51: The Artist‘s Way: Recovering a Sense of Safety (Week 1)

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁'𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝘆: 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭
𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺

This episode is about the first of twelve weeks in the course and book The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron. 

I completed my morning pages every day this week and even wrote more than three pages a couple of times. My artist date was simple - baking cookies and watching a Christmas movie - but I did it!

In this chapter, there is a lot of talk about negative core beliefs. These are a result of societal and personal conditioning around creativity. You may feel like your aren't good enough to be an artist (whatever creative title you wish to hold), that you won't be successful, that you would become a burden to others or any number of beliefs that come from external sources.

These become your inner "censor" that shows up to belittle you or discourage you when you try to think positively about your abilities. Like the ego, the censor is trying to keep you in your comfort zone because the unknown seems unsafe. The mean phrases that come up the most are your "blurts" and you should write these down! You can then create affirmations to counteract them.

The exercises that I talked about for Week 1 are:

• Time Travel: List 3 people that discouraged you that should be in your Monster Hall of Fame
• Write about one monster story and then follow up with a letter to the editor justifying why this was hurtful and why they should be in the Monster Hall of Fame
• Time Travel: List 3 people who supported you that should be in your Hall of Champions
• Imaginary Lives: List 5 different lives you could lead if anything was possible. These could be careers you've always dreamed about or a way of being that sounds ideal to you. Then, select one and do something that you would do if that was your life!
• Go for a walk to clear your head and allow yourself to daydream

As I said last week, I like to think of this book as the artist's shadow work since it looks at aspects of yourself that have been ignored. I suggest getting a copy if you can but either way, you can follow along and do some of the weekly exercises!

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