Week 8

Recovering a Sense of Strength

Mt. Kurama, Japan

“The grace to be a beginner is always the best prayer for an artist.”

This week, we are exploring ideas about time and aging, and how to survive artistic injuries.

This is also the chapter wherein Julia Cameron argues that artists and intellectuals are “not the same animal.” I happen to disagree with this! In any case:

To read:

• Chapter 8: Recovering a Sense of Strength

To do:

• Daily morning pages and weekly artist date

• Exercises within the chapter: Affirmations

• Tasks at the end of the chapter: 1-3, 6-8