“The Assumption that art is a regal robe which falls upon your shoulders magically, bestowed upon you as an heir apparent rather than achieved through slinging the pickax across your shoulder every morning and making off to the mine, was revealed as the greatest hinderance of all to artistic work.” ~ Jane Lazarre, Author ofContinue reading “Week 6 Exercise”
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It’s Here!
“Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.” ~ J. K. Rowling “Finishing booksContinue reading “It’s Here!”
I am Enough
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves.” William Shakespeare “If a man wants to be sure of his road he must close his eyes and walk in the dark.” ~ St. John of the Cross, Mystic and Saint I’m kind of stubborn and sometimes unteachable. I’m like my dadContinue reading “I am Enough”
Inspiration
“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” ~ Joseph Campbell “Watch out or you might end up in my novel.” A T-shirt given to me as a gift. “When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. WhenContinue reading “Inspiration”
I Almost Fell into the Trap
“Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we’re thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don’t show up. Amateurs crap out. Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows up, he does his work, he keeps on truckin’, no matter what.” ~ Steven Pressfield.Continue reading “I Almost Fell into the Trap”
Sage Woman Chronicles 