Monday, March 27, 2006

Get to the Heart of Your Creativity Through Journaling

Greetings! Here are a few sample sets of quotes and questions from my guided journal, The Whispering Heart, that you can use to prime the creative pump. You can order the 50-page book by sending your www.paypal.com payment to scleaver@dejazzd.com. Please put the book title and number of copies in the subject line, and your name and shipping address in the "note" box. I'm offering it to my blog readers with free shipping within the US for $15 US. Pennsylvania residents will need to include $0.90 tax per copy. Residents of other countries please email me for shipping details.

Here goes...

Passion!
"Your true passion should feel like breathing; it's that natural." --Oprah Winfrey
What is it that comes this naturally to you? How can you capitalize on this gift?

Creativity
Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties." --Gail Sheehy
What certainties are you willing to let go of?

Rewards
"The Highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it." --John Ruskin
Who are you becoming (because of your art)?

Risk
"We have to go a little beyond the frontier of sensible appearances in order to see the divine." --Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Are you willing to take that risk (for your art)? Why or why not? How can you better prepare yourself to take the risk?

Boldness
"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it."
--Goethe
How would your life change if you were twice as bold (with your art) as you are now?
(copyright 2005, Susan Cleaver)

Play around with these and let me know what "aha's" come out of it.

For those of you in the greater Philadelphia, PA, area, email me for details about "April Jewels Day," a day dedicated to women's well-being, being held this Saturday at The Open Door in Douglassville, PA (www.opendoorfitness.com). Hope to see you there!

Blessings,
Susan