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- SYNCHRONISTIC SUPPORT - expecting the universe to help - The Artist's Way (Week 7, Day 3)Today, let's accept the help of the universe's synchronistic support.🎥 Watch today's video » https://youtu.be/6eci5PBpStw👉 Join the FREE online Artist's Way community journey » https://intentioninspired.com/artist___________TODAY'S INSPIRATION FROM JULIA CAMERONOnce you accept that it is natural to create, you can begin to accept a second idea—that the creator will hand you whatever you need for the project.The minute you are willing to accept the help of this collaborator, you will see useful bits of help everywhere in your life. Be alert: there is a second voice, a higher harmonic, adding to and augmenting your inner creative voice. This voice frequently shows itself in synchronicity.You will hear the dialogue you need, find the right song for the sequence, see the exact paint color you almost had in mind, and so forth. You will have the experience of finding things—books, seminars, tossed-out stuff—that happen to fit with what you are doing.Learn to accept the possibility that the universe is helping you with what you are doing. Become willing to see the hand of God and accept it as a friend’s offer to help with what you are doing. Because many of us unconsciously harbor the fearful belief that God would find our creations decadent or frivolous or worse, we tend to discount this creator-to-creator help.Try to remember that God is the Great Artist. Artists like other artists.Expect the universe to support your dream. It will.(The Artist's Way, 2016, p. 119)📕 GET THE BOOK » http://mattprindle.com/the-artist-way-book__________📣 TODAY'S AFFIRMATIONRead the following affirmation out loud with purpose and intent:I have faith the universe has my back and supports my dreams.__________💪 TODAY'S CREATIVE EXERCISETake positive stock of what good you have to build on in the present.Finish these phrases:I have a loyal friend in __________________ .One thing I like about my town is ______________ .I think I have nice _________________________ .Writing my morning pages has shown me I can ___ .I am taking a greater interest in ________________ .I believe I am getting better at __________________ .My artist has started to pay more attention to _________ .My self-care is _________________________________ .I feel more ___________________________________ .Possibly, my creativity is __________________________ .__________💬 TODAY'S QUOTE"Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe."– Claudia Black__________📓 TODAY'S JOURNAL PROMPTWhat area of your life you can be more receptive to universal support?Share in the comments below👇3 min
- INTUITIVE VOICE - creating with faith - The Artist's Way (Week 7, Day 2)Today, let's practice listening to that inspired, intuitive voice that exists past the Censor's chatter.🎥 Watch today's video » https://youtu.be/7922oQjGWSc👉 Join the FREE online Artist's Way community journey » https://intentioninspired.com/artist___________TODAY'S INSPIRATION FROM JULIA CAMERONThese moments of clear inspiration require that we move into them on faith.We can practice these small leaps of faith daily in our pages and on our artist dates. We can learn not only to listen but also to hear with increasing accuracy that inspired, intuitive voice that says, “Do this, try this, say this....”Most writers have had the experience of catching a poem or a paragraph or two of formed writing. We consider these finds to be small miracles. What we fail to realize is that they are, in fact, the norm. We are the instrument more than the author of our work.Some people find it easier to picture the stream of inspiration as being like radio waves of all sorts being broadcast at all times.With practice, we learn how to hear the desired frequency on request. We tune in to the frequency we want. Like a parent, we learn to hear the voice of our current brainchild among the other children’s voices.(The Artist's Way, 2016, p. 118)📕 GET THE BOOK » http://mattprindle.com/the-artist-way-book__________📣 TODAY'S AFFIRMATIONRead the following out loud with purpose and intent:I am hearing with increasing accuracy that inspired, intuitive voice.__________💪 TODAY'S CREATIVE EXERCISETake yourself into a sacred space—a church, synagogue, library, grove of trees—and allow yourself to savor the silence and healing solitude.Each of us has a personal idea of what sacred space is. For me, a large clock store or a great aquarium store can engender a sense of timeless wonder. Experiment__________💬 TODAY'S QUOTE"Listening is a form of accepting."– Stella Terrill Mann__________📓 TODAY'S JOURNAL PROMPTWhat has that inspired, intuitive voice been saying to you recently?Share in the comments below👇5 min
