A toughy, no doubt. This chapter deals with a lot of money issues, and I find that I'm reluctant to post any of those quotes specifically since I have a real resistance to the idea that money is magic and will just come pouring in the moment we are on the right path. Ugh. Barf. So here is one that I had that kind of negative reaction to, I would love to know what you think!:
"All too often, we become blocked and blame it on our lack of money. This is never an authentic block. The actual block is our feeling of constriction, our sense of powerlessness. Art requires us to empower ourselves with choice. At the most basic level, this mean choosing to do self-care."
Um... nice try, but, Ju-Cam, I can't do proper self care if I can't buy nutrients or shampoo. I've never had a problem at the register because I felt constricted.
Also, I'm *somewhat* bummin' because I *just* read that I'm supposed to have tracked my spending for this week. Not only did I NOT do it, but I already put away the receipts so it would be doubly tedious to go back and find them to put it together. Also, I'd rather not feel like I have to justify or regret the $$$ I spent on my artist dates, so... maybe I'll take this on next week? Or maybe not... the point is to notice how much we deny ourselves artistically and I don't really feel like I have a problem with that (see bullet points below).
Enough negativity~ here are some ideas I enjoyed:
"Many of us equate difficulty with virtue-- and art with fooling around. . . A terrible job must be building our moral fiber. Talent that comes to us easy and seems compatible with us must be some sort of cheap trick, not to be taken seriously."
"What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do." (Personalized, this might make a nice affirmation, although I'm not sure how I feel about "meant" as it implies pre-destination).
Don't deny yourself "the luxury of time: time with friends, faily, above all, to the self with no agendas. . ."
"Remember, your artist is a younster, and youngsters like things that are 'mine.'" LOTS of great examples here of simple artist treats that resonated particularly since I have most of them now and I didn't six weeks ago:
- watercolors paints (the bird kit)
- deluxe Crayola box (like I put in my Easter basket)
- a special space of one's own (my secretary)
- inexpensive but beautiful tea-cup and saucer (the broken one from Cinderella that gives me so much joy as I use for my watercolor water)
- one of a kind china plates (see yesterday's entry!)
"Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor."
Paul Hawken
"CREATIVITY LIVES IN PARADOX-
SERIOUS ART IS BORN FROM SERIOUS PLAY"
YES!
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