tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post113902394115492846..comments2023-10-09T08:01:29.924-05:00Comments on Sorting The Pieces: The shadows and light of being realCynthiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11641264346663533706noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post-1139807985386532422006-02-12T23:19:00.000-06:002006-02-12T23:19:00.000-06:00Cynthia, I finally made it all the way through the...Cynthia, I finally made it all the way through the book and the exercises in the spring of 2000 after a friend and I buddied up to support one another on the journey. Before then I had been writing morning pages since the summer of 1995 and I had worked my way through to that point in the book where Julia says a lot of people get stalled. <BR/><BR/>All this recent AW revival I'm reading in blogs is tempting me to pick up the book again. I wish you the best on your AW journey.daringtowritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245269118641232845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post-1139194930555643962006-02-05T21:02:00.000-06:002006-02-05T21:02:00.000-06:00I can definitely empathize with the feeling of won...I can definitely empathize with the feeling of wondering "am I a real writer?" This is a question I have begun to struggle with myself in recent weeks. I'm glad to know I'm not alone in my wondering.<BR/>I've heard so many wonderful things about the book "The Artist Way". I am eager to pick it up, and yet worried that I do not have the adequate time to devote to completing the activities as I would like. Or perhaps I am allowing myself to use that excuse as a protection against what I may find within myself along the way.<BR/>Whatever the reason, you have inspired me to go ahead and get this book. Thank you for sharing a bit of your journey with it, and urging me forward on my own journey.<BR/>Wishing you well...<BR/>TDtara dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07493936146686473190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post-1139194675901947172006-02-05T20:57:00.000-06:002006-02-05T20:57:00.000-06:00I just came back and re-read my comment, and I rea...I just came back and re-read my comment, and I realized it looks kind of bitchy! Of course, I don't have a problem with using tools to get in touch with or enhance your creativity. I guess what I meant to say is that I have already discovered I am a writer, and it isn't always fun! Maybe a book that could talk me out of thinking I'm a writer would be a good thing! :)Lisa :-]https://www.blogger.com/profile/02237889098638895390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post-1139185444198422552006-02-05T18:24:00.000-06:002006-02-05T18:24:00.000-06:00Thank you for bringing this book to my attention. ...Thank you for bringing this book to my attention. I had not heard of it. Also...on an unrelated matter (yet maybe related - it's artistic?) I think your blog is aesthically very pleasing! It has beaucoup information...was it hard to put together? Very well done! I enjoy your insights very much. --Bethbeths front porchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09106016793491584685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post-1139148348063994112006-02-05T08:05:00.000-06:002006-02-05T08:05:00.000-06:00Cynthia,I for one am in awe of your writing! I alm...Cynthia,<BR/><BR/>I for one am in awe of your writing! I almost didn't comment the first time that I read your blog because I felt so out of my depths after reading you. I do hope that you allow yourself the freedom to begin writing for your own enjoyment, and see where it leads. Since making money on your writing is no longer an issue, my guess is that your writing will take flight as soon as you allow yourself the complete freedom to just be you...<BR/><BR/>I read The Artist's Way about 5 or 6 years ago. It's a wonderful book, but I also did not follow through with the weekly assignments. The morning pages alone were valuable, though, and helped me through some difficult times of sorely needed introspection. I accumulated reams of notebooks from those pages, but eventually threw them all into a dumpster one day because I didn't want anyone to ever find them and read them. I'm sorry that I did that now, because I kinow that I did some very fine writing about spirituality within those pages.<BR/><BR/>Now that I've begun to paint, I should try to read it again, and follow through with the exercises.<BR/><BR/>We'll be anxious to hear about your new church.Globetrotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07079682652900127410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post-1139088238903537342006-02-04T15:23:00.000-06:002006-02-04T15:23:00.000-06:00Write on, Cynthia! I shy away from "tell you how ...Write on, Cynthia! <BR/><BR/>I shy away from "tell you how to do it" programs. I say it's because I don't like being told what to do, but in truth, I think it is more fear of failure, of not making it through to the end, that stops me. I have that book somewhere - or had it. Maybe it's time to open it again. <BR/><BR/>Love, VickyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post-1139085289408991052006-02-04T14:34:00.000-06:002006-02-04T14:34:00.000-06:00Your entries show that you have a talent for writi...Your entries show that you have a talent for writing, among other talents. You are so insightful. I often find myself reading them again to make sure I have not missed anything. You are an amazing thinker who has the skill to put those thoughts down in ways that become meaningful to others. I hope the book helps you to channel your talents.Nellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06927983874624510031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post-1139038039965933602006-02-04T01:27:00.000-06:002006-02-04T01:27:00.000-06:00My problem isn't so much whether I AM a writer. I...My problem isn't so much whether I AM a writer. I know that's what I am. None of what I've ever "done," in the public sense, has had anything to do with my being a writer. But, I know: I am a writer. There is a relationship between me and the written word...a love/hate relationship that anyone who is NOT a writer cannot really understand. Writing is the medium that forms me, defines me, and enslaves me It blesses me, tortures me, and I am nothing without it. I don't neeed a book to tell me that.Lisa :-]https://www.blogger.com/profile/02237889098638895390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post-1139029309364529122006-02-03T23:01:00.000-06:002006-02-03T23:01:00.000-06:00That's a good book you're using, and I'm happy you...That's a good book you're using, and I'm happy you've returned to it. I think that the introverted idealists often live their lives in the shadows, which is such a shame because they are often so talented; that they are perceptive goes without saying. But they tend to give up quickly, thinking they just don't "have it." But the desire never goes away. What I take from writers like Agee (see my latest entry), who are very different from me temperamentally, is the fire. Agee was on fire for writing and he loved it for its wild ways. We are wild, Cynthia, wild at heart. You know what's right: do it. Write.Theresa Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00103717736011804799noreply@blogger.com