Art and Life

My Artist E-Circle is reading Julia Cameron's WALKING IN THE WORLD this winter. My favorite quote so far is this one:

“Our life is supposed to be our life and our art is supposed to be something we do in it and with it. Our life must be larger than our art, it must be the container that holds it….Rather than yearning to be full-time artists, we might aspire to being full-time human beings…art is the overflow of a heart filled with life.”

Live, Love, Laugh and Write!
Kathy-Diane

Heading into the Unknown

I always equate writing a novel with feeling my way in a dark room. As 2014 begins, and it's time to get back to the novel in progress (which is about as appealing as crocheting earmuffs from dust balls), I love this thought:

When we walk to the edge of all the light we have and take the step into the darkness of the unknown, we must believe that one of two things will happen.

There will be something solid for us to stand on or WE WILL BE TAUGHT TO FLY.

-Patrick Overton

Off to face the dreaded blank page!

Kathy-Diane