[MD] Labels and Ostracisms

[MarshaV]

On Nov 26, 2011, at 3:43 PM, John Carl wrote:

> 
> My wife is reading a book, as her morning devotional,  and she's liking it
> a lot and she keeps telling me I'd like it a lot too. So she's talked me
> into it. So far, I've liked it a lot.    It talks about creativity and the
> fact that man is a creation himself, an efficient ordering of good stuff,
> in a good way, indicates that creativity itself is God.    It's called,
> "The Artist's Way" and its by Julia Cameron, who is now a teacher and has
> been a successful screen writer.  Right off, the introduction grabbed me
> and hooked into discussions of the utility of theism, which have arisen
> before:
> 

Hi John,

I know this book.  It was the "The Artist's Way" that started me journaling every day.  I used those black & white, marbled, student, composition books and wrote, at the very least, three pages per day.  After twelve years and within a year after my husband died, I had a ritual and burned them all in the barbecue.  When I started journaling there were a few days where there were three pages of a single word.  But usually they were filled with "stuff": the good, the bad, the ugly and the beautiful - stories, letters, poems, rants and addressing the good and the bad of a thorny problem, & joy - stuff.  I don't really remember more than the journaling exercise, but along with meditation, I am very happy I started such a practice.  


Marsha 




      
 
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