Love is the spirit that motivates the artist's journey.

An artist feels vulnerable to begin with; and yet the only answer is to recklessly discard more armour.

A long, deep breath is the equivalent of a full stop and the key to centering.

If we had the consciousness of a cat or a dog, we would have it in us to become perfect Zen masters. We could gnaw on a bone, take a nap, play with a spider until we killed it, get our litter just right, and be innocently and serenely present. Meaning would mean nothing to us, nor would we need it to mean anything. We would be free, and we would be spared. But, we are human beings, and we posses that odd duck – human consciousness.

Abstraction is itself an abstract word and has no single meaning ... Every word in our language is abstract, because it represents something else.

Affirmations are not bound up in rules. An affirmation can be long or short, poetic or plain. If you love a phrase and find that it helps you, that is a valid affirmation.

Your chances of creating deeply hinge on the quality of your awareness state.