Counting, which is one of the bedrock tools of The Prosperous Heart, is very simple: record all money in and all money out. I keep a small notebook in my purse and I write down every penny. Coming back to this tool over and over, it is always helpful. Recently I found that it’s not […]
Writing By Hand
In the advent of more and more technology, Morning Pages remain the same: they need always be done by hand. Hand-writing puts us in touch with our emotions. We learn how we feel about what we say. Writing by computer is a more shallow practice. It yields us speed and distance, but not the depth […]
On Competition
As I focus on my life here in Santa Fe, I find myself drawing back from competition. Maybe it’s because I do this that my career appears to be zooming. I have an opera, a movie and a play all in the works. It would seem that I am “winning” all the more since I’ve […]
God is Extravagant
What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us. How do we get to this place? It begins with getting […]
A flicker of interest
I write longhand. My hand seems to lead my thoughts. I could go faster by computer, but faster is not better. Writing by hand gives me depth. Writing by computer merely gives me speed. Just outside my writing room windows, a Northern Flicker lands on a bird feeder. A checkerboard bird with a red bib…it […]
The Road Less Travelled: Artist Date Suggestion
The Artist Date is a once-weekly, festive, solo expedition to explore something that interests you. The Artist Date need not be overtly “artistic”– think mischief more than mastery. Artist Dates fire up the imagination. They spark whimsy. They encourage play. Since art is about the play of ideas, they feed our creative work by replenishing […]
Finger Paint: Artist’s Date Suggestion
The Artist Date is a once-weekly, festive, solo expedition to explore something that interests you. The Artist Date need not be overtly “artistic”– think mischief more than mastery. Artist Dates fire up the imagination. They spark whimsy. They encourage play. Since art is about the play of ideas, they feed our creative work by replenishing […]
Lost and Found
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.” –Martha Graham To refuse the […]
Terra Incognita
“Morning pages map our own interior. Without them our dreams may remain terra incognita.” Terra Incognita- or Latin for “unknown land,” refers to unmapped areas. Because our creativity is unlimited, there will always be more territory to discover within ourselves. Morning Pages and Artist’s Dates keep us exploring, discovering, and learning. Our creativity is a […]
Immerse Yourself in Affirmation
In working with affirmations, we are working with the power of our subconscious minds. We are seeking an agreement between our conscious and subconscious selves. We strive to be positive, and when the negatives emerge, we must uproot them like weeds in our garden. It takes a certain amount of daring to try working with […]
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