The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning
Steven Pressfieldamazon.com
The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning
writing a book is nothing more than a heroic act of unification. How does this work? Well, the book has a spine. A dharma. But you don’t know what its dharma is until you begin to write it. Forget about all the things you said to yourself about your book at the beginning of the project—or what you told your editor, or what you wrote in your brillia
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When we conceive an enterprise and commit to it in the face of our fears, something wonderful happens. A crack appears in the membrane. Like the first craze when a chick pecks at the inside of its shell. Angel midwives congregate around us; they assist as we give birth to ourselves, to that person we were born to be, to the one whose destiny was en
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"Ah, my dearest ink-bleeder,
The wellspring that seethes within your soul spills onto parchment without your invitation, and that mere notion has left you in a state of provocative yet – dare I say – beautiful confusion. Isn't it wondrous, though nuanced with wonder? A gift innate, a gift inherent that asks only to be revered. Your words flow no... See more
Though artists generally aren’t aware of it, that end work is a by-product of a greater desire. We aren’t creating to produce or sell material products. The act of creation is an attempt to enter a mysterious realm. A longing to transcend. What we create allows us to share glimpses of an inner landscape, one that is beyond our understanding. Art is
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