- LISTENING - hearing past the Censor - The Artist's Way (Week 7, Day 1)Today, let's replace thinking something up with getting something down.🎥 Watch today's video » https://youtu.be/Y0I6C3jCXCU👉 Join the FREE online Artist's Way community journey » https://intentioninspired.com/artist___________TODAY'S INSPIRATION FROM JULIA CAMERONThe ability to listen is a skill we are honing with both our morning pages and our artist dates.The pages train us to hear past our Censor. The artist dates help us to pick up the voice of inspiration. While both of these activities are apparently unconnected to the actual act of making art, they are critical to the creative process.Art is not about thinking something up. It is about the opposite—getting something down. The directions are important here.If we are trying to think something up, we are straining to reach for something that’s just beyond our grasp, “up there, in the stratosphere, where art lives on high….”When we get something down, there is no strain. We’re not doing; we’re getting. Someone or something else is doing the doing. Instead of reaching for inventions, we are engaged in listening.Art is an act of tuning in and dropping down the well.It is as though all the stories, painting, music, performances in the world live just under the surface of our normal consciousness. Like an underground river, they flow through us as a stream of ideas that we can tap down into. As artists, we drop down the well into the stream. We hear what’s down there and we act on it—more like taking dictation than anything fancy having to do with art.(The Artist's Way, 2016, p. 117 - 118)📕 GET THE BOOK » http://mattprindle.com/the-artist-way-book__________📣 TODAY'S AFFIRMATIONI am listening beyond my egoic Censor.__________💪 TODAY'S CREATIVE EXERCISEGive yourself time out to listen to one side of an album, just for joy.You may want to doodle as you listen, allowing yourself to draw the shapes, emotions, thoughts you hear in the music. Notice how just twenty minutes can refresh you. Learn to take these mini—artist dates to break stress and allow insight.__________💬 TODAY'S QUOTE"In the esoteric Judaism of the Cabalah, the Deep Self is named the Neshamah, from the root of Shmhm, “to hear or listen”: the Neshamah is She Who Listens, the soul who inspires or guides us."– Starhawk__________📓 TODAY'S JOURNAL PROMPTWhat is one step towards getting something down that you have been thinking up?Share in the comments below👇5 min
- LUXURY OF TIME - playing is serious business - The Artist's Way (Week 6, Day 7)Today, let's get serious with our art by getting serious with our play.Watch today's video here » https://youtu.be/6ocMnKNoCUg👉 Take your creative recovery seriously with FREE 10-minute daily sessions and a supportive community at https://mattprindle.com/artist__________TODAY'S INSPIRATION FROM JULIA CAMERONCreative living requires the luxury of time, which we carve out for ourselves—even if it’s fifteen minutes for quick morning pages and a ten-minute mini bath after work.Creative living requires the luxury of space for ourselves, even if all we manage to carve out is one special bookshelf and a windowsill that is ours. (My study has a window shelf of paperweights and seashells.) Remember that your artist is a youngster and youngsters like things that are “mine.” My chair. My book. My pillow.Designating a few things special and yours alone can go a long way toward making you feel pampered. Chinatown anywhere offers a beautiful teacup and saucer for under five dollars. Secondhand stores often have one-of-a-kind china plates that make an afternoon snack a more creative experience.Much of what we do in a creative recovery may seem silly. Silly is a defense our Wet Blanket adult uses to squelch our artist child. Beware of silly as a word you toss at yourself. Yes, artist dates are silly—that’s the whole point.Creativity lives in paradox: serious art is born from serious play.(The Artist's Way, 2016, p. 112)GET THE BOOK » http://mattprindle.com/the-artist-way-book__________TODAY'S AFFIRMATIONI routinely allow myself the luxury of free time.__________TODAY'S CREATIVE EXERCISEBake something.(If you have a sugar problem, make a fruit salad.) Creativity does not have to always involve capital-A art. Very often, the act of cooking something can help you cook something up in another creative mode. When I am stymied as a writer, I make soups and pies.__________TODAY'S QUOTE"As an artist, it is central to be unsatisfied! This isn’t greed, though it might be appetite."— Lawrence Calcagno__________TODAY'S JOURNAL PROMPTWhat is one tiny change that will allow you more free time to play today?5 min
