJ~ froO'lll melD. [t 'is"
For an J;rti~lI:l w,i~])d~'w,j~ is. ne[eSs~Hy. 'W'hh-o:m it, the iliil"tist in us f~dls v;{."':xed" 3ngry~ out of sorts.. If such dC~I?;r~\I'tl ~ci!On cont:i~~ues~ OlUJf arrtiE[ bcconurs su'lk~ll, dcprc~,(~. Dosd1e. W.C ~vell~!J.1aJ~y 'bcc;n'ii1C like ('OnliCred 3n~'m31!li, SIH1JTlilng 31 Otlll: family
;lpd fr~~lhis [0 :iea,'l.fC US 2IJhm,e and S~O!l mrmlDJaking ~uftlwe~_SOI1J~~bl~ de-
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_ _ ~rtist ee be' able to fu n,CUOIIl 'wm thcue gWUlS; ~ L wha l! Rte<6 O~I~; &0. A n ~ud S'~ r~q,~1il¢~, t'h~' '~1pk~ep of C~3 t ive 5'cd~t~ d~. An :~I~'St I"t~l]~re~ ,th~ hJ¥'~hng of nme al.~lm,e. '\1I'1lrhoiIJl thj_~ period or ,~,;1ri~r.:gl fl.g" l:!t~,~ aJ:rtlst, b~£I(}:r~les tk~p~eted. 'Olver Ih!l~~ 11 beoo:L'ru::s: $OlUetbn11 worSe- II:h~1i:1L ,Oint c,£ Sorts. i'lcad'l ~h re.1'~s. air<;
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nay in 'WhaJu~ver circum S:[~i'ne!C-. ~m~,~ri;ag~;l jg~, fTiC'ndsh'ip-~Qrti,~ircs d'l'f'?~U gnd ~,n-n~gsl._ ~:,u~1clde ~l'\~~ way ~o slwcide\ j ~[ 'sJ3IIj'~ [[0 kill myself repiacoes 1 oo'!JJj~d lOU r-<ier' you. U
.4 W~~tU~S '[he U51e?~' replaces O~!iJr r~el itlgS, of jov an d !il't~s;fae,..
'tiOI1. We nl~y ~ rhrough .t'l'H! aeticns '?f (Q.D_t;ml~1!1I!g fHl;rlir~. We ntiJi1 ~V\:'n COlll!nnwe '[0 'Prod:u~~ ~re3rt:]'Vdy. but ,!,C acre lc1JJch in& blood. frDlD OMhn;hr.~, 'vampH',IZ~_Dg Oll'r sc'Uds. ~:mb shon, W~ i!JIrC OR tb~ Irrle~dP1~i U of ,d'rttl,oru'~ pilloduttion and we'~:re e~ug;ht.
'We ate (augbc 1;1'1 the v i rrue tn:p.
ThC'fC are powerful pa·Y0ffs ro be found 18 5raymng $t"Uck llrlrnd d.cfCfrjf,tg J1:u~~wI'il1Jg your sense o:r s~](, For many ueatiJ'lcS. dlC belief fh;lt they ll11Jlst be nice ilJJnd \\fQrry ~bo,'~r 'I,'riibu win l:U'LppJ!n ~id~ rhei r fne~'lldsi ,~a'm'il'Y;' 1T!,a'~~' If ~hey dare l"C, ~J,o' wh:a'~ ~~!C'1 rr£'3L11' W'3llt (",01 OOJlstJiI!~~ll'les 3, powerfur reason ferr !I1on~
actIon.
A nuamill Wh0 \VOll'Jks in a bn.sy affoce nUi~r crave and need the
retreat of solitude. Nodlil.1g would serve hhn 'better than a Vtlcalion $lo;pc, but lIt: lh'inks th~t;$ s~lfish SO h · doc&n!lt dQ it. I'm w:cnJ'ldn't be tllicc 'ta 1'1 is wife.,
A wom:),]l witlTh two slnall cbUd(~n '71;\1'3'11'[5 to take a, pOl~~ell~ d~ss. It (:ot.lfUiLtSl widl SlOllne of her SQ\lllS Little LeJ,~ue prn(ricC's, ,and sb:e' wO'I.iI,du'~t be ,able 1.'0 3,tJcnd as, f~]d~fu] :im:i'ien-oo. She nl1= ce~s poucry and. phl:YS, rhe' good mo'thc ~et!dl.ing Ol:ill du~ sld~ Hnes '''li.th resentm-c:tl'ts.
A. young' ·f.1It:h-eF '~idl ,~ SC~riQi~~S :inrrre'~~H in :pb'Q'~og'i"a:phr, yearllS for a place in ilhe iirolue ee pursue hls ,intC't~St.ri~!e illl~i.la 113 rion 0 r a ftiI,Qdc,~ f.,_ rnnl~ OJ rk ro nm wo_u~d rnqll!1iiiIfC di,pp:h~g into savings Rind d~(eN.ing d11C pUl'dust:! of a. new ccuch, The!' d'lrkroonrli doc'sl"l''t ger secup burthenew ,cOL1d~ doGS.
Man)!" reeoveri ng cr.,eaf~i'Yli;~ sabotage rh "·!lUillge]"i.i''C'~ :rllOS't f~._ q u~Il'tl1 by mr~3 It i a-l)g n i.'cG1'·. 1'full:;::re is, '3. rremendouseose [,0. slIM:ch Cit:._. s,[;IJfZ ·\t~'rt:u;le.
MaJny ol us hav~ -Tid/de J virtue Q!I/lIJt ot dep:r,~v,~~i-on .. ~e have embraced ill .IClrnJg~Ufl\C1"jtig a rtisric anorexia as 3 m.:iiJrtyr~:s cross.
We bave U!s~d it to fc~d a. false sense of ·s[.1iit"J turuJi~;y g.~-01!J.l~'ltded irnl, bci:ng good" 11l,~a:ning super,iflr.
~ c.til[ this SOCdW:tlVt:', faux sp~flituahl,)' ·the V]ltttle Trap, Sptr ... i~ ilillily h.1 ~ oi~c 11 been misused as • mute LD a.rl, \mJo.vi~lg ~ca;ll~e, uidc, 3 sesnee \V~:eN: Wl!' pmc~~~nl ourselves 'illho,v~~om: h:,l'll1l.:Hl naeu re, Th is s p~:ril't1a I s.uperwr-]ty is F~a II 'Y Oil ~y OlH! more funn. of dcuial, Fer an artise, v;i[t[m~ C~~ be d~a.dly, .. ~11[t: .~]rm'C to'WllM [lCSP ccra:billiJty 3ud Mtlatu:riry C3LnJ 'be :nuhUyj'ng,.. even J~ tal
\T((l!' tH:llliv(l' ICo. begood, to be n ice, to. be hclp:fut to be \UIsel fish. We W"3~U to be .~jen,c'.r6nSj of" service, of [']lC world, .B~j~' f~ Ii(u ,r~)'e rfolly Ul~Ur is to' be I~ ,tlloti'i'. 11th,en we c:'D~r S,C! others 1::0 Jc"aV~ us .:done" we eWl'~rUlaUy abandon eu r$e]~~ To Ot}lr~rs! we nl~)l 1,olOk Dike- 1j,~'re the~, 'Wt:' wn3iY ~cl like lJ;~ere there. Hut Oll(! I no ~'ScJ f has g:o:nc to gro'llmd.
Wh~'s left is a s:h;e]J of our whole self :I,rt sltarys bccau.·s,e h is aug~lf_ lH~e a J is tless circus ~I1J mal pt-odd!ed i n.~o, perrOf min g. it does ies tricks. Wlt.OtS. through its routine. Ir c~"rns in 3pplause, But aJ1 Orrdlce heop] .. f:,,~]s 011 dc~r,e3rs. We,~ dCJLd to .i~. Our 3 rdsr is no't merel y Oln of' sonS'. OJJ'f an ise ha:s checked out. Our lire is now in~: out-of-body experit;~lu:e, W~'f~ !on,e_ A. ,diillidau n:dghJ ,,~]I it d.isasso:ci~,ting. J call h [Qavj~ the scene of tht: Gn me,
"Come Q'uC COD1C out. wherever YOll :aJ!ri(; ,J.' we whc-ed~c. burtt our ere .... tlveself no J.OtiLge~ trusts us. Why shol.L1i~d it? We ·so]difOlU.
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t~sr your lisr smliliJ.e1!i)j;ll'bere, hi,go], visible,
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'~. 11~c' rcascn I can~t 'rc~]]y 'bel ievein • 5j.al}t"L'r,m~I:,I'f' God is ... List five gricv~~::Jce$. (God can take it.)
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3. O'lt~ mere l iJI111(", ]-i:sif; r. ve ] luagim:ll(lrry ]'ill,t'S.. Have th C",' chanced'? A.n: y{H.J doing ~ll]ore 'p~ rts or them? You may w,~ut to add images 'Of rhesc lhr'~ u) your l'rJl1J- 3~:C file.
.t. If D were [WC'1f1lt}\' :u~d 11d~ ;mo~rlrcy .. " U't five advcntt~rcs. t\.giiIJin~ .: dd inlag~s '0.( these t.o your visual ima,!g~ fiJc.
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'7. 'IC11 :i~c~Jru~ ~ \'\I'cum ld Ii ke eo O'wn lIla t I dcm~t 3'rt • And a'Sllh~, YOLi ~fl~r' want IO~ COU~CI: ~hr~se hn:ag'l1:. ·h~ o:ni~r to bOO$~' sales, experts rn sales l1'iLOtl,,"a lion O[t1;~l ~eaclJ I·:o.~lld~ s3'lesm~n to pos.t smsgcs of wh .. u lhcy wOllld ];1 ke to OW~'I. [t works,
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[0. The pcr:son. ]' bi ainu! fOf' b[(;~ng blocked m s . . . Again, u~ YOll [' pages to mul [ On th is.
r, H,QW m.JJf1Y da·1:S t.hi~. week did you do y01Jlr t'1liTtorn~ng pages'? .An;~ 'lOltll srardng' [0 Iike tllen,'l-==-;al" all? HooW \:was rh C experience for you? ~I~v€' you diseoven;~d l.e p~gc-gUd-,;1,JJ3.1 f tfUi:lt pJoh.lt yc·t,? M tutJJ¥' o( us Rind ~hnt :pay' di rt ill. our wridug OC:C':I rs 3 (tel' 3J pa;c and ab(lj~ f of va,I~~fing.
2. Did you do YOU'f' arrisr dare this week? Have you :t:JJa;d the experience of &€.":Ming; answers during ttbis Irisul':c tinnr,e? W.h:u. di.d. 'You do 'tOr yQur,daJl~C? How did il feen H3Jve you taken an artist daee yet th3Cre~Uy :feh ad.ventu"orlls?
3· D~d you C~ P€r:iCTii,!i:~ ;,}.ny s:yJr~dl'fo~:k it'}' this wieck?
Wh:H ~lj,IIas .if? 17ry inaugueaeing :l (:,olll'ver:s:uion 011 synchron i'dty' ~M~lb you r friends,
4· 'Wer€ ehere ,:U!lY other issues ehis w .ek I'll at you. con". stder sig~~'i6cant fOlf your ['t'!iCQV,c'ry? Describe '£ilremJu.
h]'lll a bel]ev\cI.\··iP'Na,ncy declares, "Ijust do'n5l bdievc God. setS il~r"I;I!o] vOO wirh ~iilOI'iJ,C'r··~~' A]tholl&l~ she dOCSl1 t. reoognize it. Nancy carries tli'l10 sel f=s,~bot~ging be]iefs... She br'~iC'v~ not only [hal God is good-too good to do rnQ.ney~~n1rt alse tni3JJt ]nD'~(!Y as pad. N3UCy~, !.~kc .. many of ~;£, needs 10 overhaul her God Goncc·.p't in (:U:dCT:frO fltlJUy rCQQrllfCt her c(,e3~]vi'~y.
F{)r many of us, ['1ris0d to believe th,fU Ino1tl~f 'h. the real 50'll,K'C' of 'Socu[:iJy~ 3. dc,ct'a denee Ol~ Ged [Ct·h-, foo]bav&y:. suieid3~ i even laugb,~b[~t WI~ei1 we: consider the Iilies. of rhc fields., we t:h,h~k. ,they aJN qu~hu~ tOO (HU; of it (0[" rhe modern world, WC1.:c the enes who keep clothes on OUr ba,dcs"'fl;;trc the OiIIIIiCS who bu y die groceries, And we: w ill plbl'i'SUe our an. \'VC tell O:lo'jJue·:lve;;$~ when wchave,cnou!th nl0!iJlJC~' re do it eas;i!"l.
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We ;1)r~ opcrl1t~lI,g' out of the ~o:nc old iru:~ li.'hat GodJls Wiii feu' us and our 'w~lil.1 for us ,:lilre a t opt' esiec cuds of tile '~~blle. .. f WaJrU llO be an actress. bILl It God 'wants me to walr tabi,eg in hash j o:i:nJif$r·· rr~u: :SC~ n rio goes, ,,~ So :i r ~ try L'O be 3n a.Ct'fCSS~ J '\\\"i II end
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This vo:c:c-k., 1n rOlJ~r 1l1Cf'llmllg pages, ~vrbe Jbo~n~ t~~~ gud you do IbeJ eve' ~n ~fJrd,fhe god YOU would hk'e 1[0 He1liev·c in. for SOtn,c or U15. rhis m~3ns. HWh3,[ j,fG,o,d's ,;'1 WOnflJ311 :Jj!~ld !tJw'~ ().n 11~ y slid_(i?"· F(}f others. :it is, aJ god 0 f eller~. For s t:itU {x[lrn,CUi~ 3 col,~C~~'~'!lL of .higj~e'r torc-c:s; J!1l~ov-illg lHi tow:u;d C!;~r highest good,. U yo '1.11 Z1J,II'e'StaJ! d~alii-ggwidJJ EU lod c'oulse:iouSa'lJ~ss 'that h.ilS ~-em,ji~u:d u nt'~ :l~1 i Iled: ~~~~cc eh i ]~hQod. 'Y'ilJU JfC itnrollalb.1 y dt:a]. ~1Il!! ',",:,m (11 a ro,x~~ ~~~. Wha'r \"'QU~ d a nQmr;)I~OJiic $:cd th i m~ k of y,O\g r iEfif!3lnrc lt031~~ ,M'lg~f. su.c~ra ~ god relilUy exist? rr ~Ol wuu!d ~or~cy 0,1' ~o~lr job or y~:)ur l'OiVt:'r I'Cn13~il:l youii'" ~'!il:igh~.r pow-cr'~
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Gbcris.hcd d ['"e~u'1i1! i,H~ d, 13. LO,-"l!S;Y. c; ~rrrenl mntdG,c.~l~' \\fIt: ~fticl1l choOS£ to 19lDlore rhfl ·d'[\~(I,m Qm)d bl~ nnu: em:r COilt'I'If:bY ~d l1:use~j' ,O"l1 God. We' ~~iI: J ;.kc, ies l(j Od11S :f~1l:1l t' ''I {lite di~n~t GU to Bu I"O-p;("; t!kc ~tl~t painting €]9:S~_i ·gP' on. thi]!t :phoit,o ~,h~qt. ]n~ tnlJ~h~ ~t. not Go-d,. 11 ave decided nOfi to ,So'. We' ha;\ftc, [flled. mo bt.: !~ns:.blt'-, !Is tbOtlgl'l we ha'lflC ~r)y pro~f ~.t all d;m't God 'IS sen~~lble-r.ufucr rha u' S~C" i.i the 'ILl niver~f: mJght ]lot hill\tc 8uppor [cd $(rm~ hl.."a lith}\"
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su rdy nut fh.~ ~~'cb~rh~ll~rt1u:rl ~h~~h/b:nchc'fl firi~ nt\s 'i~e~ ~n eart:h who h,avc UJsurnlcd 111 l]S '~he~r ldJf'~S 'of \\rbilt __ ls, se~l iitM~ ~Qr uS Clie~tivity :is Ilot;al~~d nttver has, !been seltsibJc,. Why 'ShouJ.d it bli? Vh,), should "O~ b~? ,1)0 you: s,'liU rhink thC'lit! I some :lDoral
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_\Vba t W!l~ ,re~ll]l Wa!I'ilL(' to d~ is whar we are t~311y I~;ealn tlO do, Wh~n w~~ do whalt w~' 0'1l:c:-.e ~e,'Il1.r Ito do. money oo.;rni'5 ('0 1.:Js,., d e Drs o-pcn .f;"Q,f us, ~rc fecl ~'I£~fyt . and the work We do (eels liJ~e pb:y,ttous.
