The grace to be a beginner is always the best prayer for an artist.

Fatigue can make it hard to have faith. Too much busyness can make it hard to have faith. Too much of too little solitude can impact faith. For that matter, so can a bout of hunger or overwork, anything carried to an extreme. Faith thrives on routine. Look at any monastery and you will see that. Faith keeps on keeping on.

I am due at the page.

Creativity is God's will for us and should be practiced like any other spiritual practice -a day at a time.

The reward for attention is always healing.

Creativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage.

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.