What to LOSE + What you’ll GAIN
In my STUDY, SAVOR, & SUPPORT Each Other CHAT☕️🍵, we’re doing a deep-dive into The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron (“JC”). This week is WEEK #12 of The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron: Recovering a Sense of Faith.
In Chapter 12 (the last Chapter of The Artist’s Way), JC gives us her wisest advice as she prepares to part ways with us: she reminds us to guard our Inner Artist by fortifying our self-belief.
We must not fall prey to the doubters and so-called “well wishers” who claim to want the best for us, but ultimately prevent us from seeing what’s possible, because of their own fears, limitations, and lack of imagination or vision.
This can be tricky. Other people’s “advice” can be inviting and, due to our own fears, appear like the truth.
Especially if we have a tendency to believe that art must be “productive,” like an assembly line that starts at Point A and ends at Point B.
Art is more likely to be created on a circuitous path, with many stops and starts. And dull, seemingly lost meanderings.
JC reminds us, yet again, that this is NORMAL.
We must have FAITH in ourselves to persist until the artistic process bears fruit.
But how?
It all comes down to FAITH.
Faith in ourselves.
How can we foster faith in our Self?
(1) We can LET GO:
❌ Ignore the naysayers who whisper mean nothings in our ears.
❌ Abandon the myth, the lie that society tells, that we’re supposed “to be dutiful and then die.”
❌ Beware our own self-sabotage.
❌ Relinquish control.
❌ Stop putting up roadblocks, simply because we’re too afraid to let go of our need for certainty.
❌ Realize that “I don’t know” can cause confusion, but not-knowing is not a sign that we should give up.
(2) Instead, we can DO this:
✅ Embrace a state of Receptivity.
✅ Welcome a sense of Mystery.
✅ Trust in the creative process.
✅ Celebrate the bright flash of inspiration when it comes to us.
✅ Have the courage to admit what our dreams are.
✅ Have faith to trust in what we want.
✅ Trust our own inner guide.
✅ Remember that we aren’t meant to be dutiful, we’re meant to dream, to “be bountiful and live,” and when we pursue our dreams wholeheartedly, the “Universe will always support [our] affirmative action.”
✅ Remember to treat our Inner Artist like the Inner Child s/he is. Be gentle!
✅ Remind ourselves that our artistic flow “will be characterized by spurts of abundance and long spells of doubt, when our supply dwindles to a mere trickle.”
✅ Accept that ideas are “brainchildren” that, “like all babies, should not be dragged from the creative womb prematurely.”
✅ Don’t elevate our creativity to Capital A, “Art.” By placing art on too high a pedestal, we serve the ego, but quash our imagination with too much seriousness.
✅ We can foster more creativity with play, festivity, and humor.
✅ Devote ourselves to Creative Recovery. “We must get serious about taking ourselves lightly. We must work at learning to play.”
✅ So much so, we reach “escape velocity,” that critical point when we can overcome our greatest fears and our Creative Self can finally blast off like a rocket.
Now, take a Mindful Minute to reflect on your life:
⭐️ Does this resonate with you?
⭐️ Have you fallen prey to the pitfalls listed under the “Let Go” list?
⭐️ If so, how can you transition to the “Do” list, instead?
⭐️ If you look back on your 12 weeks of Journaling, how do your Morning Pages reflect your growth?
⭐️ What lingering concerns do you have? Can you find ways to be gentle and nurture your Inner Artist, to grow alongside you?
⭐️ Do you plan to continue your Morning Pages and Artist’s Dates?
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👭 If so, in the Comments or in the CHAT, tell us what you’d like to accomplish this upcoming week so we can all support & cheer you on.
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Then,
TRUST IN WHO YOU ARE!
The Faith & Self-Belief in me honors & respects the Faith & Self-Belief in each of you,
Marisa
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