'We wi] ('.oJ!ldn~JC' to work this week 'with! aUf: ideas surrounding JliIilOrl~y, _ We will see how our jde"~S 3 bQ1J:II~ money (Hh's hr:i:rd I[Q get, You. IlarV1(;tO work k;,ug Iru,Qur-sfor ]'t You need IDO worry about mt.uu:y firs t· ;:iIU~~ ctCadvi,ty second n~ sllapc 'IOU r i~;leas ~i~oUJ [fe1.llJtiV"j ry..
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fol!' those' of l1S who bave bceome O;tnist.kdJy 3'ni(H1;,."'lCricyearl1i'~'1lg to be creacive and f~f!,Ji~hlg to re{.'1d tl1at nt1t()gc:r :in ourscl ~:cs so dl~.t :~C' b~com~ .r.~oJ'1e· andmore focused en Ci1il'_f dC-1ni~, va,nl~n~ ~ u ~]I; :;Jj~d~c;ruJc ~u xlLury ~.aro, go ~ l'Ql1g w~y. Th,c key v."'0,r~ here ~ S _dt:t'#inJUt, BcO} use art .1'$ born in expan s·ion~ j It g be ... bcf ~1lIl ~'t'Illffl,clent; s!11Pl!ly, ilt is c-r-ttical '~b~t we p~n~pcr ourselves
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I:nJl on:i~r to thrive as .~r~JLsts.-and. 'cH~e could 3tJ;1il:C. as. ,p.~ :ph~-we I~ ecd mo be ,ttV~ II :1.bJc: to .the 'Ii],1ilI,vers3] f1JO~. W~~llwe put a ~ro,P!J~r'9'n OU~' cap~GJ ty fO,r.'j>e;f by, anorecrica l~y decUlil i.1tt dl,(,' :5IHa ~ ~ SJ It_s of hfC;, ~~e [~W,1l _ 3. side I he J:3rg€[' g~ft:s: as \¥.r~dJ. These of US~ J i kt' ]lUY arns t fricud., W~l 0 3 re (;nga,g:e.d in ]o,ng cre~ ~'[ii~c worl s wa~ ~I n nd eu rselves ]e,;u:bmIQC OUr souls to ,fin.d : Inages. 1jt!IbUnll~~g 10 pase work, ~o crieks, prncticil1,g orlalJj cr;di moee dl~I'I C'n_i,a,rg~r.lg 01Jl:r are. These of 'U~ 'wl1o hav€ stym i,ed rhe werk fI,Q.cw C0J(J!lpl~n~l y 'wim ffi nd OIU rsdvcs in I ~Vdf~ th at reel bdlrr'~~ amid dc,~u,ild of ilD:t~rCSl: n.~ ~"a:n~r how TI1l1li:iliJ ]l1£'''Hl~n~ less till ngs 'we have fi I led t~~~Jn Wl!EA.
Wh,n gi ltCS ns It:lriL1C joy? T~~3 t i~ the qucS~iliJb :~o 'a,d:: ,conccrn_ lim,g ]u X:I1r-ji'" and mr c~ch Qf us rth(; J:n:~'welr is very di:ff-erenr, For Berenice, rn(; answer is raspberries, rresh raspbcr:rif'i. She ~au,gbs .:1.{ ,~ow iC~$il"f' p]e-a~cd ~he is. F,o',r the '(zO$L of a p~nt of raspberries, she buys lm;c'rse~f ~I'g ~x,perielilcc 01 :[tbUlld3l:1.'~_ $p~il1kled OJ'], cereal. cu! Op_"v~[h 3 pc:·~td'1l~ poured OV~E ~ StqJop. of Tore cream, She can buyh,c~r abundance at the Supcfnl~rk:ct and ,~'~l'Cll get ire q:nh:k [rozet], if she has EO,
'1'·"~n1J;'1 cost $1",,8 to 34·50, dlep-e~liding ..on the SCaJSffll. 131.w;;rys tell myself t:lh~y are eo 0 expenslee.. but: the ~ruth is. [h!~t"s 3 bargain (er.1l wC{:k of ]U!~U!ry, ~t!s less tbilll ,a DIOVl,(;. lC'ss: th~m~ a de)[,]~_ cb~e-seburg~r. J guess it'sjusr more rhan I thoug~t '[ wa~
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Fe;); Alan. 'IllU-S'UC is t~.c great luxury, A 11U11SiJcil3H when he 'was YOt~I'l~g.eri he :ha,d ]ong denied hi) [ns~~.:f the .rlG~!t ~Q :I?~'~~, Li k~ rnes ~ blocked CI-ea:~ ives, he su fT¢f>f.id from :I de.adWy dlH): ,il'~~S t"rc 3_mlioroxia 3'~d ,pride fl1l~ per(ctIEjo~l'isnl. Then:' We re no practice shots for [his pJ.1}'Cl"., He W~~lted I~O be ;art the [op,. and if he COU Id t1~t 'be there he ~/JIO Illldn"t' be ~3Jll,whc'rl£' nea F 11 is beloved l11USJC.
Cre~l[m~e Jl~ving 'requ;rt~ d~'!l_~~~'~·~;;:n.,~, ,Y of f~mlU:. wbid] \"'C 1(:UVC' out I'fH' o~lllrsd\l'I.:S-CVCTIi If .H 50 .fifteen m.Ul!li;lIte~ for qu". 'I'~
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, ~orn i ng pages al~'hl;_ tii!,m};"nn:uun<e nuru ,ntn after work,
CrC~'ti ve I i vi 11 r; rt:qu i res rite J U !(Uiry of sp;rtcc· fos. au uC:~\i'e:s ,t'lI.f,t'~~ if j II \l,fc 111,~,~~ ~,gt." ~:o c2IJrve enr i~ one Slp~C~ al bOQk~hel rand a \'1/1 i ndO'lWii I ~ eh <\c 1S, OUtr'5, ~ M:y s u~dy lIit13~ ,~ ow i'ndmlll ~hc]f of pa:pcr",.'Cm g~us ~1~nJ St:'IM sJrudis.)" RC~ll~lnb er thaJ YOUt ~['t~stis ,a youngster .:ud YO'l'lng:SlC"u Ilkc rllmgs tint are "mine," M'r
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~_)Cs-~gI1'OIt~'l'Ii: a ~,t·\,: [niilligS spc'.ma • ~']Y yours, iI-10l11,e can go !'t
[c,uI; way ~QW3'ro'rJ!l~~ln_g you rc€ll~a,:r:np"r;:n .. ~" ChiffiilOlJltOWll ,:nlr)~where o«~,~$ :l ~:n;:.'unlfu I tc:u:up and saucer fol" ~JJnd~li ti.vt" dol5 lars, Se~ondhand stores of~nlm'lI":e Oril,c-of-a .. kim'M'I china, ~~~UC!h that ~'11113t~ ,:1111 ntlC'rJrlloOU snack a illOt-c creanve expcrf~,ru:(:'_
_. , ~~;~dlJ of what we do mn a e:re3tj'~ n.:(ovcry inay, seem sill}" SII ~ Y ~5 iE d,cftn~c ou r W.C~ IU,~l1 ket :\duh~ US~5 eo sq uelch ou f anist ,('hHd. ll~,~ are 0: sin, as a won] you '~O$\S ae YOl1ltsc]f. Yk~
Cll').;'ativiilty 1:i1V'Cs: in p~'.f~do~: serious " rt is born fr'Ol'lfl :$C,r.i(liIo1iS plat-
COUNT[NG. AN EXEJ~IS'E
For rhe tu;~t week Y<)_lJ,1 will be discovering how you spend yo'Uu H1Dnc1'. 13u y a 5111 aJU _ pocket aotcpad a.nd ~ rilce dO\ivn eve rv' I ~1[e~e1! you ~p~·,mlti. ] l (kJesl1~(. mntec r w lra ~ ~ t is for, how ~iny' the p:~~ OCI~3S(,,! h O'W' ~}CU)f d1JC a m'm;¥O~~jWlt. JJeu" ca sh i:s, still eash.
E.~,dl day~ d,l\fle ~ P;I,[1I;t: and c'OUtlJt------\v'h;a,t you bought-! '~ha~ you spcnl~" where your Il:n,onrjy we n~ wlu::~bcr if was 'o(Jj~ro-
ceries, I u neil j 11 a d i Ilt::rM ~ cab 'ride, s[lib\\I'ay :fa res, OT ~ loaa to
your brother. Bl" meticulous. D.e thoren .•. gh, A~JJd be t!lonjudgmental. This is mill exercise in ~c'I.'-obscn.ji,adolmF-,n'l.lr selfflagcUJlt iO~1.
VO~ lil'tily \iIDn~t to continue '~his practice for.1. full ~:no~uh or ~o;nt;c·r. ml,' w~~ W reach you whiM you value i 11 Ite:nn;~ 0 f you r spend ~ 11 g. Oft-cl'D (JU r spe~~ld~ng d i ffers fr'o:m OJLU· real values, \VG (riner. w. y C'a:s~ on things lI~C don'e drml~ri$h a:Fld deny ourselves rhesc d,ilmg1i we do, Ftll~ UUIl'lI}" of UlS" counting hi: il l]',~c~SsJry prel ude to le~ nil i I ~,g; crca I ive III xu ['jl.
, . rr':y MA DN.ESS~ AN' ,EXFJtC~SE
MON~ ,
I . It. '" '~I"''''''_'''·~.n 111'" 'lr'lih r;:JJSiCS"
Co"'}f C'~CIi!.'" .Uk.'~""" "'" iCl'a·'
ncoll'ili~ \-!I!.!"i,th ntfllHcy an: ---~~~------.~~....___,_ L ,G; iii
M: 'r03'n,C'll!' makes peO-p"]c'------~_~....___,~
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['1'..1 have' mOI"C mnoorcy n,( ~~ ~~~
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4, My dad tll!ol1ghi!tnlOfl!;,Y was: ~_ ........ ~=---=_
I .l" h'a order to' ~~~al!.i1'C more L'1.10n.cYi [~d nG'Cd to .-~--~
,c. W'11C1'JJ [ have lL1l0nC}~, 1. usuall '!J ------~-
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I dlink nr:loncy '=-"~-~---------~ ]1·
I s. ~f l \"e:Jiet{t $10 €h,ea,'p m ~d ~~--------~.
[9. People th~nk 'InOI cy ~--~~------- 2.0'. Belrng 'broke tells me -~~~-------
TASKS -!
t , Natural AbtuJ'Jjd~ulce: Find five pr~~t~f or h1tell'Cs[ing rocks. ] ,enjo.y tbis exercise lP~fdcilild3rl y because reeks
cau be' , ~r.r.h:'d in pockets. J1ng:;cfcd in Iu;~:s.iu!l!&s l;n~t .. hligS" They can be .s;r.n3n ·con,u~uu: r'Cl:nindcrs of OUr ere: dve conSel .. onsness.
.2. N~I[:lIr .. ~! Abundaaec: Pick: fi.vc H~OW'l::fSl or le::a:~€!s. Vou 111 .'it)' "'''''aJ~iU eo P[ICi5S rhese be ~·!i,V{!IC~'] '~ax papeif' J~l d ~a;lV(: rheIn i~~ a book. Ir.,ou did this ~Dl k:inderg~ne.~l., Ith3~'S tin!:, Sonn" of the besr eeeaeive p.lay is dou(; there .. lei YOIU FS:"JI:f do it JgaiLfil.
,. CJC;'II." ing: T~~ FO''IoY'Qll ~ Or gi ve aw,ay £lv,£; fatty .I~:iiccr~ of dorhing ..
4· Crea tion: lBa ke somerh i ng, (~f VOl)] have a su giUf Ill'i@b. lem, make ill, fruit ~abd'.) Creati.\I',i~y do.es 'OCt hiVe to a.h.(.'Iir.:lY~s i nv,C!·h,""1I;' Icaphai.-A art, Vc·ry o.flc~ll, the: act of c->ookrung sowed} i'ng calli he~lp yuu cook :SOQ1c~h ~lI1g 'IJ, ina norher (read vC' mode. Wl1c:n f .. m s tynded as a w rircr, [ rna ke SOUJPSl ~mdp,ics~
j. C'onUlI IlrIill1ica!tion: Send postcards ro five frj{'':llds.
I'~I~S:iS :DlG~.aJ goodJ~{two-.sbocs. exercise. s.c~:ad. to pE."iOpie ~ro1J:1 \~OU ~ dl(l}ul" to In:.".aJm:- ru;"o:~n.
1 .. Reread lhe lla.sic Principles, (Sec' [page jI..) .00 tbi:s once daHy; lk.a.([ ~n Artist's Praycr ......... Yc)'llJl.".s (rom Week POUl' Qr mine on pa~cs :107-.201L Do this OIlCJ!.: da.iJ·~
8.. Clean ITiIlg~ .A~1lY 1'1:~W. eli all ges :i n you.r home envi ren:mel'mt'~ .lIt1.~le some,
9~ Aeeep UUlCC: AillJ new How in YOUI[' U:Ii!? Practice S11:)~ .... ing yes to ff1c~bies.
10. Prosperity: .A~ly ,dungcs ]l!l yourhllllanda.1 sieu: tion Of }1''OlJ r p erspect i ve Olrll i[~? A 11 Y nel{~ve.n C'r~lz'yideas .about what you wOlID~!d love do.in·g? P\1JJJU illli1tges around dl]S and add rIO y>Olur'hrnagc file',
C'HECK-!N
r. Hew 11:\113ny days this 'Week did you do your :mOr-b~~ . p3g'CS? (I. .ave ·o.1!.]J used tlhtCl11tl Y"·f ~O' ~hink about (re-
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Re ·~'c·" .ove . ri n .... g..... a
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Sense of Connection
T~lC abi I'i'~y '~O ~,~s,[en is 3 skill "liMe :1 re hO]l:Iiiug wi,dl bnth OU!r llliIornillll 'pag;cSi .l11;d our. ~rd~f d~ltts. T~IM! P""[g,c.s U:~'~J1rn, us ~JO b~ar P3lst our CCDlS~.f •• Tbe .U~l:!'j;t ~:lt,cs hckl~ tJ,~ ~o plek up the voi~e of inspift1,liolml. WJ(~dc bod, c( I hcse a~tlvJ'ues ,1\,((: appil,r,en[l}~ ltJU1- ,"Gune C,bed t,C; the tJ;( nma I aC[ of m.31hn g, .af'~" they ~rri.: c ideal ~~
the crest htt; P I'to(e-ss,
.11 U '~5 aflot aJbour thiID king so rnethi n:g up. It l~ about: [b~
(DP'~o::d,u,---gd,ling ~o]ncrth:i'l1t down, The "hr.,~clt~.,on$i, are im-
pOfir.aallt here.
. If we arc t[y~f:lJg (0, ,Il.i,~k sCl<u,r.J·t"J,i~lf UIJ! W(!: ~oc su:,._ining ro
reach for sO$l~c~bin~ that's just 'beyond QUi[" l,fM'iJ, .'L~.~p l~IlCt'IC, in the sm ,[QSphere" where a'rt liv~s on hiG;.ll •• ' ."i'
Wll,CI1 we J{et somf]rl,J,i~i9 (ItmU~'iIl" the re rs no sU'3~n. \XfCN not d"olI1g; we're g,cttdl1~,. SQ'IUC!(Hl!C or something else i~ doinG rhe ao·] UI !J; J n slcmJd 0 r reach rumlg. f~lr' ~ltiI1vcntioFtl s, we are enti'l,~ed m 11
~ iSID!: ~~ i Ilg.
WhC.Ul an actor is in the momeet, he cr she is cng~g~d h~
:IIiSfJcning 1\'01 the lr:LC~~ right rllillg creatively. When JJ p:l1nlt;r is. p~i'~nlhllg1 he or she may begin with ,;) plan, but dmi' t plan is scon
W'E'·E",'K:,
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Wc 1iI11f11.l1;u,I'II. week tto d~c pr~c:[i~ or
n.gh ~ ~U;,tyd r.:~ ror en. .... ~ ~ ~ v; ty. "[h~ ~mph. Sl'S h on YOlllr rccr.:puvc J''i. !J;1 c:!,t as active skills, The: c~:s.ay~, t:NCll'iCi",.:s, J3Jto t3-3k.S ~i hlii .n exC:!I:v:Utn g a ... t::.~ ... @f g~uII.] i'll,1j;" (Tt".U iY~ ilrnCrc.~I. :l'tI; YOlI1COI1lJIlIt:'(l wi~ll YOlJn persona]
dn.::l TlS.
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s~U'rrend,cr1'd to r~u: p'ili.llf'm:ugS O~~n plan, This ,is olh,;i1'CX1hp -l.
-- - m 'J .. "[11 !f""I..S8(l1Jl
:IS "The brush [;rIkcs [JJ~.t! nexe Stro.KIC. I:~~ da'ncc., ~iI'! ;e:-r'"'ln ...... c. "11f'. .
A.f~ ~s .1 n ;:1C~ of .' ~'~:fi~i~lg i~'n, :'Jj,tl d d 1'\0 ppm !1:1J dOW~ii the we~!.1 . " as d~~!l)'l!.gJI ;'!ill [Joe :sto:r,ic!i, p.:dnrillg~ t~I~'l!.fl'hir, pcrr'G:rnid:~'lCC:i i~'b r~hl: "!.'ll'QrJ d ,I i V(' j usr t'I~Ui'Cll: [Jb e S~l'Ii'L'IC-C ef C-~I r n or I[JJ 1<1 I, ,cous:do Ul.$I1CSS ~ikl.' arlt Llndcrg,rcl1~iIi~d' dVfr. ~hey nOo. ~hrolillgl, us; alSa ,srrca.lrn or Idc:ilS thae We c:m tJ'p dcn.~f.fl mro, As ifflt:l!Hs .• we drQP dO\'lI/j1 til
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"O\rel i HU;O b,mc Sit ['IC .111. We 'R·~if \V'M1~t :S' 'Oi\\y II lhclic a~}d we:ilCl (II !
./,,,,,, I 11>1., ; '., .. , " K'.i",~ "s. jl: -".' ~n' like t"dki ng dicl3.[ ion rhan an yIn iug !iane)! 1Ia, oj!ll! [~ do "!.VI ~f1 arr,
A fr.iend ,of m i l'a eo is a -SJl;nIpe.rb U I m:n\,l d i.relLlt~lr wiu), is k'rJJQiW~i fOf ]ll~S. met iCll.lo~~!,. pll1l~ n ~ l~lS"~ A ~'II,(j' yTc'r he often ;sho(!)rs IUQSl bri.l~ li::mdy (i;om rhe sea l of his pa nrs, q uick I'y gr,a.bh]~i'JJt 3 S~ et tl~m CChlCS to. hi nil. as he works.
Tlu:.~c 1l1()i1l(;-l'lIlS of die-air :illspirat~on requir.e It'Itit \.VC'm'DO'!J.'C hnQ dlCJ1J] on faith. We can practice :t~'lJ~C snl~]] ,Ii::'.aps o( rai'~:h dal~Y in OJll pages ~tfJd on '~ur ~lrti:St d~k:s, W.C ('an ,k\llrll not oM,I;, ~o 11~I~n b ~I~ aJs? eo hear ~~_I ~th ~ n~lt'~s.1 i'~cS: ,3CC,1l.l ri'!l,'C,: d~Jt 'in~pi red, unU~UV{· ''lI'Q~C~ fl~;;n-:say':$; , 'D\{uJus! [ry dHS~ sa,,), rh]s. . . ,,'I~'
f\1 00 r. 'vf'~wrs b ~V(; had the ex p'Cri£~~,cc of catch i ~.a () POCJlU or a pa'r-agrnph or l[ 1!:¥O of ro'l'nJicd w]"j ri us. We cnnsi del' these finds flO, be sma]] miracles. Wh,al,t we f~j~! to realize is th:u t:~'e'\1' a IiC-, ilflJ f:ic(:, cl1,c; 11 orm, \Y/.C ~'re the ~,ns I [un1!C]~t mere t:h'tlJll the ::ttt~ rfu:orof,oul' work.
M khd3llgt'k', i rs s~rid ~Q h.1V~ rem3,rkcrl that ~'H: 1iC~,t81 sr,.~d D~lI'id _ {rom .tln: m a:rb:'~ :M,ock l~;~ (G'U nd hi en in, i 'The J~~Jilll[ ~ ng has ~ i I (c of ]M own. r _l ry to let ~f. C"CHIii,C threu r:h ,I ~ sa:id jaeksQII1I Pollock, WUlu::n ] tcachscr:r:'C'I'l!wdti~ljg; J fi:nl~od Illy' studCJfUS ~haf their 1110Vie a,l'ready CXiiU in :irts cndrc'ty. Their job is ee listell fu,r it. wau:h -it. \vi'[h them, mind's cY'c" and wriee it dC\V~ll.
The Sanae n~:)y ill:' srud of ~U .. rt, lf PiIJ:iuring and ;SClDip'Ulr-e-s l"I.1''ai t (or U$" [~:'"-'Il SiOfl,::;lilt"as \\"~ilt (oJ!" :t;IS! bo oks, p~la:r.~, a:nti pbcnl S ~,,,,'a it for LlS~ roc. Our jeb is Sl nID,]'), '~Q g~1t Ithtln d O"!ivn. To. do dl ~~. 'We drop down the w(,'lll
S 0'1'111,(; pt.:ople' fnnd i I 'C3S1CF 1'0 picture the s Urea In of inspiration as being Iikc radio W~JVC$ of all serrs being broadcl'i,S,[ alt aU rimes,
Jnstt'a,d of crcati~Ji rJfC-dy alld ,aJlj~O''iM'iilg errors to reveal Ith ...
~' .. h 11- • ..r • . ;~ r:tfl-
S~I ves ~I:lt'l"ra,s ms~g . e _" '\~~~' 'km~, gc~t In, rc~ :I!n gel1ri?C the' det~i Is
rJgll~, We COIT~Ct o_1Jr. (}n!~'~31HYu:,,[O a. ~.!I1&ror.n~.mty that lack~,
p. SSfJOn tul1d spOnt311cny. Do fll.1D11 fe .. ir f1rnJu;:u,kil;,".s;' MiJes: f)~\:l!'
Id ""YI - -- .. ~ , J$
~o J - Ll:5:, lerc are ll]OI'aC.
The ,pcr(c('tio:rJI].!S~ :fi.xcs OfJC' line o( a poem over JI:lld Ol~er-. un l i I no J~~lll.:.s arr1!. r-i.ch r, The .pe'r(ect,m'~n ist It(~d r~~s ~hof; eh:in Hile on ;J p'o.rrr~n ~]nllj Ehtli: paper i['.(!'o1TS. TIle' p~rfeCtl.OJllSt \1!.f.rites So Ilia 11)· verstens o~ 5c~n e on~ [ha t S~C' n,ever SClS tp dfi..~ rest of the pia',. T~l.· p[',rkcno[1'ltst wr-J]Tt:es~ .pa~~,u~, ere I~~S wizh one eye on ~'C.f. OJ udm~nce. bl:S [.('II,d of ·ef.lj'oyll~g ,d~~. process, ~he perfect iOlll st 'IS conseaerly SJradmg the results,
Th~ pelrfcc~joni$ t has n tii rried the logic s~d~ of '~I.e b.ra~ n The critic reigns SfI.prca:lI!iI:.e' in rhe lPerfuc~"!onw~i,l".s crca,ti've hQI:I's~ ho]d'. A. bri iIi JwU dcscrip rive prose passa g;c ~~ cr:iltiq lied wil~h:a l\Vh;ii~C"-glD"','e ~ppI~adl: ~'iW/mn~ \V,hiU abO'Ult d:ds e'{Hn.q1a~ Is tllms
how you spell . .~,.
for the p~r(~ctiolmJjs.~. rh ere are I'~ 0 "ti rst driiiJ.(ts.. ~rDlJ11gh sketches, wa rrn-up exercises. Every du,:fr ~s meant t.o be £lim 11]
t': • "
per ilC.or. S~II n stoae,
Mi.dw.{l.)' darOl'lgh .ili ,p!"'Qjccr. ~he pc.r(c~tiot.Jlist: docidlt:~ to
read it AU over .. outline i~ .. see where ~es.goiL1I.g. .
And where is- ir g(),ing? N(VI;\Vhco;" very fast
The pcr.k=!I;Ciom:ml]st:is !t1reve]t\S~tisfl~d.. The perfeetionist ne\\'Cr
i °Tl· . ~ .JI '1' h ~ k] 111'1 • 1!. -
S. ys, . liS 15. pretty gOOU. JI I[ .lllllJl'. . I J1l:~S[ j{eep gOhlg. ,,'
To ~he pc~r[-ect3,ol1 bi t, there is; a h~ays fa OrJ1I for. ~nlp,rp\l'~ .1?eIU', 'f~e p~rf(:c,~ion:ist calls rhis hrtlln:il!t'y" .In :l'iea,lity,. ]t is ~GDusm, If rs prJdc (hal' ]nakes~s 'W.ant ~Q Wnllte a pcrfecr s1(:rint
• s: " .f!". t"i
pallu a pertecr 'pamn[JI~ peno,nl1 it PCt.!b;l audirion mOh~
legue,
Pcr(~"ti0I1~5,nl is not a qu'C$~ ~hr tJle best. It is a pursulr of [he worst in eurselves, the pan rhar ·~€'nls us that f:liolthilrlg \\l'e do w~i II ~''IICi4 be goad el J oU,gJl-rh~( we SR01a1:M try ,agalin.
No. '\Ve S'~.OUl~ d f1~O(~
•• A p3l~lrlId riG i.s t1il.:'v~r fi nished. ~It si ~ npJy s ~ops in inU:!.Irt~$ tiling
J' .• ~.. I 111 I.r-· . ..!II A L. k i .
943('("$, smc r au ua:r-Yl1cr.. '. 1lJ;O(l!··. IS never lin:ish.cd. But.IJ t a.
'C.li'l:)~" .poil:'i.t y,QU st'OljJ \~rhin.g jt and go on Ito ehe nC,Xt thl~u[]g. A film is never CIU ,Pcrfcctiy. bur ar ,3 eorrain POlCit yo~ ~et g01 and call it done .. That is, 3 nO[1113.1 pa.('l~ of cn:ath\,jtY_;]~tEing go. 'We .11 ways do d'Jj~ best l~a,t we can b, the Ilghtw:c;- h ave to &eJ;' by.
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u"t. e tm~~'t/' (,jfflF/MI; ~J~ tthrl ~mlr "'fI1l~'tmJ ''I imo d ((UPJ~ JJ~IfJr{ilp! t~Mi i1"Mif)P"J..~'lt ~~I ('J'! ~1I ,un" t;«it1'tl.l ~.h~IIt1'.f"$. • • • JiJkr d ,-i~k d th~UIl' 1[, ~all ,Of heM SJTllt;,r ~1~dr Ill}ill md~f! ~u
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mil t ~JIl: 1l!L'U~V JC R~~nlQ n:ndf~" 'boxer j:~~e L~, Mou::i"s :m~ll~gerbrotll,,~r !!X'p]~H1S to bun 'wh'y ~ilI,C~ sho\31 ~ sb~-d SiOlnc w~'i'ght nd '~,I''iht all u n Ic;u~crwn Oppo:L1.c,-:n~. A frEe;: r ~~~,II~'tncaw S piilo!llbat k'aVC5
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La MoU('L ~,a nee, ]:~~ CO'llir;:','Il1~!~:s,. ~O. ,1)), u, tr you win, yon
,. 'It' is at WiI.,':) diL~!tway ~..!ith raking risks,
'fo put 1ft differently: 1I"Cr..y Qrtcn a ?!S.k is, worth 'L'a;ld~f!: srm-
. ,"'V1 for rhe .:531c of taking U .• There 1'5' so.,mcdDil1 . enlb ... c'tlr~n' .
f .... - Jt".oJ Co; ••
,;]bOL'lit c.xp:!!ind'ing O'luliJi, se 1[=~e,!iJnul"o,n,. ill1~ :lI. risk does e.:t!3.ctly
[Jl;'lIt', sc!ecting, a cbaUcnlgc and :t11JfCnn'g u creau~s 3 sense at s;e]I{~:(:Im, P o,\W'crll'l,eID!it tj~3't b ~C:O~CS 'nh,~ '~;roui'ld f.or fu rther S'L!lLC'= ces~flJ.j,1 c:h,31!.cm:~cs" VilC"Io\.rcd. ~h.nj w~'Y~ nJ,nn~llllg ;;'IJ maradson jl1~ cn;~.Scs Y'OlL1rn:O ICh31~,OCS of w~I't'l'ng a fil1~,L-,i~ n;gth phv!f" Writing a f~ I~I~ J:ljg[ h 'p~~Y gives Y01l:1 a leg mp on ~ marathon,
COl'iJmJplett: ehe foHo'II'~I:n!g senecnee, ;~H" 1 didn~t have to do i~
r. St:n;}(:f~!~:ap C'O:JilfJiooy. 2. Modern d3ndwlg,
;,. Wb:il~ICWt:1J~er Ia:ft~nl' 4, .AK·lIJ.cry.
j. L~Jn~i~f:!lg GCII1~an, 6., Fjgu re dra\v jH~,
"7. Fj.~lUC ~ka.ti Ilg.
8'. Being a platinum bJOtld", 9. P1taIPpC'I:Cl:Ti.fr~g.
