May: Faith to be an Artist

Today marks the twelfth and final week of the Artist's Way. 

Over and over and over again in my Morning Pages, one word/action/lifestyle/answer keeps coming up. "WRITE!" my pages scream. But I am resistant. We humans are great at making up excuses. 

I'll let you in on a little secret...I'm writing a book. I'm not ready to talk about it yet, but it's here, bubbling under the surface. Giggling and teasing. Waiting for me to coax it out and to help it take shape in the world. And I need to remember to surrender to the process and stop trying to force it. Stop trying to figure out what it looks like. 

The last chapter of The Artist's Way was about faith. Faith to be an Artist. Faith to live life creatively. Faith to trust in yourself and the process. And that's what this blog is about too. Faith to trust in myself and trust in the practice. 

For the month of May, I will: 

Continue to write Morning Pages even though the Artist's Way is over. 
Write a blog post or 500 words every day. 

Elizabeth Gilbert recently posted a letter about the most important tools in a creative person's life: 

Don't wait for the world to clear out time and space for your dreams and your art. It doesn't happen that way. The world rushes in, and always will. Wait for things to be perfect and you'll die waiting. Push back a bit.

So, here it goes!