that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams,
and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined,
he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
from the "Conclusion" to Walden *
Just a lil' bit of a hoot 'n a holler of a hello...I've been missing in action on here lately. This is for more or less 2 reasons:
1. I've been doing 'The Artist's Way' a 12-week course of integrating 'morning pages', a freehand, free-form daily exercise in purging on the page, into my routine. This has taken most of my creative free time, but it has been highly worth it. I'm learning to be more disciplined and focused as well as more aware of my subconscious, which leads me to:
2. I'm learning that I need to complete what I start; even if the end result is crappy (the fear of which, I suppose, in addition to that of success, is what is holding me back), it will BE COMPLETED instead of remaining another secret arrow in the quiver I carry around like an invisible little secret. What I'm also realizing is that I've overestimated my ability to remember the specific details of a project and, upon return after alleged 'reflection,' the end result is not necessarily going to turn out any better for the wait.
So what I suppose I'm saying is that my artistic journey is intact, I have not abandoned ship, I have not succummbed to the quicksand, and I do see the clean, clear light of completion still sparkling, and ever-nearer.
Also, to hark back to an update on my New Year's reflections/resolutions on the power of Owl Medicine, I have seen, to date, three owls this year, and all in interesting and meaningful moments and ways.
This picture looks like the one (minus the snow) that flew past me in the dark a few months back.
