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.

Category: Creativity

Start the New Creative Project, Plant that Seed

Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 10/14/2013 Theme, Ace of Coins. The Aces are the beginning, the seed, holding all potential, all possibility. Coins are the element of Earth, money, home, health, anything you can touch, taste or feel. This week, keep in mind the importance

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3 Steps to Finding Your Way through the Fog

Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. ~ Victor Hugo I woke the other morning, and saw that the rich gold of autumn leaves was dimmed by a thin layer of fog, a not unusual occurrence

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Celebrate Your Creativity with Passion

Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 10/7/2013 Theme, 3 of Cups. Cups is the element of water representing the heart and all its emotions, and creativity. This week look at the element of celebration, especially shared celebration, around your creativity. Look for opportunities to celebrate creative

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Autumn – the Opportunity to See

Autumn…makes a double demand. It asks that we prepare for the future—that we be wise in the ways of garnering and keeping. But it also asks we learn to let go… Bonaro W. Overstreet in Meditations for Women. I love autumn in the Northeast because of the intensity of color

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Pay Attention—to Your Creative Biz

Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 9/30/2013 Theme, 2 of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth, of home, health, wealth. Anything you can touch, taste or feel. Two is often about balance or choice. In the 2 of Coins, it’s about keeping your focus on

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So What are You Going to Do about Your Tower, Rapunzel?

Every time one of our three sons approached his mid-teens—you know, that time when they want to learn to drive, attend late-night parties, and start experimenting with alcohol and other things you don’t want to even imagine—I yearned to install a very tall tower in our backyard and stick that

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Are You Well-Equipped to Do Your Creative Work?

Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 9/23/2013 Theme, Knight of Wands. To be of service, the Knight goes through a period of training, developing skills and acquiring the tools, equipment and resources he needs to do his job. Wands is the element of fire, spirit, creativity,

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Get Centered & Remember Your Creative Vision

Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 9/16/2013 Theme, Wheel of Fortune. Being creative and doing your creative work can feel a lot like riding the Wheel of Fortune, ups and downs are the nature of things. One way to avoid feeling the extremes is to move

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Exchange Creative Overwhelm for Creative Play

Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for the week of 9/9/2013 Theme, 10 of Wands. Surely you don’t want to spend this week on your belly crawling through the brush with a pile of projects on your back? Wands is the element of fire, spirit, creativity, career, work. Time to

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Creative Marketing Lessons from Classic Cars

Several weeks ago, as Bob, Jason and I walked around Carmel photographing the many sports cars temporarily at curbside rest before auctions, races, and the Concours D’Elegance, I realized how quickly I was able to determine, if not the year, at least the make and style of varying sports cars,

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