Comments on: How To Be Invisible http://blog.johnlacey.net/how-to-be-invisible/ Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:35:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Diana http://blog.johnlacey.net/how-to-be-invisible/comment-page-1/#comment-10079 Diana Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:18:11 +0000 http://blog.johnlacey.net/?p=1468#comment-10079 You are not alone - I know other aritsts who experience the same thing, and even struggle with the very basics of the Artist's Way. Part of you will always resist change, even positive change. NanoWrimo is a huge chunk to bite off. It's why I don't do it - if it were half a novel, or the first 10,000 words, I might consider it. But it's nearly an entire novel, and for me, that's just too much. If there is one thing only I could say I subscribe to from Julia Cameron's work, it's the philosophy of "one small thing." Just do one small thing, everyday, that feels like no effort. Write a sentence. Draw a line and crumple paper. Sometimes tiny, so small that your inner critic can't even pay attention to it. It really has worked for me. If you ever get to Cameron's Finding Water, it's all about perseverance - and it really did help me out last winter. I may even revisit it. You are not alone – I know other aritsts who experience the same thing, and even struggle with the very basics of the Artist’s Way. Part of you will always resist change, even positive change.

NanoWrimo is a huge chunk to bite off. It’s why I don’t do it – if it were half a novel, or the first 10,000 words, I might consider it. But it’s nearly an entire novel, and for me, that’s just too much.

If there is one thing only I could say I subscribe to from Julia Cameron’s work, it’s the philosophy of “one small thing.” Just do one small thing, everyday, that feels like no effort. Write a sentence. Draw a line and crumple paper. Sometimes tiny, so small that your inner critic can’t even pay attention to it.

It really has worked for me. If you ever get to Cameron’s Finding Water, it’s all about perseverance – and it really did help me out last winter. I may even revisit it.

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