I think one of the most critical things to come out of this meeting is that the guys are all in agreement that they have a problem with the way God is discussed in the book. They all object pretty strenuously to Ju-Cam's idea of God and Oreste in particular feels that spirituality has no place in the creative process.
I have to say, I object pretty strongly to that statement, but as the mediator it wasn't an appropriate time to make it about me. I can make it about me here though, right? It's my blog. I don't agree with Ju-Cam's idea of God either, but I do believe in Creativity with a capital "C" as one of two major universal forces (the other being Entropy, which we often view subjectively and judge as evil/destruction).
Suffice it to say, they're in agreement to skip over the God bits for the rest of the process and although I find that rash, I do think it's the right choice for this group. Besides, I'm tired of hearing them whine about it.
Oreste has shifted the morning pages to answering the questions at the end of the chapter.
Scott is going to follow Emily's example and focus on just one question this week, giving it the attention he would normally give to the tasks as a whole.
Dave gave himself permission to not make up some old morning pages and that seemed like a positive step since his tendency to push himself and expect too much has come up a lot. He also wants to shoot for doing the morning pages in the morning.
They all want to review the chapter before the next meeting (or you could just read my corresponding resonant phrases, guys... guys?... anyone?).
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