~ 0, TrJ peze,
I' i' • Wa U.'l' b~dJ.et ,I,Z. Polo.
w. 3, Wca [']til'lrg red ]:il)S,t kk . [4· T~ki ng a Co.'~l:U~lre class, J ,'. Wirjti~ g short sro;rric&~
Id. RC3d~]]g my poetry if]]. publie,
,I? il s.pOli1~all"il,COO'S reopical V.'U:~ ~ion. ~ S . Learn i I1g to shoot vidoQ,
~~" Leaming to ridea bikJc·.
2;0. T~J:d n,S ~ wa'ttcrcok~,.r dl::.ss..
JEALO'USY
Jealou's:y. ]~ ~lfttel!,~.e;n:.(I7 is a :n.~rl'n.3] htulI]'~ltl ~~:rmm.?ri~"~" 'When 1 he:.u that. I ~bnlk, Maybe yon rJea.I'Qus'--1l0~ rm ne.
M,}\,' jea h'Hl$~y ~,~.rs i~l d'~~' head, dglitens the chest, mas-sages, Jil1liy $.w:mach Uming wi,'rb a. eold :6st as iot searches OUt [he bcsr glilp'. I have I.~,n.! rC'~'rd("d )e~~ousy a S ]llY 'g;:n:.l:rc;st ... veaknCS~. 011 [y recenrly have] seen u for the lOll,gh-lov~ fd<:TfI.d that
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§caklillSY hi ~. nl1llJp. E~ch of Q.1,l!iil" j,~(I.1(Ul$y· map~ d~ff(;r.s;" Each
of us wHI, probably be- surprised by some of the lhi~gs '(,,/ile discovet' IO:1ll our O'\.VI'ill. I.. fQr example, h:il.vc: ilCVC1i been eaten alivt 'with re'SC.ml'tmeOil: overthe success of women ml,o'iitdists. DUl I ~,ook an u nh.ealthy lIJIJl'C'[lcst ,j n ,the fertunes ~1Jld rn a sfertunes of wO]1ro.CI1 phryw1"ighl~s" I was dlcir haeshesr cd tic, u~lt~l ru wrese
]:B1Y ·first play.. _
Witll ~'ha.t .:J·cdo·n! l1lL}I" jenlOll1s'\I'3~dsh.cd; replaced by 3, fee~=
~~jg of ,a~;~~arn{lcr1iC. My jCaJlo1L1SY had actuttl.ly been 3, ~iDask fQf ITI)' ,fear' of doing something ] reii ]]y w.au,~cd [0 do bu~ ~~s not }~et brilllV4: enough to take :Ji,tio~:l toward.
Jc?~lou!iy is ill'ways a mask tor '~3r. fC3;1L" dut '\\tC area r .lble Ito
YO,UHf j;~]cnjsy map will have dl~CC_ columns, ln 'r.hc first 001- umn, name rhose tvbom yO'U_ 3 re J~alou s err. Nexe to each I~'"
• '1'rii'.!1 "e: . .11 ,~<I,ll1e
Will"I ~C' W~Jl~. ~e as :!:i,p~eJIlUC ana ::ICCll raf'~C as you C~!Iii!l. In l:~,c ~'~ i:tr(i
t:oh.un n, ]~$~' o~~,e 3CU0l1 )'Cll ~@j~] ute:." to .'mOV," tow,a,[:(1 C1Tea,tl.\r¢ :rlsk and. out o:fJeaknls~~.
W]u,t:nj("a~,oys:y bites, like a smlkc_b~tc it rcqui.lt':e5 an i1111111e-dille antido[-c. Om:1 .p~pcr~, make 101lujca~loIl.1l~~r nflap.
AC't~ON ,A.NT] DOOlE
Fix spare room
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My slsrer Libby'
WHY
SI~H: has a real ::I rt studio
W!rites good cetme Try wr~kilm'lg: one novels.
AnncSexn:m
Publish my hnlg~ h03'llded poems
EvI"]] tile b.igg,cs~ Ch3JngCS begin '\'vit~l small 'ones" G~c.cn is the color Qrjt"3]~~S.y., bur it iiS,c3lso rh~' color or hope, When yOlla ~car:o W harness n's fierce ~nergy 011 '_OU r OWn beh B~:t jea ]O;l~rSiy I ' pan of [~,C [~mC'1 tio~va.m, a greene']' and 111(H'C verdant ftuy,r,r;,
'{;i;;:milp]e te tbese phrases.
As ~ kid, ~. missed th.'~ chana to _~ __ --=_~_ L
a. As a kid! W hJjck~d ---~~=---- ............ ~=
3. As, a k3d, 1 o0111d have us.ed,_=---.,_ ~~_
4. As 3 kid, I ,d.r~ant~ed 'orbeing,o_~""""",_~~~~ j. As a krG.!. ~ wanted 3 ~~--= ............ ~-~~~~
6. In rnilill.y l'u).rums;~~ we never had e:no.ug~ ~~-~~_
7. A$3,kid~ m ueeded mcee __ ~~_~_~_~_
8. rn ,am $OIr}' ehat 1. will never ~gain $ce~ __ ............ ~_ '9. FOil ye~-u~, I 11 ave 'missed 3f.IJd wlOncleroo ~boul~ -~_
[,0. [beat myself 1l1p albou[ th,e 10'$ ef --~=-==~
h is i'll1.po.r:t8Jnt 'to ackno-wlcdg,c cur 'pos.idve hl"l.l'eWlo.fY' as wen as our S:ho:rtf:!Jru]s" Take positiv,e .stock 'Of wlldit BOndyo'!i.l have IQ build on in, the present.
Pinis,h these phrases,
~. lh,'a[vea lo.y~W friend iIJlJ __ ~=~~~~ _
1. Oll!~ flli~ilJg[ like abour ~~,y I[own JS ----~~~
3. [drink ['Inve nic-e ~~~---~==~~=
4. :l/ricin;g, ~uy ~llor=l ing P\!I,ges has shown me [,nfi_,.
j. I am f3kiu:g, a, greater ;n~e'fesr. in ------~=
II-an~ IIIi! i,li!' i!II jot oj Jlt'Apt!U J~r r~~'t'Pli'. ThltJlr ,I~ Rt'~ff~i('. I, J Iwl:i'dll Y"'JIIl d'o WI'II:~ Ii .r~fill (0011""1.
6. ,I bt,hcv,t: l am geuing better', ,t~""'""'"- --.. __
7. My' d;~i~ ~ ~s. ;aa fwd eo pllI:Y more 3UcntJ:OiIJi eo ---..,
s" Mf'~~~1 (~ea I''C' is ---- -=--..... ~ __
9,. ~ fe~:d mQ'N---_~ ......_ ~
~fr~' t I" irJ YOJif)"'i)if; r.'I~'''''' ~l(',~IU~p· •
'lI'flr~ iJ'1t' ofinl_ (fly ,f}'rPft" Ill< W·.J/c r 0.. !~nS!si bl;l. my cl"'cadvl ry is ~-- ~ --=-
,'fib'" fi)H t'rt" lt~rm'J.t!l r(lli,cl'rr."tfl'.
CLAUU'llAl, 131 ,\\';K TASKS
I, Make daf,s phrase ~ mantra; nC-dl'i!l~ myself Ukt" (I' ft. (i~nJ. f)'yai ,~'P',!'U J!u'<IlIk-e tilt" J.fr(j/i'B- Wia'~c:foo,liof Qr Cn;1i\\ p, ~
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cal.hgl,;,a,pfi, l~llS p rrase, I:""'~S.[ ill ,~~'.I:u:,"re you 'w'Hl s .,
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d3i'1 'i.!'. "we len .... ro :t'u'un~ ~eml~~bg _1.a::r~ On oltl:r-SC~VC:S: \Vm
make US stmn~" BtU n ts dliL:ii:'IS~]Ir.Qg oUfs(',I''!.I'cS rh:u d ves US:5 rengeh.
2. Glvc 'LfI[1iUr5,{,.·~f rime out to listen EO one side of ':II, _.1
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bum, j usr ~or joy. Yenl Jna:~ 'wan t to doodle as yOl:~ Ji!-
ten, a llowi ng~,t:),'nn~.] f ro dlm--,aw f~le s,ll.1pes. !f:clno:t~Q1lIs. 't"1'HJlJ;lglns :yo~ ~lCaJ:[I" ilnlrre musir, N(:H'i(c ~l'OW jusr t ",'Men I j-" i'mmJ Inn ees can refresh you, Lea rn to talc thcs!: wi n i-art isr date-s ro bn;,:l!lk s ~:rc5i.s ilm~l:d til i ~ow ]m~~'sigh t',
j. Take 'Y01L1J~$df illnto 3 sacred space-s-a church~ SY,ti ..
Jgogue, library; grove' Dftre~s~:(jJmcl O1Jlo1!i1/! yourself to savor the s~J!e'l1ce and, h,(;aJ~ng SO~iltudo.Eit(h (Df us
, I ~ . .>II . f' ~ . ~ ,
hJS a personal J(.!lC'R 0: '!jilll~ ~ @lIt S3Cl'C{1 space llS._ Fo{1l' 1111<1:;' • .iii
1.'1 rge dock s OOr~ or a Gre~rt aqu 3l:rhun SU},r~ CiUl, en~~ Hl,cr a SCTu_""e of ~i UU;]I;SS wonder. E~x p¢rimcnt
4, Create Que won:de.r{u[ sn:aell iilltl your hOl'SC~\vith soup, incense, fir branches, ca!llldlcs~'whaJt(;:vet"
j.We~r your fa\fOrire item ef clodlil~g f.oF no special eeC3Smn.
6. n lIi!'y your-sci f 'OI'H!' ur,onder rtd pair of socks, one \~1111= clef fiJ i p'aa r of glO~CS=-Q.]1C \ixron,k~rfu I ~ Y rolll foni,l]g. sd'£:lovi ng' son:l~fhing"
1. Go]]arg,c; eo~!wcct '' stack of t h!ast ten nu gazinc~. ,Y:~JdiIJ you win allow you,ndf to ff1cdly dismembt:L S[:'tdl1$ a tWCl1ry-mJJlrJll..!.lC dtnc :i'inli,[ fO,f YOIlOelr., [C,a'r' (I i u:r;illt]y) rh fOllgh the ~ag:az~!~cs'I' c@~lll"ct i:a1Il(; a'!l1iJY i m .. ages. th.u reOe't!: }~o.l'I,r ~,ifc 0.,[ une re sts, TJrn.~iI1 It of thl$ ~@U .. ~· as ~ fonn of 'piel-or-i:d IUHobi(l'graph,. [ndud~ y01l:l'r pils r, prcsc Dn:. (~U[l re, 9:lllId y,dirl~1r dream'5, I t is ok.~y to include ]nng\cs 'Y1(JU s;~ID'Ply like, :Kc.:e, ~ulH'Ilt~ nn~:~] you have- a gQod Stac'k, of 'ima:ges (3« ]c:ast rwen ty). ,- ow eake a sheet OIf mu~wspapc r, a sta.pler. er SO!fiIIle. ~apc or :giuC', ~ud 3irr.aJ'i~c' j"O"1Jm1J:' ilna,gcs. in i'II '~il,' [1131 pleases Y'01.1. (This is Om,c',!O f iiliili)' studen ~S· fa-voti Ie C~jf'c rei ~C$.)I
l.\~iI:'~1 },,,u Jidrl,ill pgipuin;!. it 'I ~il1'mfwllQ'r Ctmrid~ }'o~j. A r Ih ' tOPJ."IISr!:lIll, )'flu firf'" to mlOl,rr" l~~~dt' lIn' p. inlrP1..i
8,. Quick],. Us[' fl\'C favoriee :f.1 ms. Do you see ~ny 'CO~i!l ~ 1110];1 dcno(lniJ!mnoJ!!,S among the lttl ? PH',e; tlley re- 11'HLI'iI.'b'tZS. advenrures, period p,;iC'oes" 'polki.c:.l dr,~,m~. f~ltli1y epics, thrillers? Do you Si~C traces of your cinematic ehemcs hl yOl~r. ('oU~ge?
9. N3.~~e Y01J.'I'r f.:!vorJ.tlc topics f;itIi 'read .ah'lu[: cornpaeaI ivc n~l,ill~CUi]" m1l1Q'v:k's:, E SP~ physics. r2l1§!~rbo,.['ic]les., betrary:a], love tdtl'l1l,g~,c.s;~ s<::l.cntn,tl(' breakthroughs, ltpO:rl'ii .. • '" Art· these eepks in you r c,oU3Jge?
Gi Vie ybur collage 3 place 0 f honor. Ellen a secrer pb,C(' of honor is ilIJ]l, righ,t:~i~l your closet, i~1J 3J driwilH'~, anywhere 'tl1Ji3.t IS )''Qum:'& YO'1J.1may "MalJi1lJl 10 do a nl:\l11 Olf]C' c:ve.lI"f fe\lII months, or ,cQ]13gr 'b''nore l\1LO'r-onghl'¥ :ii dream you arc tr'yiamg 1('0 accn]1Il1J'p.lish.
so,
I ; Ho\\1' many days. [11 is '\v,l:ck. did Y'O''l1 do YOiUII" morning p.l,g.rt~,? Have '~1l,1 al,k)\v~d r~~l'[I"gcl( IQ dJ~dn::a~n J f:, .. r creative dsks,? Arc yOlklJ ecddling your arnst child wirh d'il~]dfuQ.ocllo\fes~
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]i,lli w{,~~ "= ti'ic klcs .111 ether ru·~ or c rc~ ti ve b~QCk~ time. 'Viou will 1.:'%\. !()I'C l~n~ way m
wh ich you )).,.,(:' lJ'ted you r I~~'I; KelP r i I ~n
time: t!o prcciwdc kmg .:.r~d\"~ fi~k~, ~[lU wi!! ide nl i f~f iWJI1 media'~'J! a~d pWiLruC':"lI
rh m g('~ yc.)U It;! n
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i U Ilh =ll ma)· 'h:a~',:: enceu il"3£.t'd },(nm ro oj, .( d to: .011" far 11.:5':; ~h:m}' .u dt'si [C' Head '1,'4:1 '~
~ecoverlng a Sense of Strength
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o.~ Ill. 0.11 'II II B J\'UJS'f .tii ffiocu! e task s .~illl a rt i Sit m [1M face i~ ill, pr,;,m ~I O~lt:· artisde sU'lfll'·i~31. All ardsts ITI'U!it learn '~hC' aJ I~ of MllfVivin!; loss: loss .o.r 1101~C. loss of tB.C:" ~ioss 0.( J']l~n{!y. l,OM of sedrD(!Hef .. 1 n <Ild,d uron ·0 ot'l'r :111 ~I'illy g, ]lmIS" we ~n C'Y naMy '~lI'rr(:'r t'hcs.'l" losses h1i all ards·tic carDer. Tb~:y are the hasards of lbl: 1['0 d and, in 1m Pill 'Y· waf~. in ~i'Gnp6,'l'tS" Artisric losses c~m~ be turned .nl~O ,artbt ic ga i ns and stJrclr~g'ths~but 11 ot in ''I'~ e i hob t ion of the be-
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A 5 menta l-hC'~~ [b ,cx:pcru :1 f'~ itp:dc'k 10 poi ni ~'U~ ,. 111 or-de r ~c JlIIOlJ.t; dl['O,ughl loss and bt..'yond j[~ 'W'C mrn~U!'i,t acklDowk-dgc it a~d share! :ilt. H,CCi'UUC aFli~dc ~.OS~~!l:S a,re scldem openly ~u:knoiWlcdgt'd or mourned, dllll:'Y bceeme 3r~~,~,~ic sea t~SS1iJl:t that blocks; art isric gro·\l.~'[ h. Deemed to 0, 'pa in fu 1 j too sil Iy, to 0, h um i I lalt· fII, • ~Q :;11. rc and 5'0' to heal, dw, become. i:nSlC. d, ~l:crt-~[ losses.
