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We’re stepping into The Artist’s Way journey. This first week isn’t about diving straight into “doing” it’s about grounding ourselves, setting the tone, and getting familiar with the tools we’ll lean on for the next twelve weeks. Think of this as orientation - laying the foundation so the rest of the journey has somewhere solid to land.

If you watch the replay, here’s what you’ll see me cover:

✨ At-a-Glance: What We Covered

* Spiritual ElectricityWe started with the idea that creativity itself is spiritual energy. Every time you create, you’re plugging into Source. You’re not just making art, you’re reconnecting to that divine current that already lives in you.

* The CensorWe also talked about the Censor, that inner critic voice. For some people, it’s harsh: “You’re not good enough.” For a lot of us, especially as Black women, it sneaks in as perfectionism: “Do more. Be more. It’s not ready yet.” And when that voice runs the show, nothing ever feels finished, and our work never makes it into the world. That’s a dangerous loop self-sabotage dressed up as achievement.

* The Ten Basic PrinciplesThese are the spiritual truths that run through the whole book. They’re meant to be read daily so they sink into your system like a mantra. (I’ve listed them below.)

* The Two Basic ToolsThese are the practices we’ll keep coming back to every week of the journey:

* Morning Pages → three longhand pages written first thing in the morning. No censoring, no editing, no performance. Just clearing out the noise so you can actually hear yourself.

* Artist Date → one solo date a week with your inner artist. It doesn’t have to be big or expensive. It just has to be intentional—a café, a coloring book, a walk, a concert, anything that feels like play.

✨ The Ten Basic Principles

These are the reminders that keep your creative channel open. Read them out loud every single day if you can let them move from the page into your body.

* Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy: pure creative energy.

* There is an underlying, indwelling creative force infusing all of life—including ourselves.

* When we open ourselves to our creativity, we open ourselves to the creator’s creativity within us and our lives.

* We are, ourselves, creations. And we, in turn, are meant to continue creativity by being creative ourselves.

* Creativity is God’s gift to us. Using our creativity is our gift back to God.

* The refusal to be creative is self-will and is counter to our true nature.

* When we open ourselves to exploring our creativity, we open ourselves to God: Good Orderly Direction.

* As we open our creative channel to the creator, many gentle but powerful changes are to be expected.

* It is safe to open ourselves up to greater and greater creativity.

* Our creative dreams and yearnings come from a divine source. As we move toward our dreams, we move toward our divinity.

✨ Practice with them this week: The invitation is to read all ten every day, but here’s one way to make it more alive: from now until our next session, pick one principle each morning and let that be your intention for the day. Then notice how does your life shift? What comes up for you when that truth leads the way? And of course, share your reflections in the group chat - I’d love to hear how this unfolds for you.

That’s the foundation for Week 0. Go watch the replay if you haven’t yet, and start weaving these principles into your daily rhythm - they’re real spiritual medicine.

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