Workaholism is an addiction, and like all addictions, it blocks creative energy.

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. As creative channels, we need to trust the darkness.

What payoff are you getting for remaining stuck at this point in your expansion?

I think of making love and making art as being very parallel. Even the most amateur attempt can be thrilling.

When we write about our lives we respond to them. As we respond to them we are rendered more fluid, more centered, more agile on our own behalf. We are tendered conscious.

Choice by choice, moment by moment, I build the necklace of my day, stringing together the choices that form artful living.

It is my experience both as an artist and as a teacher that when we move out on faith into the act of creation, the universe is able to advance. It is a little like opening the gate at the top of a field irrigation system. Once we remove the blocks, the flow moves in.