1:( auist·i:c creations ar~ our bniLilnch'lld'fLcn", artisrir losses 3r~ O"~g r men i sea r Iii ~gc~- 'w,oa;mcn OHC'I'D suffer ec n"ibl 'f:~ ;w~~d ~ fI VJ'~dl1". from ~o~ing i'IJ chil]d who dOt;Sn~l'CofllIlJC eo eerm, And .1S uti~t~, WI: ~~:lIWcr u:rit'"i'bh: ]a·~s.c~ when he beok tiot':. n't scl], the fllm
'1'i:lki,~ 'd IlrU' :tltfll mft!ji~j.f rl ~WU' rp{lM is U;ird.I p;e"pt _lr:M
I~ h~l~ bC~li'l' nl,' peri~o:lI's priv~'!cge ~iV,e [he p~SI Gt!ca,dl.: 'Ull Um1clJ~i!'t3ke w~chi'n~ ~o.~,a:y.s ml~o the ~r,ov~s of:1!C'm.dt:lni~, h is m'V ~~pcrLe;IlI(;e ;IS ,j] 'lifUUlllli'llg arust that nna~ry a!!tJd~lI'nies 3lIic dU;3f11'Ji.\:I'I;'C;S JJf[ I~jltic beimrlg~ . w~'r'o, ~ne dCc:p]i~' fr~'If~ tT31~~~, b}, ~~~ I.:'i r i~l ~bll it j' to C~JJtc. ... killed In l:tllt:el.leuuid d'S(O~rsCI dhn:;J,llccd by [th. e ilh'wellt~ctmd sk~~lt fro11n rl~clr oWU C~erlf~Ve '~Ir:g~llf!IllS:. ther orten [ij,fI1icl1 dl~ cre.,H~\ it! ofrh~l,lr char C$ ,d,ccply dnaurbin ~
lD'CYOlrd as they 3 re f.() [he .' d~,o].n=1 y i1,PPl"C'ci,(I rion 0 r art li110S( ;:],(3dcmndcs f!'l!,~ Itb~ be~~t i nrim id~'~~ng when '"iewcd fi rSl: hrHUI. G~'t~Vf,;-'wllil't'llm~_ pn)g,r<'l,I~S !CJIrrd. to :b~ !t'tpli.'d~d '\'1II:ut1m,jLJs,.. ri{],oo $uspl~'r~ll: dl~~'p('opl ~ ,t]·[\;'Cl t studY:~a!~!: 'cr.('~ i '" i,~y. dleyr.t: :!lcna:dJry p~cn,~n;g D,t~ ~h:Q k~~ow8: where tb~1 'c;oQ~~ltl 'I~ad~
i' ~1lllru d,ml'fikmg pa,rll(ul,;),dy of a fi~tn-dcp, runcnr chai'f or n,.' acq~;~':I!l~nt'Jn(."C. ;]j ~m:~@d ,[i:l:nunaker ~f1110 for many }'elfS ~d b~cn l'I'n~bl!,; Or unwilling ~JQ, expose 11J~sclf to [h~ rigers and d~SJ~pO~lfun'H:llts of. ~ft.'lning. _ C~1[jdi!;~II:U:::]]~g his ferocious, crc= :i.l~hfe urges irree ~hlt lives ~)~ his stlld!._"llt:s~ he :Jl[ten13'~t~Ly O-w:rltontro~~,l;.:d and 11 udercur dru.:'u'" best c1ldcavots, :s:t"e~bug [0, 'Ij.~icar~ ~ol'l:dy fuH~J'1 ,Of jt]st~fy his own: IJcsirioin on du: side I 'itl C:5>.
As, much 3$ [ ~a'n'ted to. dis_l:ike this rn~I~--...and [ c~I~~inl~r disUkc.;cl b]s bdlav~"QIS:~] found myself l'lnab!,c to r-cgard hi['in without cempasslon •. Iis, O'W~-:J[ rhwiu·"tl;d cT~.ti,Y~ly. so lurniUiOll,S in his carly fi1flrlS! l1~d darkened [0 sh{!J,dc\\' Ilrnl' hh 0\l":U1J lifualll,d then rhe ]:iVC5 'orfhis srudents, In [he tLfUCS~ sense, he was :J (rci3it;'I;I'il~ llliIJ~'i1 ster,
rnll[)Ook ~f~~()r:C' yea rs :'w:illi more teach ins rOI" I1'lH: 'tto r-e-a Ii ze da ~ t 3':I~i.!I1'ilt\ harboes a f:ar :OIC'fC suibdc and dcad~y foe re the CJm .. ,;}(ive spi:i'rmt. O~tdght hostir]il'y. :lfter an. C:tm,;L b ~~iIl:ounfCn..'d_ Far morn: dangerous, far ~110k s1oul~c~'iHing. i~ t,he ,tlbdl"' disoo~mlt~I'iI,g that r1nay numb stndeut creaJlti,~f.r.} in ~h'l· academic grmr,e.,
[ a:n] rh'inkiug 1;],O.w of my time .at ZI d'isr.in.g:,IJl~is:l:L~d rcseaech ul~i.vcr~li~Yn \JiJ.1!lcre Ifly Irc:a~hing: corul!.'3f;UC'$' pub~[ms\lted \"'idci~~~ , nd \lI.1'c] I '0.0 ffl m roplcs of [he ~mQ~t e$OI~~ rk .1l1J1.() l~()(ic stripe, J lighly rcg~rrd(;d among th "~lttr in(:dl~otu3l1 peer d~ply immersed in their own academl .. c caners, these ("oUG!;'IjglJe~ olTr:~d ~rnnt' rJ'llbrOr1lmg [10 the CIfI:;1lI£iv,c slL:uldenu, who p.1SS~ - lthrou~h
'"lI:lRipI411J(JU i.:t mpt,· rrlJSJ"''''L1'1 f P'rQJl k"rPldtJ e,
(;rea l.,\~ II f r .11:.~~ 1)11 hI.:' conl (0 ru.~ b~y , I u a ~llt Uli(:d ~ ~1 ].II;cJ IC~tU~1 It(·flll!i. By il[s ,,"cry illl';llturc:, crt'. Im~I'\I'ny l'schrll,.''''''';' ::.lurch C'Olllail"l_ rneru. In ,~ ~11:~~.i'ycr!i~ty WIU:fC' rhc JliITJltenl"nU~t~ hfe :ils bUllh U QJ l'l~I'~ i'l11i' [ I1If cri I ic I.~i I ~g~u dCC'O~l~t 1'~J!.e tj~ug a ,~r,C.1 thl"t' ~~lrk~h~ 11I11"t 'ill f (' n":H it'ai m II !Ii'!.. .J] r, m,Ju: a n of, en' I,[U vc 'CQ"'~t rUlI;t~ 011. Jil1C'c~~ w it II !Jt.1U u Y :Ii ~1~~'pOi r, LlUdl-~f~ ~aud'I.'~lg. 'O'f ;Ipr"~~ijl 'l 0 be bJliI ~1t Mmo,'ill d r~lld e niiJ:Ji ics kn O,W h e 'I t.o It .1I1~'t' ,Srullflc.th I ng ,a 1- J lit, 'b ~.'I Itlij)~ h, ~W I~O .!!'.H"C~r1bic.l[.
S ~LnJil·n l work, wl ~,C[\II sc fIll i l1t~ztcl.W;j! ~ sldcloltl!l1i fl/J1~rfriru,riJ
r.~r fro 111 Ilf. Wh.!) lever iH:. ga:::"~, i lie ~jCC~li.JI~'1 i.dll.ml"~l rs, i t ~~ viL"~''Ii~d' ~al~~)' i,~;11 ~t'lFm~ oJ 'II~S • hUl·I.r(UU~i r~rne ~11~'ad a~~n I' ~b,*, 1·r<;j~1t1IIi!iiug '\~ork. nmcl with a vo~h:y Dr !JI]lDlI~·cl .. h.illI\C dhlH."S rOll ~d-ha~·-(;Inncs! a lid U I ig:h t-J~lali'c-dtn1J COS, i I1MJ~~ tI of bci lag ~.vur~c...~ w~:111 i"~ It W;I'Ioj".
~Ir is ~un m1'lY i'JIJi:_ UiUll·.U that da,e' wolr~y or, cadclT1a ~C' tllJ!;nh:'d n~ t'o .U~I c1fdtcd :ql (SL' studio,. It is, ~ OW'~VC'r. ;m'y poirn th:ll[ iI'~ .. 1:'1,['0 ,. ue 1'11, iPli U~' '''-1 ex i It. ~ rn\~. eve n RQILIJ ri~~La,~ W'h~~ ~~I th fill Inli ... . 1 ieu rtYl1<;lIl"iIIb:r t hal the i.HH i re t I.M 1'0 Sri (If intel ~ceMJ ~,i iBI n t~~'IiJ$.
•• ~I ,I'"' • I
C.OIIII,[t'r Q~o tJ~l' (,II'C'CllfJ 'Ifi:' '1111~,p~ I II l!i1~. III""Olf :alu~ onrt I~~. ~Q )il~On1! C' o¥-crl~
,,~.:~br3'~ I'l" In b t:c'(,une (r,l~prlcd, Th u S Is I ~Dt 1:0 ~ay t I.M~ ~Irt~ N ts ,I.~c~ r-i~C,lI; f;tll1t"r, lb::n ~lftilsHc rigor i~ I_f.tlroll!:ludcd d.lrre~elnly l'h 31111 • ~nl e ]JC,t~l u.'Illlif· U 11 ~1 ~I~y ad mi ts.
Anis,ts ;m.d IntC'IUI,;('n~::'iI~~ arc not the sarne anjlllaJ. As ~: yOUI'l J!:cr art i~l D j~JI:i!<. Wj!!! ver y cOn flJI~,i ~JIG ~ u 11'11;. I' mlyscl f I~ riVe' (xJn~Jdcnblh:' (rll"icClI~1 !J;fl~'i ,:c'ill".lld h~u¥c iJu r~ICl '~'U i'illat]ol1.11 rn:waf-d"w fin ~)r.-n:~ir-iu.t 1'1J,C'Jr:I1. ~n Wil~ ~Q my. '~}Wll rue d~lat! d~5COvc.red l-h~t lbt'~c SJmt:' f!km'>s, were mh~~}'~"lmtd w~ltJn rocu~c'd OH '~~illbr~t(lhit' arti tie t:hdt:':.Ivo'$-Uf~hn: or orhers, 1{o:nl1gcif .artiSl"1> an:' .>ccdlings, 'f~'D,d'f t:ld'y work resembles [Jr~lkkct ;md ~~:fld,t:rbIiLI~~I~ cve~~ wcLd~. The b;dh of :1t'~tidC~I'Ii'u. wirh their 1".r,~fc·rCUjjC: ror J () til Y I il tel h.:ctlll,ll:l1 d~l:o,re rn s, do li,t tle t(J .Il! u1a !'JPOf ~ the' I'~ (c of 111(;, ~'.IfC~lt "nor. A~IO ~I tc 'cht.'r, j l ~'13!t bCICJrJ 111 Y S, d experic m;l' t~tll ma~~ly t:lk'~H:e(i iI::rc.lllvG;'!-o 'Wtft d~m1u~d t8l:riy' 311(1 1U'~Uilh~~)r b~ dlt'l U" I n;j h iii l Y '~O C(U"I fornm co ;J ~-~nrmil rh ~j ~ Vlt'dS no ~ ~hci r 0;''111. ~I Ml rhl be Illy hn~Jt dllU lh( J[adl"tn ics ',,-vho read lhi~ ~ook rlllHi a,llpl~r 'ir would do. s "lI~[ilrim 3U 3It-er(~d ~.pi)rc('i" lm'CHt for the ,;mIbnu id~y of gllo,wlh Cor thr: sake ,t:tf growdm. h11 other \y,O~~, ns
,;,. III (.j;fO~hJU)' ,u mint tlfr ~m'jjlilJ 1Jr.i.M1 Ht', "f fJr~ K,w~if;rh_' ,.1/'1'I'"IH: t4J IllltJrk "!-irk.rMmh.
1·r;r~i"o1(;U ~. W,lt'KIJ,
·'hr~ I ilh:tr •• m, J~,llIiIl' W1ff.t: rlril, oiIi~.s.. "ll,b ~ liJl/HI Jl'~ 1.1 fJ I'll I'),' if "I
A n ~s lhc' act of o;;,tru~U~rilig t~,lllC·. U look at it this ·wa:y." a. p.icrc
• rtsa iiJ' ~,~ LI 'l;~' t . 'I • Ie " A ~ I ,Il':'
it;lil il . .:'I L'I.:,r:S. Jrl CJOC! ~ i I.OW flI :fi:t.!'(;" I ~.c. is mlTy\!O ::JlggpS. 1 ~~rumd du:
i~nllj,lIC'li3i E\f,C D3l1'~[~Z :Jl'c.~ln.'llrk~. i·.re~ ~ni111 r'he fr.a:miC:'1 TIl·is 'is part.tnl~lalriy true when wh:n we .In: dcaHug with is an ilrtiilic 105,., Every loss J1UIS(" al~wJ}njj he' viewed ns 3 po cnlia~l gj]IB,mr:l~ ats .JI in. [[11 .. , rr.mljln~.
f {QlII'nllll f".~C'''~ t'~'NI my OWll ,m ~o p.'-ar.N~i" d'i of i~ I aN~ u,1t."1'iJ-on'y. r", lu~pl' it I rpJ Il1'J~UfJ;;' me r~/lrqNtJfr". t
- - d _ ~~, c~· - f~VC hunger m' '0' r c. -.. -cd I
. .'. . r i ,~Icr [1;' . . ~- 11_- -~-, . -~_. '" ., I _riC . ~ lC ex:pcflcncc', and :1 '-. .-
sU'O 1~cr Iearni ng curve. Now rhae I've tau·h t in a til htl s~~~.~ (11, I ·elf I fin.d, rh,3,[ very often Illy. best seudcnn are rh . ,01
, .' - ,g,I-' -HQ'Se 'W'1..
ca m~ to their work late. - ~, . uo
'.1"'111 roo old t. be an . c .or," I have heard many I - ,,- [!w, .•
complain anld, dramaricallv I rniehr add, The .. y .. ""lillii"no n'_ Atl11( CUts
,. . _ 1 _ ,It::). - ,. ',g,llJl""", I vi. 3a'\\JlI3 .
p,le,lsed ~'hCI11 fe~J Ithlc'n~ this jl , nor the case, Thlc' sp~':'I,cnd,~d .... _.ys - 'h M'-' h d id b '" · .I. - actOr Jo" - _ . 3 __ 0tlCy . J L, not; 'CJ~1J : cnng until he "'as nearl- ~,- --'
en y". I rs into a highly ._ ucces ~.ful ,e· fie· '1"- h _ ie- no YO.~lt.y,
_ _ . ,. ,1I1l!t "IV" 01:1" .