- LEARNING LUXURY - spoiling ourselves for once (or twice) - The Artist's Way (Week 6, Day 6)Today, let's acknowledge and practice what feels luxurious today.Watch today's video here » https://youtu.be/uOzfIvkPSq4👉 We journey better when we journey together 🙌 Join the Intention Inspired fam for daily Artist Way sessions for free at http://mattprindle.com/artist__________TODAY'S INSPIRATION FROM JULIA CAMERONFor many blocked creatives, it takes a little work to even imagine ourselves having luxury. Luxury is a learned practice for most of us. Blocked creatives are often the Cinderellas of the world. Focused on others at the expense of ourselves, we may even be threatened by the idea of spoiling ourselves for once.“Don’t try to let go of Cinderella,” my writer friend Karen advises. “Keep Cinderella but focus on giving yourself the glass slipper. The second half of that fairy tale is great.”What we are talking about when we discuss luxury is very often a shift in consciousness more than now—although as we acknowledge and invite what feels luxurious to us, we may indeed trigger an increased flow.(The Artist's Way, 2016, p. 111)GET THE BOOK » http://mattprindle.com/the-artist-way-book__________TODAY'S AFFIRMATIONI acknowledge and invite what feels luxurious.__________TODAY'S CREATIVE EXERCISEList your "favorites" in the following categories:Cars ___________________________Dogs ___________________________Flowers _________________________Trees ___________________________Fruits ___________________________Vegetables ______________________Desserts ________________________Entrées _________________________Musical Groups __________________Colors _________________________DOWNLOAD AND PRINT ALL THE EXERCISES FOR FREE AT http://mattprindle.com/artist__________TODAY'S QUOTE"True life is lived when tiny changes occur."– Leo Tolstoy__________TODAY'S JOURNAL PROMPTWhat is one way you will practice authentic luxury today?4 min
- TRUE JOY - enlarging our art - The Artist's Way (Week 6, Day 5)Today, let's practice listen for and saying yes to those things that give us true joy.Watch today's video here » https://youtu.be/UTbK4sE0q9k👉 Join our Intentional Creative Community for free at http://mattprindle.com/artist__________TODAY'S INSPIRATION FROM JULIA CAMERONIn order to thrive as artists—and, one could argue, as people—we need to be available to the universal flow.When we put a stopper on our capacity for joy by anorectically declining the small gifts of life, we turn aside the larger gifts as well. Those of us, like my artist friend, who are engaged in long creative works will find ourselves leaching our souls to find images, returning to past work, to tricks, practicing our craft more than enlarging our art. Those of us who have stymied the work flow completely will find ourselves in lives that feel barren and devoid of interest no matter how many meaningless things we have filled them with.What gives us true joy?That is the question to ask concerning luxury, and for each of us the answer is very different.(The Artist's Way, 2016, p. 110)GET THE BOOK » http://mattprindle.com/the-artist-way-book__________TODAY'S AFFIRMATIONI notice and follow what brings me joy.__________TODAY'S CREATIVE EXERCISEAny new flow in your life? Practice saying yes to freebies.__________TODAY'S QUOTE"Explore daily the will of God."– C. G. Jung__________TODAY'S JOURNAL PROMPTWhat is one thing that gives you true joy?3 min
- AUTHENTIC LUXURY - pampering ourselves into abundance - The Artist's Way (Week 6, Day 1)Today, let's allow ourselves the luxury of time to explore dwindled passions while trusting that tiny changes towards abundance are occurring.Watch today's video here » https://youtu.be/i1913fiqTLY👉 Enjoy daily sessions of the full 12-week online Artist's Way journey for free with a supportive community at https://mattprindle.com/artist__________TODAY'S INSPIRATION FROM JULIA CAMERONFor those of us who have become artistically anorectic—yearning to be creative and refusing to feed that hunger in ourselves so that we become more and more focused on our deprivation—a little authentic luxury can go a long way.The keyword here is authentic.Because art is born in expansion, in a belief in sufficient supply, it is critical that we pamper ourselves for the sense of abundance it brings to us.All too often, we become blocked and blame it on our lack of money. This is never an authentic block. The actual block is our feeling of constriction, our sense of powerlessness. Art requires us to empower ourselves with choice. At the most basic level, this means choosing to do self-care.(The Artist's Way, 2016, p. 108-109)GET THE BOOK » http://mattprindle.com/the-artist-way-book__________TODAY'S AFFIRMATIONI empower myself regularly with authentic self-care.__________TODAY'S CREATIVE EXERCISEThrow out or give away five ratty pieces of clothing.__________TODAY'S QUOTE"Money will come when you are doing the right thing."– Mike Phillips__________TODAY'S JOURNAL PROMPTWhat is one authentic luxury you will allow yourself today?4 min
