Day 2, the artist's way

Photo by immarkcz "Chopwell- magic view"













Today I have been thinking a lot about my blocks to sucess. Isn't it interesting that we would subconciously not want to be sucessful?

"If I am fully creative, what will it mean, what will happen to me and others?" Julia Cameron, "The Artist's Way", page 30

It is something to think about.
what is holding me back?
what am I doing to hold myself here?
why am I too scared to move on to the greatness ahead?

Today I met with some excisting customers and they were so excited to get the box of delights I was handing in, to see their faces as they rumaged and saying "oh, you are so talented, you're so lucky that you can make things, I could never do anything like this, you are so lucky." Yes these are wonderful but loaded compliments.

My aunt told me a few years ago that people used to say the same thing to her and she advised me to smile with love and grace and accept that we are doing it for all the people out there who can't at the moment explore and realise their creative potential. What a gift! I think about this a lot now. How lucky I am to have the time, space, skills and courage to just make, and not to take it for granted. So why am I stuck? I anticipate many more morning pages will be spent mulling this over.