. ook '_ three ilrns ifll 3Id\_ ance -1,d works .' _ ith ""0" tI'!ii1 . 'f' the
f!j" ii}!' ',1111 'C 0' t
finclt di :rc,ctors in ebeworld. ., .. I --' I,. .,_: e
I11III 'f' Jd' . Jill 'b-*
'- Jl .. m too o· to rc,a~Jljy'·.· ~.' (:' 3J w'[:i tern i's 3JllQltb- _ C-(' (:[--';rnJq:l11'I e' ~ 'rt '. .- ~
~ ," ~ ;0 - , - [l """ ~ I~~ :~Jl It com ....
p~. lI,r. hl~ ]s I ~O~c'go--5a~lI, DonseR· c,. I ymond Cha . dler '.: .Id •.. ,pu,bl sh - ntll r_',c Ii r . Ide 10: 'Olf'ty •. h.- : upcr'b~.1 1""0-' ~J' l -
. - 11,,1\ e,~ Ihts
dl'ld li",1 was, w:ri'[ltcl1,c s a fi.f)s.t ~lo,vleJ ' --. Y' ~ In,n I'll I, is 'Sc'v,cn [il. -.. ',e
lUI' I d 'tII'jIj • .. - '_ .~.Cs\"
. .' m [00 01' IS an evasIve tactic. If is alUh1ys u!!icdl [0 avoid
fa,cu1 . 6, arc,.
'. 0' '~,c'tJi 100-< a 't'h 0_- her si _ e,: U ~ tin l~llni' ~ f _ ru' it " 'L ~
l~ - .. d 'JIll' ,_ h"' .. · '" J' \ neD
= m r:_,tJfC:~, ,"1,' I' 13,tt Jnrc.; ',e -llng,~ Side 'trip: o. "-11 . 'h';{IiJ . ""'il'nr"ll'
- . H-' - -Io.n·'· W·' O···IU.~- ,'- t, "c:nlC'[O earn to do I ~l'
10' O\¥ .- - .. - . - ,~
c.' ding on the sidclim: at: a Ion zed-fer activi y.,
3sk·.~:ybc a year [0 be plt'cuy goo," the' ,ns er comes bac
I'tdcpcn,d~ .. 1- .' ,:.,
, As backed crean . e like t • pretcnd th .... car or c e
.1 ' caL is a long. 100_·r.imc, Our ego P'_ . t i liule tric
~\$era y e: 1(;'1"118 SI"'~'r'~Jil .. d· lnsread o 'f "1111110'~·IiIIt:lli" . '~
". kec' us .rom gc. ·.'c _ ... ~ .. L ... ', .....• __ "' ...... c ···c ''''U'- III: ., OUfSCI\'C' "
(0 P . . Co cu 0''111 ph 1''''''''f1g'1I''11 of the Itrill - UII h
"'., '!ou.' I"J1ICV: we roc ..... ,.!I!- I .... ~1Ii;,. ,c"J ,I -~-"""', '.1111 ~ :il'S· ,C
. rcJl1\fC J. -' 1'~ _ _ ' - .,- - .. -' . " •
" .. y' ViC [,cU ourd. c. It rna. be, bu · ch ..... J. ItJ t I
lo IS \\dlll..,..y' wlt'h some m'oti,on in it.~· nd b,.i ~I 0'[ ~ 0 I, . i 0 C I, Il .
,mOire I D, '". '
.0311 is vcry cnJoyabk" " .' '.' . ·
,. At the h~3r1: of the ano~xla of arn, nil: avoids . cc JS the e-
n' al of proCc':s. We like to focu on, avm - le me .' .. ill or ..
"" ". made an arl' ork .... his arlL n ion to hnl • n _ i. orcs
hl'1ng ." 1'~ '!' 'h" d . -. b · ·
.. h- .. t'. ,.t [ha,t crcallVJ1Y' U!: 110'[ 111 t IC~' on "'Iut In 1'- j' OJ
I :c ~ac - _ - , "" ~ ~. €,' ~ 'I ~
.. .'1 ani writing a ., crcenpJay 1, nlll:mm~ )' 1n0 C nnCn:Slm
. . h ... oul than "I haye written acrccnpla,~" '. _ ich ph: ..c· .. C
[0 E, C .. 1 I' ~ ~ . -:_ ~ . II • - a
- 'I m ;'1]1 -n- 3crlllg.-~- '.'. IS,' .nl'-.~ ~ ~·Y··· mlO'fiC nt~ IC'" In. ·-h I
I~go'" _ _ -' "III! '- ~ - _ . , _ _ II . -
<II rook 311 ctinda II few year" :0. _
In llscnsc, no crcatic :led cvcdim hed. You·' nOt Ie 0
bCC3UC there is alway, more to learn. Aru .bly, you c nno
act ' ~ I 1 b·'
even direct.· film b'C3U e you WI IW3~. I: rc L:C' '.
c en ye,r Lter- Yo" w'n kno rhl!, ,h ;. u m- ..
dOllc:md \Vhlt you will do next i },~U kl.:, dn , doesn't meaD that the work a~com hsh·., I" ",·onhlcs. r from it, I imply me,n'. [hit d U:' }_ work .j t th,' "".
nc~ and be tel" v.·or.~ ,." dne. , ' .
Focused on proc '"ur cr ~ .1 . II rcul .I. n · 0 . -
venture, . oeused on product,th~amc C:fl.·3'i-·c i.'C. n' 1 Coolin or barren. We inh'ri[ ch 'b"'i 11 \' '(hr 1.1
'~I.~tE''t'o is c1 t:ollr ejt,O(f,Jrs, A"Id ~it IiI , illl" II~ i 1 dl'u,e~1 find 'tiOII' I ~itl, ,~'n! I,. Ii," II ~ ',1!1!. ; "~~ Ilrtll "'{~ I huer 11101'11,1' _ ~\"pr.Ut ..
FILLING THE F·.'RM
Wha,c doI mean bly fill',i"g ,-h,efo1rnf? m mean raking the 'next s,lnaU
.. d r-' ki ~ L d '~,
step instead 0" S "'lP'PJ:tl:~, ,3-1iC'a·.·W I ~3,rg:'C one' £0" which 1O'l .•
may' not yel be prepared. To be 'very specific, ill order to sell " SC[i en play •. you ~u fi~,H\I!rit.e one. In order to write on, you must .eme u~ with n idea and then com mit it to paper. a page at ,I nme until you It3VIC about 1:10 pages of script, Fti'U'i',~:s, ,"','~,e'
/tlrtflm ans that y1o'u write YOU,fr daily pages, Itt means that when
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culrure center, we buy Art Fd'U~11 and remind ourselvc:& th
- 1 I· . - ~ b 'Iii'" d .. 'I.. -ualt
OUlr, ItUf( i not in st- e. _.ow ,:' ,11,_ ~~ '~! ',., .. ~. I,'OCn t le'x~s,t 'Yct!
Inste doc .. rill ' .. our rhc little room off the kitchel1 so
['I '~'r Ui . -'.'. ~I-l have ,3 place [[0 work [01 our ~'~o't[tcru~ W,e (,:'0"'- ,_ .. 1_,0;
about ne ding a·,l:udi~3 complaint tha we ourselves ClIIQO,
Lkecrio1151) since we d~ not have ~ny work loargue Our rac~
Illduling ourselve . m it rr nt!IC flnt.,·y.of Wlat ou life \ul look like j, .'. were Ii al. u ,IS, we. fatlo sec the ms Q ' ,mal] creative change: rh ' we couk make ar this very me:. mCI1i1:. This kind of Iook-ae-rhe-hig-picture thinking i·· l1o,res the fact that a creative life is groundedon 111.II1.Y, manys,Il II
R 1[11· 'r ehan rake scary baby> 'cp to\r.:: I our dr· (TUn: t., ~n'
- . - . _ - . ~ ", 'I"lfll'!
rush to [he edge of II e cliff and thn stand there. quaking. Say-
ina[ ~I~I c~ ~1 t leap, m C3.'111't" I can't. ~ ~ ~ "1 .
t;JiJ - _ _, ..
'.' 0 oint: is, ss kin,g you. 'to leap, That Sjll;~t drama, and, fOf",he
purposes of a creative reeov r, drama .belon.s on the plge Or on the C3f11V'3S [or in rhc c'i:ay or I'll the acting class or In rh _ at;; of
creativity: however small. -
r rea-,tiV'i~y requires aeri vi,ty.' and this is, not good news Ito mo r ef us .. It makes u responsible, anc '. -[ e tend to hate Ith~t
~ - ~I ;j,i
You 111C3n I h,I'.' 'to d_ somethi - g i11 orde '£'0 6' ' .. -J better'?
Ve,,, AI1d most of 'U·· h,31"C 'to d'tJ something when we IC111, ob ... sesi about somethin . else instead. One of our favorite things [0 d~in" read of our art~ is to contemplate the odds,
hi! ki b h d '. -.
In, a cr'e_ rive c reel: t In·-J_l,~_ a .110U'. tne 10,. I '.1 is ' drink of
emotionalpoison. I robs us of the '~igllity' of [art-as-processl and put us at the mercy of imaginedpower (lut there. Uldng Ihi· drink quickly leads 'to a S 'VlcrlC' 311d toxic emotlonal be'nd,cr~ I~ le d U< . 101 ask, U .. ' hart; the use?" instead of " Wh_~t nCxlt?'~
A:, ' rule' of rhumb, the odds are whar we U '·Ie to p'['ocr8sEi ... 111tC about doing what comics next, This is lour addic1tj1o:n '£0 1~'U1XjCty in lieu of action. Once 'yolu catch 0:11 tOI this, 'thc'ji:g is up Watch yours,cJ[ fo,r 13 Wieck 311d noricc the 'w',ay 'you win pick up an anxiou thought. almo t lik e ) joint, to blow off~Jr ar Ie' Sit del'a'y-you t next creative action,
You've cleared a morning 10 write or paint but then y'O'D realize that [he clo 'he: arc diTty~ ~'~I~.IJ just think about wha I
W'3J II [rO '1 ~ int 3;11d fil c-tunc it while I fold th ~ . lethes," Y u tin
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ACN . DE Mn L .
Although we seldom connec - rhe dots many of OUf .prlcsent,day losses are connected 'to our earlier conditioning, Child:f:_.11 m,ay be -old 'rh,cy_ canu do anything Of" equally ,d,llllagblg' b~' told rhlcry should be' a I]C to c ,0 absol _,tc1y c~', ,thi~1g with -- ~ set
Eith r of thcs~ me sages b~ockche re~iplel . The foUowi.l1G quc5,tio,ns I fie aimed I,E helping 'y'o"u retrieve and decipher your
own conditioning. Some Of~Ehl" 111 '1113,'y seem not . 0 ,a'pplly~ Wrl'tle' about wJ~'a,t'fIIJ!r £tJe)r . rigger for y'ol'_ ~
I ~ As, '. k.id1i my da,d ehought :m,,' art was .,_"!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~,., Th3,It
made me' feel ------ ~ _ .........
Ii
2.. I remernbe o,nle tim' when hie __ ---...~ ............ _~ ............ , ..
got it~
~, As ,3 kid , .. 'y mother 'I'.' ught me that ~ily Id,a'ydrleami~1g;
ing Dl,C .................................... -............, .............. ~ ........... -~-.....-....-......--......-................__~
6 .. Th,c per,_,ol11 rem smb r '~'- h" believed in m It .
.............-,~
1_ re:rJ1,cm ber IOllte ti me when _"""""",,-"""""""' ............ ...._._ ..................................... ~ .. 7~'
. ~ 'felt ....................................... -_..", and ............ - .......................... ~ ab u [hat.. 'dIn itllil W III 1'1 GlIll.for ~h
Ie' 'er forgo Ir, (1,,-- else lojeoUI- I',f I ~
T. "he rhing th a,'E ru inc d 111 ' ch,~ ,,~. cc to 9,·
The 11'cg:,·J)tivc' lesson I gOI frOID [hat, w,'hi,c'h wasn't
10,., I" I
]oglcal bUE I.-ill believe, is rm elc n t.-........-......... ....................................... ,._..
an,d be an ~ rers -,~
WhlC11 I was Iittlc, I lea -lllcd that and
.[ ~ ,I' -~.
_.....,.._....~ ........... _ were 'big sins tnar I pS1r'~ic'hlla,rly 'had tOI
a 11 .-- .....-..... .............. ........___......~ - - ~
1 m id as h_11
I,aul n It'dl' ",u't/d Jjl' '1~"g,O',',I~ IIUUJt" I ,~' r i f'h 1/'1t:' he fl,"" art]. "t ~
1'" 'Ill ~IOIOtl per 011,. ud '~'igO'Old oniu.
I '" t~tI";lflity i .. ", abies ' II~tl~r l ea, lJ'tJ~ ~d'y e, ,', i'a'li,f.1,~~,t)' bill "SI .. f. 01/'1, ", I.
~Jy' "n:a'I~~I',i"'l' lis aJjp'll~l,itltfd,.
III 'W I elf ,I)"" {f dfJti II}' (I" alii il)' lillO, 'Remly.
I 111"14" 'Yf:61 ", r·t If 611f1 '11 Y (J'('tI f;,lIil r ,"O'ri • ,fl",(·IIl'rollslr. 1 '~lU" sbnre u;~Jr (,,,edt~;v'i',)1-' ""[Qrr oJ' 'Iuly.
11110 r~' I ~ 'C" 1" hope:
I UI61U aa 1 {Ii r",,, ti;fJf',/~:
I 'I"O~P n'f,',r!JJII creatiue ,r:;(,ol[lJlt,ry~ J 110,11' allow "'f, til! to II",~ ~Il ..
I I! I( .II' " a pt':' ;Ot/'~ ,h,tlpl ""'.fo'/"in~ III," life".
I "IOU;' D'J/r fl' (., I€lld loves a.rlis,'ls~
I, ,'~oal Search: You mary find the foUowlngexcrcisC'dirfi~ ',uk Allow youlCdf to do it an.ywa.y. If In IItipb Jr 'am· "', cur. to you, do t .c exer J'" .ror each on ,. of them, The impk acr 0 imaginin, drea n in co,.crete dct~il helps U [0 br~ng i into realLy. Thillk of your_ g~al'c. rch 3.5. pr:chmi~lar)' .rchitcct'- drwil1g ,~, ," 11C II C ylou \VOUJI' _ \V]~ h to have.
The Step, '
r. Name '''1' I'ur dream. TJ,3t", ril:_,'ht,Wri,t,c it Ido\~n" "In
a p1l"rfc. t '~' ~' orld; I \1-\fIOU, d secretly 1, .,' _j to I; t~'t:~ .~'
~ rsamc 0_11 co Jere c • or I rha . si 11tJ:.., '~ 0 YJC),U its ~ ,ccomolishmcnr. On you'!" cmonona compa s, this eoal : i ni fi IC.~ ': tr u c ~1 or t:h I'
, coplc t113,Y W,:1)Jl - ' : I b ... · ~~ n ~, ctrc '.. he I
,'oo,d revi ];,' 'h11 a Bros d . Y Illay .. 1., h~r res ee
~ c:rcatiVrc ,. rri >'111 is tl:~c emotional 'cell, cr of h,e:r d,r,C'3 m; CJC"PIC'C[ i 'true no:_ th. Act: c .s 0'-. -_1" 'I' I.e
I apply I' .. , ~ " "'a,~ '_ '- "., A, trc : .,' t -: "~- uld ," ed I , C
wlork It,,:.·ul. J II her I: re: '01." : . 1 the
seem to desire the same 'rhin: .~)
. ~ '~11' 'p c:- fc ct '~ 0 r ld " -, /'1"1 c' I.: -, lui d yo u Iik ' o b i· ~~YC y,car·! in rels tion 1£'0 Y'lot,r d ream
In the world we inhabit --I" .I~ ,~ wha,lt ae io 1:_ can ou 4~
rake" rhis ,'car, liD 111'DYC YOll, eloser?
