Writing or creativity of any kind is a mysterious process, a journey into deep and unchartered waters. What you need is a compass… the Tarot.
I’ve been writing articles for my newsletter for more than five years now, so you’ll understand if I tell you that some weeks, my inner child throws a tantrum. “No! I don’t want to write another newsletter. You can’t make me. No!” And yet, the deadline draws near. I can’t
I’ve been writing articles for my weekly newsletter for a long time, almost 250 articles. So it should come as no surprise that inspiration—and my Muse—occasionally go missing. After I’ve searched in the usual places for her like my dreams and journals, I call in Sherlock Holmes because only that
Hey there, Little Red Riding Hood, you sure are lookin’ good. You’re everything a big bad wolf could want. ~ Rolling Stones Did you grow up hearing the fairytale of Little Red Riding Hood? And were you clear about what happens to good girls when they stray from the path
Recently, we had a Taurus Full Moon while the Sun was in the sign of Scorpio. Scorpio challenges us to face what we fear, to let go of attachments, and to surrender to a spiritual transformation. Taurus, on the other hand, is about the physical realm. What do we value?
That inner voice has both gentleness and clarity. So to get to authenticity, you really keep going down to the bone, to the honesty, and the inevitability of something. Meredith Monk During a recent Akashic records reading from colleague, Tomar Levine, I was advised to pull back and roll up
Masquerade!/ Run and hide–/but a face will/ still pursue you! from Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber Masks are not just for Halloween. Over the centuries, they have served a variety of purposes. Entertainment. Since the time of ancient Greece, mask have been used for theater performances (noh
After almost four years of writing articles for this newsletter, sometimes I’m not sure what to write that won’t seem redundant or unimportant. So this time, I consulted the oracles in the form of Ciro Marchetti’s Legacy of the Divine Tarot. I pulled the first card to represent the subject
I know I’ve emphasized many times here how important making time to get away is for your life and especially for your creativity. But sometimes time, money, family and health prevent traveling to idyllic locales such as the one here in the Catskills where I am holding my retreat. So,
This past Sunday was Father’s Day here in the US. But I called my dad on Saturday because I didn’t want to deal with busy phone lines or trying to catch Dad when he was home and not at church or on the phone with one of my other three
“Oh dear, oh dear, I shall be too late!” When I work with clients or lead workshops on creativity or writing, I often here the complaint of not having time. So early in the coaching process, I have clients explore establishing a regular time to work on their creative projects,
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