The Artist’s Way — Raw Notes, Highlights, Lowlights and Scribblings
I found myself going through an extreme period of self-doubt and a dearth of creativity. To force myself out of it, I picked up Artist’s Way. These are my raw, unfiltered thoughts/notes from my journey of going through this book. I will try to update this blog on a daily basis (Last Updated: 29th Nov, 2023)
Nov 28 (Week 2)
I have been meaning to write this since the start of Week 1, but I was overthinking it. Wanted it to be perfect, well thought out. I have realized that overthinking is one of my biggest Censors (a.k.a The Beast).
Week 2 has been about taking ownership of the “I”. Got me thinking around the folks I have in my life, how they either affect positively or negatively to my creative-side. Apart from the external influences, the biggest fight I feel is always the one that I fight with myself.
Other thoughts
- The book talks a lot about “God”, the creative source. At this point in time, I call BS on that. I don’t believe there is a God; the book looses me whenever it starts talking about the divine creative power
- I haven’t done my Artist Day. I created a list of things I could do, and ended up over-optimizing and overthinking it. Maybe I should just tattoo — “Just do it”. Along this chain of thought, I resonate with the idea behind this statement: “I will take care of quantity, let the universe worry about quality”. Showing up is all that matters.
- Reading this chapter couldn’t have come at a better time. Going through some pivots at work and it does challenge my inner skeptic at everyday.
- Taking out time to do the tasks is a task in itself. But again, maybe I should cut myself some slack for not doing everything.