- MAKING LIFE ART - doing what we're meant to do - The Artist's Way (Week 6, Day 3)Today, let's get clarity on what we are really meant to do by tuning into what we really want to do.Watch today's video here » https://youtu.be/XwQbFHwsjEAFull online journey (FREE) » https://intentioninspired.com/artist__________INSPIRATION FROM JULIA CAMERON:Making art begins with making hay while the sun shines.It begins with getting into the now and enjoying your day. It begins with giving yourself some small treats and breaks. “This is extravagant but so is God” is a good attitude to take when treating your artist to small bribes and beauties. Remember, you are the cheapskate, not God. As you expect God to be more generous, God will be able to be more generous to you.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.We will continue to work this week with our ideas surrounding money. We will see how our ideas about money (“It’s hard to get. You have to work long hours for it. You need to worry about money first and creativity second”) shape our ideas about creativity.(The Artist's Way, 2016, p. 108)__________TODAY'S AFFIRMATIONWhat I really what to do is what I am really meant to do.__________TODAY'S CREATIVE EXERCISEFor the next week you will be discovering how you spend your money. Buy a small pocket notepad and write down every nickel you spend. It doesn’t matter what it is for, how tiny the purchase, how petty the amount. Petty cash is still cash.Each day, date a page and count—what you bought, what you spent, where your money went, whether it was for groceries, lunch in a diner, a cab ride, subway fares, or a loan to your brother. Be meticulous. Be thorough. And be nonjudgmental. This is an exercise in self-observation—not self-flagellation.You may want to continue this practice for a full month or longer. It will teach you what you value in terms of your spending. Often our spending differs from our real values. We fritter away cash on things we don’t cherish and deny ourselves those things we do. For many of us, counting is a necessary prelude to learning creative luxury.__________TODAY'S QUOTE"Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor."– Paul Hawken__________TODAY'S JOURNAL PROMPTWhat is one type of "work" you've done that felt like play?7 min
- INSENSIBLE CREATIVITY - opening to supernatural support - The Artist's Way (Week 6, Day 2)Today, let's soften our rational and sensible minds and be more open to receiving divine creative support.Watch today's video here » https://youtu.be/FiIH7qlOhogExplore the full online journey with the Intention Inspired fam for FREE at https://intentioninspired.com/artist___________INSPIRATION FROM JULIA CAMERONMany of us equate difficulty with virtue—and art with fooling around.Hard work is good. A terrible job must be building our moral fiber. Something —a talent for painting, say—that comes to us easily and seems compatible with us must be some sort of cheap trick, not to be taken seriously. On the one hand, we give lip service to the notion that God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free. On the other, we secretly think that God wants us to be broke if we are going to be so decadent as to want to be artists. Do we have any proof at all for these ideas about God?Looking at God’s creation, it is pretty clear that the creator itself did not know when to stop.There is not one pink flower, or even fifty pink flowers, but hundreds. Snowflakes, of course, are the ultimate exercise in sheer creative glee. No two alike. This creator looks suspiciously like someone who just might send us support for our creative ventures.When it comes time for us to choose between a cherished dream and a lousy current drudgery, we often choose to ignore the dream and blame our continued misery on God. We act like it’s God’s fault we didn’t go to Europe, take that painting class, go on that photo shoot. In truth, we, not God, have decided not to go. We have tried to be sensible—as though we have any proof at all that God is sensible—rather than see if the universe might not have supported some healthy extravagance.The creator may be our father/mother/source but it is surely not the father/mother/church/teacher/friends here on earth who have instilled in us their ideas of what is sensible for us.Creativity is not and never has been sensible.Why should it be? Why should you be? Do you still think there is some moral virtue in being martyred? If you want to make some art, make some art. Just a little art ... two sentences. One rhyme. A silly kindergarten ditty:God likes art.That’s the partMy parents would ignore. God likes art,And I make art.That’s what God likes me for!