We don't always know what makes us happy. We know, instead, what we think SHOULD. We are baffled and confused when our attempts at happiness fail.

In order to thrive as artists we need to be available to the universal flow. When we put a stopper on our capacity for joy by anorectically declining the small gifts of life, we turn aside the larger gifts as well.

As we open our creative channel to the creator, many gentle but powerful changes are to be expected.

Writing is a combination of being alert to your outer surroundings and alive to your inner reality.

Next to Morning Pages and Artist Dates, the most potent tool for contacting inner guidance and creativity is walking.

It takes constant vigilance not to slip into negativity or simple apathy. It takes courage to believe over any given period of time that we are getting better and not sliding into decline.

Become willing to see the hand of God and accept it as a friend's offer to help you with what you are doing.