5. What~ ction can YOll ta .... ~ rhis mo'nh? h,li \ ee __ ~ ". his day?j~,,'h,t )]0,' '?
6~ List your dream (for example, to be . t· mou . "1,1_ d'ircc'!:o:r) ~ Lis' irs 'tfU,IC north (rc, P :_j. It I nd h'i'gh __ - ICOl1 scion sness mass corn -'1' unic -1"',O'l1i,) Select 1'" I·.
r [o,del (,'l~ Disncv, Ron ' .. - _ d,
'Po/well) ~ ,=,', ke , ,'n I ctk 11 ~~il~ ]1~1 i _ .' -' s~ , hlr,_ '.' y'e a [50,. r ne yca,r,~ 011,(: mon I~~ One \\': e k ~ O~ ~ ChlOQI5aZ ~_11, action .. RrtJ,di,,1 " Ilris.' b,ook' is . In . c'liIOH'.
,h'ildl1'o-~i,: ,'-~h3,t ,_-" i 11-' ou h 1_ b eet i ~,"'O'
ehildhood .. 'What 'were yOlu gl,\c'n? C,311iJ - ou rcnarent - -, dirccti ')
youf,:c.Jf in that dircceion n 0"" _'
" ,',0"-'.110_ [ 'ch. 11" C';:· iek ,a color and ~ f"II" . : u- klC\r I'" ~ ...
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renccs de cribine " ourself ill the fir - --: -', n .. ("'''I r
s11vel'. high-eecb and ethereal, tile c Icr of drea 1 an a,c"t!o:rn,'p,]i,hm,cnt~ -,11C .J,··)IO'f -, hal -Ii hr nd In' .... '"w,:,~,e11 I Ii",·l, crer _~""~'" I IlID~m F':.' _ I.' _1
)'00 1~I~VCjl~i-" i', t'I: :ac co~or? ~ h~ r about -il,I, is )",'IOU '1 ':, ':.~ ~. I. d C-". ur h ,l~ , ,_- i,
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.s. SEyie Ser .lI1Ch: List t Cn1l:Y rhing you I!ikc to do. (Pcr~ 1131l', rhc same .~·~,.trty YO .. ll Hstcd before, perha 'IlQ.:·,,-,,)
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An swer ehese ~ UC'_I[,I,O_" tor leSCI1 uem,
'.:!~' es it (1011,1 money or n it free)
Ex.p,en .... ivc o'r' cheap?
Alone or with somebody?
Job r· t._- cd!?
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_ \tls,r-paccd IO.r sJlow? M'ilnld:~ b10clly or spiritual?
6. Ideal •. y: Pin . aocncr day iJ .. ou H'i as it i now con "itutcd. using the in[orm.a iOI1.lcant:d nom above,
7· Ideal Ideal Day: Plan a perfect day in you life II' Y0tl I isll it were conseiruted. T lCI!"C arc no r_trictions. Al- 10' ; .. our .. elf ro be and - 0 hr .\C what ver your heart deires. YOUIi ide: "I environment, job, home. cirde or friends. intimate relationship. stature in YOUl'lIlt
orm=- your wildest dreams,
hoose c ne .' c . rive asp' · t ft, .... m your ide •. ~ day. AUo\\! youfscl[o 1ive it. You Dlay not beblc to move to, Rome yet, but even. in a still-grungy apartmenr )Oll
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can enJoy 13, nomemade cappu- cino anc a crOls,Sant,
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I. many days this week did you do your momin
p'ages? (Ha l" you been very cmpr d to aband'OI1 rh,c.111?) _IO{\N was the experience for YOlt?'
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0' ~ Of TlHf. MOST importan ·.·.3 .JIi. .. lUi rn· nc 1:("'0\ er is 1e. m-
in". to call liihing~and oursel .es-b) the rieh n mes, ~ ... ,·l r II haVl,',pcn )'c.m' usinz t, C . [n,' [I. tc .or our bcha i ' '. We hvc'" ntt:'d fO create < nu ' h3~C t:CI1 U') blc t and we ha\!;: called rhat in , ility I. 'ziflt'SS. hi I' ,10 mcrclvi - iCCur. tc. It i cruel, Accllracy and compas ion CU,',1.: IJ t
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sbow, an opera. Whenrhcse I~rgc tasks are ":ot OlCCi)ft1plihcdl
or e~ en be un, the _: ,I,ocked arnsr c __ lls '[hit lazlne~,:s,~ 'I'
Fe r is the rrue name for what an~ the Mocked artist It Iti ... 'be' fear ,of failure 0'1' fe,lr'lof',SllCCCSlt. Most freq rt;I,le'fltJ.". it is ~,,-~3'Yr.
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abandonment, This (c'ar ha,s roots in ch,ild,:hoolld realitv~ - -, '0. '.'-'
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blocked artists, !,ri. _·1: ro . ecome a r-Is,'~ ,a,g.jl nst ,e:ithlcr the'i r p- a;~,
1111 d OJ h . fo'h!l", .', ts '!I' , .'. d ;;; d -
ICJl_S.IOO~, WI<~: :_~. or ~_'_,e'lr pa I, n~s goo .'. Ju,--,gmen,t'ih F'or a
youngster this is quite a conflict. To go squarely againstyoc
III ~. m rflIo~I'Ii"lil11l! yo·-··'u1;.J b e'f. ... O'li"' know '-wh" il!- t _. - U,.I'
Parents do cr hun ,-, len children reb I. and declarin, oneself an artist IDS usually viewed by parents as an act 0.( re~ belllon. Unfortunately. rhe view of an artist's life as an 3d!o!es~ cent rebellion often lingers, ma·, ing any acr of art en .'. U the risk 'f separation anc the 10:$ D' loved ones. ·'ccause anis,t~ still yea rn for their creative goals, they then Fe .,. guilty,
Tbis glli It demands that they set a. g~1 {Of ~hems,elves right off the bat that they must be great arnsrs In order to justify 'this rebellion.
TI2 . need 1'0 be dg',te' -t ",",'sl Jt,IQkJe i 'Iza:rrd IrQ bit! an artist,
Tile ne,ed to produce Q IRat work tJj em makes it Hord to produce d'~'y' dirt lalt ell.
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Fin . log Itar to oegm a projece e oes I: or mean you will
not be able to do it It means you will ned help {rom YOlllr higher POWCF. from supportive friends, and (110m yours,elr. first of all, you must give yourself permission to begin small and (:0 1n baby steps. These steps must be rewarded. Settillg imp !&sible goals creates enorrno s fear, vh ',11 creates pC()..
elastin tion, wh ich we wrong '/' C'J' I lazincs s, -
Do 1:1,01.' cal" p,roc~tllti't,ation.ldz,i"eS$i Cal,' i,'lfo(j~~,
Fear is whar blocks an artist,. The €ear of not being good cnough~ Th,c' fc ar of no'r fi'nishin'~, The fca,'r iof ,a!ltlre ar,d 'of sucres. he fear of b 'ginning at < JI. There is only one Cure for fea,r~ Tlha£ Icure is, lo ·'e',~
Use '1(JllrJejor YOIU,' drl';slt "D ',II,rt its jeitJ,f;.
Stop yelling at yourself. Be nice. Can fear by irs right
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_ .. , kc ~O 111' ich ,iscipJinco be ,. n art.. '. " ear' '0 ten
'It n~U,JS,t t_ - . ·1·iI. vho r-~!' not artlsts bur _"' h th
'us t~ P h"'ro:ic and .ip'l,rral1-----an - :,' l: IC~ elf ,uvi ,
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[ a I " , ", _ _ gfol'lll1di'n,~_- IO'U,( sci 1-' _ a' ~c In m I~I' ,,~ ~l - clp,_,'in
. As al'U ts, I~ the short run, discipline may work. but it will
i d~ngc~lI;~r a while. By its v~r~ 11. ,tun~. di eipl'Rc is roo ed work ol'ld' 'I · 2tion. (_"biallk of diSCI me as a bauery, useful bUll:
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,. . . ., __ .: " 'If not rhe creative au,t lOWlt UlecomlC I _ pOint.
di5C;IP~;~ l::~of us rh~t creates bc~t is ~ota dr~vcn. disciplined T . P functiomng from WIllpower" with a ~o~ler of a:O'to'ma,lob"n" .~ .. - h ... up T'h~s is 01 Cf,"- .i '11 ,0: our of : 1£ .... '_' i'lL YO'I,
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pri I,e to.'" ,"'~: ['-ising at dawn wi~h military p ci ion, ahlt~
It - O\¥ the J rn ,~, - 'd - _.' 'b - 'd
n.· . de k the easel. the ~ rawlng I 'oar·., · · ·
i~lg rhe cs _ ~ '-'rrend~'d, period of time, beina an artist req, uire
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v.cr. . ore I: ~an discipline. . nthusia ,m is no an emo-
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en~' _ ~'If"~ S a splir'it'u·1 comrmtment, a ,10,\ In:·- S'U_ ren _, ' to
· naI'state,,, I ~ J ~ - ~ ;; f -I' -h - _.. "
fl'O' " . 'I oeess ,3 loving recogmnon 10, ,3 •. t e crcall' ,
our ,r.'eat~ve pr. - 'I -
around u~.,. _. (from the Greek •• 'filled " Lh God") i an
..~~h~:a:;~ supplY,lapped int: ,'. I~, Row of life i sel~ .. sn-
one: g ~ mde It] P ,,3U ,,10 _ work, Far [101m be 1-'
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thu~ as - b d soldi er our artist is actually our child Within,
bnu~-nulD~le "._ -,tc. As with aU playmates. ie i jo'. nor. duty,
.our mner p _ay~a- 'ii _._ '
-, ma'kes for a IIS'I'111g bond, _ ~
that ~'., ' our artist may rise at d n [0, rc _ he t, C\1i.' ire r
Tru,c'l! ~'III B' this event '"IIi, 111~ ore 0 0
.. h - , - ing Sl'tl ~~'ne'ss" lUI - ]~, c·, I,"," , L~ - ~ '- -
~a!H~lln t c m,om, .' '. , ,. Il."_ .- I d di ,
c ~.- ~ sld' 'I . ve of secret adventure Ifhan Wltu l,fOf1c:~a,'_, ISC'-
- ts arrrac ive - ,', the idea of a pristine cell, mon;uuic;' ._
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S·C·.- .r tv. '_ 'I'" to our remanncrsec nonon 0, 1 [clng:-::' "" re al a"rt~- h-"
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workable 'I~~[h may be ,s.onl:W',llat.messier Ihanrhar. MOSt' I~.,',I';C - , •. ..J lid b . 'b· dl "J 1'- ,~.-. rk b uthe kids W'OU1':_ 1 C - orec S~. Y ,Ul a star '>1 I' ,arr,enrOOlt'l-'1 0.' u - _ _,,-
1~1 nes,' I or In'lltlrV~, fCl- Ulr'c', a comnucmcne to hP3··]. '~'h!- A~'c'- " .
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poinr, we must make an active choice to relinqeish rhcJ""o,y- 'S 3,'1 d-
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is!:" i qJirc often a hapy person. ThL can be ~ry Ihrea'nin
3S a ,eI~conccp't [0 those who arc oed to gCCtjh~ the'r nc~d',,~
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met IV .1 _':Ing 'un,'~ ~lp'py~,
, "I~d ~?ve 1:0. but. you see . ~ . I have these crippIitl,> fcal'~ · · · . C3~ get us a 1m of attention. We get more symu " g 5 cnppLd artlstuh n a funcriomd ones. . ho .. of Uisaddit:tJ fO_ ~~parhy in [he p. :i've of.creativ,ity can bccom incr. osingl~ Ehrearencd as we become mcrcasmgly fUllctional. Man'" .,..:_.
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cov~'r:~!1g art:ls~s. .'. e',co~me s'o Ithreatcl1C,d that they f113,kcU-,tt'U rn.
,and,s" bora,ge;them.;.j '.'es,~
w;- usually commit cre:ui~ h':r.!-kiri either On the c-e of or in the wake of a fir 1£ creative \l'ictory. The gla.re of success (a poem. an a.cliingjob, ;l!l S~Il.g, a ~hon: story,. a: tih 1" or any suc~ cess) can sel1d rh" recovcnl g arU,tcul'"ryil1'. back into rh ',cave 0' sdf-dt:.6 'I.t. Were more com ortbe being a'" ic im o(aft' t'
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"k "'1'I'n r.i.s.ki'n"g having to ool~1'Si:5tetlt'I,'y 'be prlodl1c'ti'v " ~ ,nd bloC- II. ~ let -
~~c" JIEby,~, ro Ui - _.' rrlves 0"11' ' d d -., . ji II!
I' A, scre,ellw'[itcr has an ~.- ent intcre stcd i repping a s£ript w.ith just a f.C"W changes, ~ ~'e doe's,n', make the
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• A performance artist is ~ffe[1l:d a SP:l~ to ue.~or worksbopping his new. ma~en~t J:l1- doe, Iii once d.oesnt U.c his mixed reception l,n,d,IC:I,I'lng 'nll?re work ts needed,
ehen stops working lo'n new materialat all,
• A.'n, ctor is told re g,t his head 5l ots to,~, . ther an.· ch ,~ck. back in with a 'prest:igiou,:~ agent, ~,1 e [d,OC'.1 t ",C't his head
sho'l!", d01Es'n"t eheck back in,
.' An a.c:cress~'p'[oldu,cer wi.th a solid s"c~ipt i '. '~' C:,. _red, a srudio d,cal to' fil.r 1- e = devel~lop - ,er pr,oje,c ~'j" I~h ~ and, I 3:ul.
with fh,e [dle'al Illd,_lhc:n sihe,lve., t ~,e p'rojit!"C., '~nt'i'r!ly~
• ,A pa.in'te'ris, i[~.Yited iD'tO' I, g,[OUP s]],O:\V~, hi,s, n.rsc, bu,t picks a £igh[ with the gallery owner.
• A. poet rea,s SOI,e poems t? ye~y ·ood· :,bli ~c. '·0:_ at 3, n,eighb1orJl0[o,d o'p1en '~ntk. I~I Ins,tead of IC.· l"l[U:1'Unl'" 't this 'Ie'vel a:l1d, g-ain:ing s;t'recng,t'h~ t.he poe1t Ic'nters ,3, sl' .. 'ul (~ "0.' ·t'''= 0-:"['-:: b,,·~vl'~ iII"!i,O' 'I"~ .'tell lo'r poet: J"ud '". d b .Oll·'O~·E·),
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lo~es- and scops re· jng pulid alto_ ·,h f.
