55: The Artist‘s Way: Recovering a Sense of Possibility (Week 5)

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁'𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝘆: 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟱
𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺

This episode is about the fifth of twelve weeks in the course and book The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron. 

My artist date this week was finally getting my hair cut after 3 years! (not including the maintenance trips to the barber when half of my head was shaved)

This chapter begins by talking how our own limitations are what keep us from believing and experiencing the extent of what is truly possible for us. We would not be given ideas and dreams that we could not co-create with the universe. The key there is CO-creation! We still need to take action to signal to the universe that we are ready to make it happen.

The universe WANTS us to use our ideas and to receive abundance! It is an act of gratitude and devotion to use the gifts and creativity that are available to you. I really resonate with the way she emphasizes going with the flow in this chapter as well. Letting go of the vision of how creativity will show up allows us to have a more fluid path to our highest expression. I thought that card reading would be the extent of my practice and energy healing is where I’ve been redirected. In terms of my business, most of my clients are actually for my audio editing which was a shower download - stay open!

Consider what payoff you are getting for staying stuck, how you might be self-destructive and what you’ve been depriving yourself of until now.

 

The exercises that I talked about for Week 5 are:

• 5 grievances that have prevented you from believing in a supportive God/Creator/Universe
• Image File: collect images of 5 desires
• List 5 final imaginary lives
• 5 adventures I would have if I were 20 and had money… (list & collect images)
• 5 postponed pleasures I will experience at 65 are… (list & collect images)
• Ten ways I am mean to myself are...
• Ten items I would like to own but don’t are… (list & collect images)
• Honestly, my favourite creative block/distraction is… Cartoon yourself doing it.
• My payoff for staying stuck is… (morning pages)
• The person I blame for being blocked is… (morning pages)

There will be a break in The Artist’s Way for a special interview episode! At any point in the remaining weeks, reach out if you would like to talk about your experience with this series. I would LOVE to hear how it is impacting your life. You can remain anonymous or share what you’ve been working on - whichever you prefer :)

 

𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨!