Comments on: Faith and the Artists Way

By: About The Artist’s Way

About The Artist’s Way — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:46:21 +0000

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By: Barbara Martin

Barbara Martin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:59:22 +0000

My vague sense is that redoing the Artist’s Way once a decade or so might be about right. Unless of course things change dramatically in your life and you want to sort of touch base sooner. The first time I did it I was a little older (well okay a lot older!) than that, and it was unsettling for me — a jolt out of complacency. But it also gave me a sense of power I had not felt before. It seems to me that people find very different discoveries for themselves each time they work through it in a deliberate way. Too, spot reading a specific chapter now and then when you feel the old habits re-appearing or when you sense a little boost is needed might be useful too.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:51:18 +0000

Interesting! I did the Artists Way back in 1998, when I was in full-on early-20s angst. Everything was so *dramatic* and painful back then. I thought being an artist meant being tortured constantly. So AW kind of calmed me in a way. Wonder what it would do for me now that I don’t need that so much?

By: Barbara Martin

Barbara Martin — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:26:35 +0000

I am a spiral person, that’s for sure.

Just because we didn’t get it the first time doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try again…. and the view or perspective does shift …. and we find new insight or a new habit…. and since I would never suggest doing all of the tasks/exercises the first time through, there are plenty more chapter tasks to try, too.

By: Rebecca Leigh | Smart Fresh Writing for Business

Rebecca Leigh | Smart Fresh Writing for Business — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:31:47 +0000

Ah the spiraling path! Yes!

I don’t normally like to reference my own posts in other people’s comments but I was pondering this very thing last week and I wrote an article about the tools we need to learn in our entrepreneurial journeys:

“Be patient
Sometimes (often) you’ll feel like you’re back at the same place you were last week, last month or last year. Learning the same lesson over again. Don’t be hard on yourself. Each time around you add to your knowledge. It’s more like a spiral than a circle – you may feel like it’s the same place but you have definitely moved.”

I loved your beautiful description of walking the path again and finding new views

By: Leah

Leah — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:52:46 +0000

I agree, working through this book multiple times is highly recommended. It’s a beautiful practice.

By: Shannon Wilkinson

Shannon Wilkinson — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:19:43 +0000

What a great point about the wonderful new insights that can be gained from following the Artist’s Way program multiple times. I return to the Dates and the Morning Pages time and again, but it never occurred to me to work through the whole program more than once. Think how amazing it would be if you did it serially, and just incorporated the different aspects into your daily life?