Trust the Process

Artist Catherine Downing suggested I read,  Trust the Process: An Artist's Guide to Letting Go.

It is a great book for anyone who fights with a creative block in the arts.

 

Shaun McNiff explains in his book, "Trusting the process and accessing the energies of creative movement is a discipline. I liken it to the practice of sitting meditation. It is not simply a matter of surrendering to circumstances and external forces. The creative process requires the active participation of the artist over a period of time. People beginning to commit themselves to creativity have to realize that important results are not always immediate. Just as the meditator practices staying with the object of meditation no matter what thoughts, sensations, or other distractions arise, the artist learns how to stay connected to the image being constructed and the process of creation, assimilating whatever occurs into the creative act."