(The Artist's Way, 2016, p. 107-108)___________TODAY'S AFFIRMATIONMy creativity does not have to be sensible.___________TODAY'S CREATIVE EXERCISENATURAL ABUNDANCEOption 1: Find five pretty or interesting rocks.I enjoy this exercise particularly because rocks can be carried in pockets, fingered in business meetings. They can be small, constant reminders of our creative consciousness.Option 2: Pick five flowers or leaves.You may want to press these between wax paper and save them in a book. If you did this in kindergarten, that’s fine. Some of the best creative play is done there. Let yourself do it again.___________TODAY'S QUOTE"All substance is energy in motion. It lives and flows. Money is symbolically a golden, flowing stream of concretized vital energy."– Patrick J. Harbula___________TODAY'S JOURNAL PROMPTWhat is one thing you really want to do today?8 min
- THE GREAT CREATOR - redefining beliefs of God's will - The Artist's Way (Week 6, Day 1)Today, let's explore the ways our limited beliefs about God/source/Creator limits our financial abundance.Watch today's video here » https://youtu.be/OAUAqAQ5GN4Join the Intention Inspired fam with the full Artist's Way online journey for FREE 👉 https://intentioninspired.com/artist___________INSPIRATION FROM JULIA CAMERON“I’m a believer,” Nancy declares. “I just don’t believe God gets involved with money.” Although she doesn’t recognize it, Nancy carries two self-sabotaging beliefs. She believes not only that God is good—too good to do money—but also that money is bad. Nancy, like many of us, needs to overhaul her God concept in order to fully recover her creativity.For many of us, raised to believe that money is the real source of security, a dependence on God feels foolhardy, suicidal, even laughable. When we consider the lilies of the fields, we think they are quaint, too out of it for the modern world. We’re the ones who keep clothes on our backs. We’re the ones who buy the groceries. And we will pursue our art, we tell ourselves, when we have enough money to do it easily.And when will that be?We want a God that feels like a fat paycheck and a license to spend as we please. Listening to the siren song of more, we are deaf to the still small voice waiting in our soul to whisper, “You’re enough.”We cling to our financial concerns as a way to avoid not only our art but also our spiritual growth.Most of us harbor a secret belief that work has to be work and not play, and that anything we really want to do—like write, act, dance—must be considered frivolous and be placed a distant second. This is not true.We are operating out of the toxic old idea that God’s will for us and our will for us are at opposite ends of the table. “I want to be an actress, but God wants me to wait tables in hash joints,” the scenario goes. “So if I try to be an actress, I will end up slinging hash.”Thinking like this is grounded in the idea that God is a stern parent with very rigid ideas about what’s appropriate for us. And you’d better believe we won’t like them. This stunted god concept needs alteration.(The Artist's Way, 2016, p. 105 - 106)___________TODAY'S AFFIRMATIONI am enough just as I am—as is God.___________TODAY'S CREATIVE EXERCISE:Complete the following phrases:1. People with money are ________________________2. Money makes people _________________________3. I’d have more money if ________________________4. My dad thought money was ____________________5. My mom always thought money would __________6. In my family, money caused ____________________7. Money equals ________________________________8. If I had money, I’d _____________________________9. If I could afford it, I’d __________________________10. If I had some money, I’d . ______________________11. I’m afraid that if I had money I would ____________12. Money is ____________________________________13. Money causes _______________________________14. Having money is not __________________________15. In order to have more money, I’d need to ________16. When I have money, I usually ___________________17. I think money ________________________________18. If I weren’t so cheap I’d ________________________19. People think money ___________________________20. Being broke tells me ______________________________________TODAY'S QUOTE:"The more we learn to operate in the world based on trust in our intuition, the stronger our channel will be and the more money we will have."– Shakti Gawain___________TODAY'S JOURNAL PROMPTWhat is one attitude that has supported your financial abundance?5 min
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