Morning Pages

Road Blocks

March 1, 2011

I am a firm believer in Morning Pages but that doesn’t mean I use them all the time. Though it felt like a really long time since I had last drawn/painted anything (it probably wasn’t as long as it felt) and I was beginning to feel to quite anxious about starting anything. In truth I was scared to start anything in case it turned out to be awful, in case it revealed me to be the complete hack I think I am.

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Cleaning Up, Clearing Out

June 22, 2010
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Today I am cleaning up. I am taking stock – in the most literal sense. I’ve concluded I have enough stationery supplies to last several lifetimes. I’ll have to reign myself in the next time I swing by OfficeWorks…

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Morning Pages Revisited

August 12, 2009

In daily use the Morning Pages described in Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way serve as brain drain. They help you take all the extraneous detail – the stuff that Cameron insists stands between you and your creativity – and put it on the page. On a daily basis this can be quite helpful, but what can we learn from the pages over time?

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Morning Pages

May 20, 2009

The Morning Pages form part of the basic tools of creative recovery that Julia Cameron describes in The Artist’s Way.

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