"I can create whatever I want to create"

Week 3: Recovering A Sense of Power"

What a great sounding chapter, huh? Who wouldn't want to recover a sense of power? In this week's chapter, Julia goes onto say that in acquiring this sense of power (or recovering it) we may go through a number of different emotions including anger and shame. Good times.

But really they are "good times" or will be as we embrace those emotions and learn from what they are trying to tell us. I love Julia's comment that "anger is fuel" and is a map ... "that it tells us where our boundaries are ... and that it points the way not the finger." Nice one, Julia.

She also shines a light on shame and how trying to create art ...funny, I just wrote "trying to create shame"! which it can feel like as we start to create art - that voice of "who do you think you are" "ahhhh, that's not as good as ....(fill in the blank)". She goes onto say that "Art opens the closets ... it brings healing. But before a wound can heal it must be seen, and this act of exposing the wound to air and light, the artist's act, is often reacted to with shaming." This is just GREAT stuff and if we can hold on and move through, and not get stuck before even trying or going only half way, then some amazing things are in store for us.

Julia also highlights the idea of synchronicity in this chapter which she alludes will abound for us as we proceed on our artist's way journey. As we clean out the wounds, new art/ideas/wishes become clearer and as we voice them, new opportunities will abound to meet those very wishes. Sounds SOOO easy but time and time again we have seen this happen for us and for our students.

So recovering our sense of power ... sound any better now?

Others believe in this too. Will Smith has a great interview where he describes how synchronicity has played a part in his life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hEoc7Cr-is

Here's wishing your week whether it includes anger, shame, or dealing with criticism will be one where you have new insights, and dreams for what you are wanting in life (plus increased synchronicity).

How's your week going? We'd love to know!!

Best,
Kate

Photo: image of Kate recovering her sense of power singing karaoke!