The idea hit me like a brick in the face. Waiting for security before choosing to be creative is a no-win proposition. There will always be another “something” that has to be purchased, gotten, figured out or learned before it’s time to express our creativity. The impact of the idea was unsettling because I’m already [...]

Ideas that are ready to be birthed are born and the others don’t go anywhere. Numerous ideas are running around in my mind but only certain ones move me to actions such as writing a plot summary, making notes in my ideas notebook, or writing a scene for a story. Other ideas float through my [...]

My laptop computer is working but I can’t use it because the power adapter cord is messed up. I have been uploading my blog posts and doing my writing using another computer, but it’s not the same. My computer is customized for my creative work flow. The software on my computer, the bookmarks, the desktop, [...]

Creative wounds must be tended the same as physical wounds. What are creative wounds? Creative wounds are the result of us participating in the world and our work and or us being handled unskillfully. Creative wounds happen when we submit a screenplay to a production company and get a call that it is one of [...]

The world spins on its axis in the same way that we spin on our own. Our axis is the internal GPS guiding and directing us at every moment – even in our creative work. This human GPS works within the mystery of our life because, while we may know what we need to do, [...]

I have finished my first short story based on following Walter Mosley’s ideas in his book, “This Year You Write Your Novel.” The creative ride has been interesting. The book is built upon the commitment of writing everyday. I have been writing everyday but adapted the program to write short fiction because writing a novel [...]

There is a period at the beginning of every creative session where nothing is really happening. The wheels are spinning but the creative vehicle is not moving. The length of this lack of creative engagement varies but it is always there. My daily writing sessions have made this phenomenon even more obvious. My fingers are [...]

Thomas Moore has a timely essay in his book, Original Self, where he describes our need to leave space for the soul to be touched by life. He says we must leave the door ajar to let in something new. I shuddered when I read this because he had tapped into my deepest love of [...]

We make commitments. We break commitments. There are times when it feels impossible for us to keep our word to ourselves. The question is, “What do we do after we break our commitment?” Years ago when I was in the early days of a fast I took a bunch of seedless green grapes and started [...]

There is a wisdom in creative practice that works in our everyday lives. This thought has been reoccurring in my mind and keeps returning me to an experience I had repeatedly when I was painting. I would usually paint in the morning. I would put in time on my chosen focus for that day and [...]