“This is an excerpt from the Appendix of The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. I have always found it wise and spot on.” – High Road Artist
Archives for August 2011
Coyotes Howling for Cindy
Cindy Morris Saenz Baltazar said that it would be great to hear the coyotes as I do from my land. So I decided I was going to record them for the blog.
Letting Go Does Not Mean Giving Up
Letting go does not mean giving up. It means that we take our frenetic, chaotic energy out of the picture and release our attachment to the outcome.
Self Esteem – Revolution From Within
I have recently dipped back into a book by Gloria Steinem that I read some years ago titled, A Book of Self-Esteem–Revolution From Within.
Beginning to Paint After 26 Years
On August 12, 1996, I picked up my brushes and began to paint again after 26 long years. I remember the day precisely. It was late afternoon in Seattle. A huge storm had blown in and it was pouring down rain. I put on loud music, old Bonnie Raitt, and started making soup. I used […]
Trish Booth: Painting History
Trish Booth says she has always done art (see previous post Opening at Ghost Pony Gallery, Truchas, NM). Everyone thought she would be a writer, though, including herself. In fact her first large purchase, ever, was a “big fat fancy electric typewriter.” She spent $400 on it in 1974. “But then one day I decided […]
Words For It – A Poem By Julia Cameron
I refer to Julia Cameron and her spectacular, life-changing book, The Artist’s Way, all the time because she and it have had a profound effect on my life. I offer here a poem she wrote to close out that beautiful book: Words For It I wish I could take language And fold it like cool, […]