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Stunning Books of 2021: My Top Ten Favorites
Last year wasn’t all bad. I read a lot of books, some of them quite wonderful, all of them good. 42 books to be exact, including a mix of poetry, books on the craft of writing, novels, memoir, and other non-fiction. And that doesn’t even count the spiritual books and...
How Do You Know If Your Art Is Good?
“Do I have a future as a poet?,” my student asked me during our coaching session the other day. “You have a present as a poet,” I replied. “You are writing poems and enjoying it. It is bringing blessings to your life." Over the years I have been asked this question in...
2021 My Year in Review
Here's my review of 2021 in my life in the hopes it may help, encourage, inspire you. This was a super-tough year in many ways. For me, the worst of it was continued social isolation and being cut off from so much of what I love to do. On top of that, being infuriated...
The Gifts (and Perils) of Focus, Part II
How do we dance with focus and variety to live rich, full, beautiful lives? How can we get the gifts of focus to attain mastery in our art and life but not become one-sided automatons?
The Gifts (and Perils) of Focus
This is the beginning of a two-part series on Focus. We’ll look at how you can bless your creativity and your life with its gifts. And, avoid its pitfalls. Focus is about getting out of overwhelm, over-doing, and the feeling of spinning your wheels. It’s about...
Clearing Space for More Joy and Ease
I recently had Covid. The experience brought some unpleasant sensations and challenges, but it also brought rich, unexpected blessings. I’ll share my experience with you here. Particularly, what I discovered about clearing space, within and without, to create more...
Harvesting 2021, Making Space for the New
We have reached the final month of this ragged year. I had hoped this year would be far better than 2020, but 2021 proved rough, painful, and confusing in many ways. Nonetheless, beautiful things also happened. December is a good time of year for taking stock, for...
Dealing with Disappointment in Art and Life
Recently, I suffered a big disappointment. It felt like a physical blow to the chest. I was reeling with pain and shock. In a moment I will share what happened and the six steps I took to recover from it. It is important to deal with disappointments in a good way, so...
Dreaming New Creations In My Work
A profound process of dreaming and creation is going on. I am deep in an incubation period on so many levels. Often I sit down to share some of it with you, and I fall silent. When you are in the cocoon, and your old body has dissolved into formless goo, and your new...
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