• A lyricist hooks UP. with '. n!e\\ rom~o, tr . nd th,) Ii' -tran" make belutifulmu~.,c~o ,ether. They demo thr : c 'song::;" which :g,t le,nth'u5,1'lc'tIC ':e pons, 'I, il]' . then , ... ltO'_:
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(ric,n c",,~ he I[olld me thesrorx ',: ,,- hi" I m. J ' .' d ~, " III.;',· dcic n rh t iJ W,3S ~ 10 d. um'£'~s, losr," he told In '. '- '-·,'lCil rhe ~ab lost the fODta'. 'It;
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Ih~'u ,I" -~ bee n tOI mo ~ m ~t "'" bandoncd Idllca,1 ,~ " --
- , ·ck larer, - b" r :I C II rom the lab, 'T- 11 cr dible.
he, roun 'I rhc (OOI't~' . ~- n J1,t: rcl , te ~-' ~ I was :not t '101 ""Iurplris~d,," I
believe the creator keeps an eye on arricslS. and as Pll'Otccting that film. ,ith rile :_1!n.'C'IOUI',a ement 'O~ h,J'~'·"crlccl1'\riICr zirlfric=' d now hi: witt· .Bob finished hi, 111m" l,' have ,'IOrl~.~ - n
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Faced Vr.:i,tlh 3, creari :c U .... [IUrOI 3'" k 'yo,urscl:( fh', ,',.-ho, can ~. I':"k fOI~ help aboutthis Ll-rurn?" hen ,I .art asking,
In order 110 ~ ark fr .-.1' on a project an arri ',[ rnu :t 'be ,I ~ ICi-_"flU rionallv fre of rcsr ntmenr (i. r) . . resi I C· ( r). ~ 'h,aJ'r ~'.' \-'1- mean 'b,' tJ13'E?·,:f,;,c I ,~--,11 that __ I v ou ied 'bl' rrie j'
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mUSI[ be' aired .' eforc th work c;tJJ'n proceed, The same holds
rrue for ,,-~ buried p yoffs ro not working, ·-'Iock: are sc~dolm Illy sr iIOl1l~-· hie')" c .jns C d, rl~ c, '~ i:zab], artistic Idelc'n'l ~ " ,,:', ~.Ii_ " \1-' ]1.'1 ~" p.lifC' ,j- 1,,_ (rib)~.:r ---['0'0' ,-~,.) ., ,3 h' :', rile "L\! ironment.
Remember, 'your arti, ,t is a creati e child, It: sulks, rhrev = ~ tantrums, hold ",rude,:" harbor irrational '_~'_I" '.' like most
hili- r~- .it i _ ;rai~ 0". the d rk, th 10 _- _ m 'n" <Old an, ~ ad - ',.n, .... ure rl If in-liE ,,:3 el, ';,('sr:--"s yOILir . ri·"tt, , ' , ,r')'-, nd "iuar-dian,
iI, bi'·~ brother, warrior, and Ic,omp,' nion, jltt '~,)I, tOI " O'U, ro con \ ince ) oun , rtisr i,l i" . 31,' t'OI come out __ nd (work) ·1 ~'y~
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A word of warning: rhis is a very powcrfl11 e~ercisc:; i-can do fa tal d311' ,3, :C '£10 a crcarive bl k,
I ~ Read Y'O'Uf. IJ10f_·jn',~, pages: This ": 'fIOCCJ':1 is best unde ,~ r ken wirh t\ '0 colored I rarkers, one eo highlight in~ si,I' hts and another to highl ight 3cti,QJ1S needed. DOI,n,lot
judge yourpa,.· es or y.~ ur elf This ,I: -,~c:ry' im!p'Oft,;U'lt Yc '" f .. y will be boring, Yes, Itlt?'Y In,ay 'be p"inti'L . .•... "Olllsidcr them a map I' kc rhem '-' ,', j'l1fo'rn'lI'_'.' i'O]l[11 :not an Indictment.
Take Srock: W':hol 113,VC' 'yo'u consis cn~,tly blclcn C0111, .... plaining -~ Ibou,e? WhaJ" hav e yOlu procrastin ar:. d on? Whaf ble: scdl have vou allowed your-elf to-hani!.! or accept?
Take '_' I,el,rr: M"a~l'Y of us notice a'lt aJ~lrl1l1ing ten ....
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riblc, He's wonderful. I ~Ol! \,' hirr ~ 'hate him, let) ,i}C3, _' job, I~'· ,: re rribk job," and so forth, ':'ll~,t be thrown by ehis,
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vithout se] !-d,CS;'-'fUCti,O'11" £10 plan withour inlicrfc'-=~ ence, '0 compls in. without an audi I C'-, . 0 dream \'J ithout ["' tric ion to k,~10;W our ow 11, nlJ:ind'e. I' .Iivle Ylo'urs,e,I,,€' credit fo,r undertaking them, Give them credit for the changes and :' . rowth tlley have (01[.: ed,
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or others, an obsession wihpainrul love plalOcs ere tive
choice outsid~ their b~n~s. Relching~O~I~e pa.infu] tho~gh~. III 'y be .. , me In· ta III VICU rns rather than feel thtT own consider bl]c _ ~ I C~ ~ j] ~1:f on ,Iy he o,r she wouldjusr love me '.' " , .. 'I
hf ob ,cs .. i'v'c.:h,'Ol,~,'" '~h:t .~ .rown - our the Ii _ rle voice rha!t 'Illp'c.ts re •. rranging the UYinrr room l' 'takin:c,' ,I, p o'ttcry' c:I"'III,C"1[" ,t __ B
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in a new '[IOP o:n rhat sf'D,ry' dt,3t's,~ltyml_cdll T'he minure , Ic,r'c~ .... ,
arive thought rai es it head •. it i lopped off by [he obse'io:
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in- the ,h Je pay with an inner-city theme? "If only heor she would love n11'C ~ ., ." S'IO~11,ucll fO'f' ~st Star IS~t'ID'Y~-
_ .. , ex. i· .,hcgr,eal.block for mal1Y· A ~~s~~riz~ngt titillating hypnou., mreresr : lidc novel '~IiOU possibil res ID . ront of the
real novel, . he new ',. x object becomes the focus for c::rcativc approaches,
Now, note _,arefu Ily ,that food. work. and St.'X arc all good in tho OJ' I lve ,.' If. i· Ith,: ~ ab,rl'-e of them tha.t mak ~S, them cfcalti\\t .... ity i .. sues, Kn,olw,jn'~. y .. urself a'-- an! aFltis~ m '.': ns ,aklloW.I,. ld~in
which .'. 'these yeu .. buse when you want EO block yourself. If crearivity is like a burst of [he, universe's breath 'throu.c:h the srrav ,that i each of [I'.,' we pil1~h thatstraw whenever w~ pick upon of our blocks, Wc_'hutdo\11 our How. And we do i on purpo ~'f'
We begin. to sense our real potential and the wide range of possibiliei.c. open to us, That scares us. So w: all reach for blocks ro . low oUI1 .. rowth, If we are honest with oursel·c. we • II know ,,-,i:11 bl ks are the oxic ones for P .. ' Iue: Ehi c is th '. block wede end as 10 U 'Ii' right,
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WorkahoJ1ism is an a .)1([lOn. an .. II'C a I a'.I .ICtlOIlS. it blocks
creative energy. In &OE. iit could be argued that the desire to block tile fierce Row of creative energy J.s an undrlying rease I for addi ion. If people arc too b·I',·· to write morning paes or too bus y to fake an artist date, they are probably too bu~y t~ hear the voice of authentic creative urges, Tor-eturn to the concept 0 ,. a radio set, the workaholic jams . he signals With self~ induced .~ tatic,
Only recently recognized as an addic ion. workaholism still receives a great deal of support in our society. The phrase
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ro it. The ruth is, ... e are very ofien working to avoid OUrselves, our pouses, lOll ~ f', ,.1 feelin _,S ..
In ere rive recovery, it is tar easier to get people to do the
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II signed play of an artist date. Play can make a workaholic
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"Jf I Clad marc time. I'd have more fun." we like to, ten OUr;... selves. but this is seldom the truth. To rest the validity of this
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For most blockedreatives. fun is samet.ling they avoid almosr 3S assiduously as their creativity. Why? Fun leads to erearruvity. It leads to rebellion, II: leads to feeling our own. power, and that is scary. UI may have at small problem with overwork,"
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Try 3 11 swering these questions before you are so sure:
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101• I aUIOYf rllysecl!f to achieve closure 1011 II,a,5,k : ; cldom i 'Iftc~t IlC\ cr?
] I~ [ procr -,·,-j_111( rc i'11 fini <bin ,r u'p the I < L ose end : '< 'e~donl" often nc vcr?
let out '['0 do one job 13111 starr on rhr·c mo to: ' he
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In order eo rcco'. er our cfe'~'ti: '~tY1 _ we must learn to see ~. orknhclism as, a block instead i~f.: bui ,din:. block. Wo.- k abu c creates in our arris r a Cinderella Com • Iex, We are a]\!I.}S dre . min ' of the ba I ~ and al w' 'Y, experiencir g the ball ,and
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There is a difference between Z"- -' '-'flll work oward a ch,e('Oi§ iSJIC,d '~'-I04' .I~ md 'W r' .' holism ~ That ,diffcrcru:,., I ies I,es,s in the hours rha n i doe .... in th c ... motional q uaHty of the hou rs speno There i·' a treadmill quality 'to workaholism, We depend DI,ll0\'l:[ addiction and we resene if. For a workaholic, work is 'ynonymou with worth, a.nd so we "L Lesitant to jet ison an)'
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- In srriving co cler r the way for our creative flow. We must look ar our work habits very' clear,ly .. , We nta:y not think 'We O"V!CfWQ'f'k un il we look ,a.'[ the J10l~l[S we put ill .. We may rhink our work i· .. norm I until we compare it with a norm I. 6'rty~ hour week.
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to keep a daily checklist and record of our time spent, Even an hour of cr .. rive work/play C:lO go a long w: y teward offiet~ ring thc,'iC',I1SJC of !-ork"a,holic desp eration t~},-, I't keeps our
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BCC2'USC workaholism is a process addiction (,a'n ,add,'j,cti1oll to a b ell a v lor ra ,t her th a 11 ,I " u bs t a n ce), it i: di ff1' It uh EO ,t:·. I ~ 'wh,CJ1
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frOIn .,cohot· workaholic gers sober by31.tininb from DV: rwork, The trick j, to define overwork-s-and this is where
fame en our.gcs us t •• bel~~.~c that i_ it h 51_~h I I ned · j. ~ on'[ happt:)1I. Of _- .. ur se, U I f:.1 C, . arne --- n the . e .
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The point 101' [lie, ~ ork is the - _',ork~ . 'Inc 11 rer ercs ,I·j rhat perception. Instead of acting bcin: ,. abou 'lin - . it b ,,comes. bout being a falltOu,._ a tc r, mstea ,abolu,t .. riri'I1',·.', it be ~ srn c a .: " U, r b -i ~~'_ ecc
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- We :dl li kc credit where en dit 'I.: dUIC'~ '~~" rt ,: I-~, ~I '\ -e
a'iways get it, Yet, 6' .=tJ,:itll: 011 f'11'~~'ll wh ther \\ .. r ...
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· •. ' ten this, rc ... · ~ Of 0 '.' he many f~ n rna .', .. 12" "C -People or insn nce=-and see if afterw. rd . your life somehow ft:cb: more shabby, Ic's wo~rhwhik ~hi .is rh f.1nl~ drug l.f WOrk.)
Remember, areanng yours If Iike a prcclUS ObjCi t; 'ill make '/ 'llfton. WI '0 you ha,.· bc.:cnO;.cit'cd by ch,c f hle dl' I.' vou Died to detox by coddlin yousclf. W lat~s in order here isa ,.n.::n deal of .. enrlenes .. and orne behavior that makes
you ]ik' yourself: Sending po.stca.l:ds is a. great ~ric~. MaU one to YOUI'S -If that says "You arc 1,010,'; great ... " IE I: very lice ro . acr 1:1111- uer from our, elves,
In d c Jon . run. fall letters rom ounelvcs---,and Our creative sel'(~, re what we arc really aft:,e.r. fame is reaUy a shortcut (Of sclf~approva:J. Try approving of ytJur.sclf just as you arc-
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What We are really scared of I. hat without fame we Wont be loved-as artists ,or as people, The 'olu~iol1 to Ihis fear is co it')' c reee ,sm,31IJ .. J10vi ~lg.· actions. We must activel", oonsciousJ- _y.<
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,c,oD'sisrc,ntJ'Ytl and creari ely nurture our artise selves ..
When rh fame drug hits, go 0 )'Our e.eJour ~yp~~ writer, your camera or day. Pick '," p the tools of your WOrk and
begin to do just:ll little creativepla:y. .
Soon. very SOOft, the (arne drug should start to lessen it hold, T'he only cure for the fame ··'rug is creatl e cndcolf.
Only when we arc being joyfully creative C:Jn 'Ii ,C release the obsession with ochers and how they 3JrE: doing,
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You pick up :I magazine~r even your alumni news---and somebody. stJ'lBl!bQ,dy yo.u knoui has gone further. fasrer~ toward your dream, Instead of sa.'ing. "That proves i can be done."
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Comperirion is anorhcr spiritual drug. When. we focus on
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ress, When we are oghng rhe accompli,hments of others we r· ke our eye • way from OUf own through line. We ask OU.selves th wrong: questions, . nd those wrong qu ···rions give us rile wrong anS\VCf:!,.
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Sine my artist i a child, the natu_al child -. il:hin. I mUSt make om' conee ions to its sen of riming. Som. conee .. sions d r,!' not mean total irrespon ib]iity. What it means is let~ r;in,g the artist have quality time, knowing that if Llet it do What L want' £0 it will cooperate with me in doin, what I neoolo do
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form badly I have a riaht 0 do !that to get to the other side. Crcarivity is irs own - .... ward,
;0 hAs .10 ,anish'~' I must be very ~:lreful to surround myself wU, peopre wno nurture my . ruse-not p opl '. who try 0
oed} domesticate it fo my own good. Certain friendships wHf kick off my artisric imagination and other'S will deaden it .
. I may be a goo~ cook, ~ ~tren housekeeper, and a s.trong artisr. I am messy. disor:', anized except as pertains: to writin. t a
demon for creative detail, and not real interested in d 'tails like pc Iishe d shoes and ft'oor~"i'
To a larae degft!c DIy life is my art. and when j[ gets dun. so d~es my work. As an artist. I may ~oke into whae " rhcr PC<lple think of" dead ends: a punk band that I mysteriou,;fy fan for, ,' .: aieee of .. ' spel music that hook m.. inner C:U:, a piece of red ',ilklju.· r like; and add to a nice audit" thereby '<ruining it."
As an artist. r may fHz2 my hair Ot wear weird clothes. I rna . spend too much mony [on p. rfume in a pr tty blu bOUle '¥I:n thou,.h the perfume '. tinks bec use the bottle lets m wrire abc ut Pa. i:, in the' thirties,
, As an artist. I write v.. hether I think it's any good or not" I ,hoot movies oc-her people may hate. J sketeh bad sketches to "l. "1 ~ 3'. i 1 fbi mom. r ' .. '..IS hi p'[.,. It v 31S Ma and I was mee r ~ -I, ",10 me boc - -, J '\1' ""L n t: . _ to mce _:" 'I
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As arlits, we are spiritual shark>" 'The ruthless truth is that if we don'it keep rnoving. We sink to tbe bottom, Iud dic. . he hoke is tcry ·jmpJc: we c. n insist Q 1 ~c~ting on Our I. urels, or \ ~ .. a 1 be ·inncw. -~ he sr in~em r qui cmenr of a >u.·tain, cd ll:_ itdifc i he humiJity to,raruga:in, to begin anew.
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