It’s an AA Twelve Step program…I’m pretty sure it’s where she got her concepts. I have an issue with using the word “God” but I think of it as the “unseen” more because I’m not sure us humans aren’t meant to understand it all and it is very unseen😂

The god talk was a bit much. I worked through the book early this year in a group. I had to repeat the montra, 'Take what is meant for me and ignore the rest.'

I started the Artist Way and was enjoying it but I just fell off so hard mainly because of the God talk and couldn't afford the dates anymore. I had similar thoughts about the journaling too, like it helped but it just took up so much time to do them EVERYDAY. It's nice to know that I wasn't the only one feeling this way since everyone praises this book so much. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

wow I actually just started The Artist's Way after watching many videos about it, yours included. So far I'm enjoying it a lot, Im suprised it didn't work out for you but to each their own, its cool to see others opinions on it.

I was so disappointed about how the book approached God. I know she expresses that God can take whatever form you want at the beginning but it didnt read that way. It felt like there was only one way and this ruined, for me, the inner child concept that i did enjoy about the book. By chapter 4 anything that slightly hinted towards God i ignored and felt quiet frustrated about. I wonder how an updated version would do. You can tell the book is 30years old.

I just started making art and attended an art event and they kept saying how god is every artists inspiration and I was highly defensive because I felt unincluded or seen as someone who loves philosophy and more of a pantheist agnostic belief

I am glad to see you are back to posting again!

My professor recommended this to me years ago with her final feedback on an assignment that I did for her class. I ended up getting a copy as a christmas gift, and now I am in week 3. This has been such an eye opening journey, and what it's definitely helping me with is recovering my autonomy, accepting help from others when it shows up, and self care. And yesterday after many years out of college and a few years out of a mini program that I was in, I realized that I studied the wrong thing as my college major. Yes I loved writing, but I realized that I should have done a creative writing program instead of the traditional journalism/media. I had a good cry last night over that.

WOW! Kathy, your video today was so spot on for me currently. Thank you for your work here, and for your vulnerability. You spoke to so many things that needed to hear. It was as if the words you are speaking in this video, were those of my own. I am old enough to be your mom haha, but I get it! <3 So much love and peace to you!! xoxo

I’m an artist going through it not very proud of my perseverance. This video really helped me open my eyes

I have been on the artist way with you till the end as I start the week I have loved watching your vlogs. Thank you for making these vlogs

So this might be dumb but is it 3 pages front and back or 3 sides?

What are your thoughts almost a year later?

Thank you for sharing -- working on setting up an accountability group to do the 12 weeks together. Have you seen any good resources for this?

Great inputs about this book

I am so grateful for this video. I have just ready chapter one and so the journey begins…

i am on week four right now i feel like im slacking by doing only one or two tasks a week. but ngl i am noticing patterns in myself as well as a surges of creative energy i like this book a lot i just skip over the god stuff. I think some of the things she talks about in the book is a side eye like when it comes to work and money etc. I love this book so far i can see why it’s popular. This video helped push away some thoughts i had about the book that i read but immediately forgot in place with my bias. I look forward to doing this book again when im older and seeing what i missed or what i gain/ gain again

Do one page if 3 are too long., as a teacher I had five boys who mucked around all lesson. I kept them in and told them to write a page and say anything as nobody would read it. They folded it and I tore it up in front of them. They were always well behaved after that and now have a tool to express anger and rage and tear it up afterwards. It’s brilliant. .

I tried today for the first time because it was homework from my Creative Writing class. "First thing in the morning as you still kind of see blurry, write an entire page without thinking, nonstop, until the end of the page. Do that every day for 2 weeks and don't read it." I hate it so much. I'm sure at least half of the page was "I hate this. My hand hurts. This is useless." So I went to KZbin to see what's the point and if maybe I did something wrong. I have watched about 12 videos. Yours is the only one that made sense. Thank you. I wish it was explained like this before. I still don't like the idea but at least now I have something to fight the dread of feeling of it being useless.

I started my own The Artist's Way journey and I stumbled upon your first week vlog. Thank you for this, it kinda feel like I have someone to share this time with and someone, like a accountability partner, who also does this activities and practices along with me. Thank you for sharing your progress with us. Will continue watching your vids throughout this weeks. Cheers to both of us and I'm rooting for both of our endeavors in life!!

i love the concept, but envy ppl who have the time to write in the mornings, i always have just the time to get dressed, feed cats and go to work, specially when i go to the gym early. How do you guys do it? just wake up extra early?

wow cool website

I have this book coming in the mail today and as a Christian I am very excited! I had no idea it was based in Christianity.

It's literally in our history 🙊 that rhymes for some reason

I just was recommended this book today and im shocked I had not ran across it ir been told about it before. Your video was very helpful in showing what the book encompasses and slowed down my initial "jump in with both feet" response. I look forward to taking my time with it and doing the morning pages.

lmao i literally did the same thing and wrote "Ouch" "my hand hurts" several times during the first week!

I love how little issues start to surface when I’m organizing, cleaning the house, sketching or doing a puzzle. It never occurred that would be the perfect time to write those things down. Not to analyze them (I’ll get no where with that), but just to bring more awareness of them to the surface. There like creepy little ants that start crawling on you when they think you’re distracted but run and hide as soon as you try to confront them

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Thank you!

I love my brand name, but having to one time look someone in the eye and say my name is Lonely Girl made it really clear to me that I will refer to myself as Lo and not the full name unless necessary lmao

this was breathtaking to watch, kathy!! been loving following your journey 🫶🏻

You are very intelligent. Thank you for making this video 😊

Such an excellent and concise overview. Thanks!

Ooo I'm so excited to see the rest of your thesis!

i think i'm really outside your circle, but the youtube algorithm served me this video and i'm glad i clicked! this is a really interesting, worthwhile, and timely topic, and i'm interested in what you find out in the research process. wishing you good luck!

Love this!!

The intro really grabbed my attention, I was fascinated listening to you :)

you’re so amazing. so proud of you!

Flashing back to my new media and design undergrad major omg. This pitch is excellent! I found your channel over winter break and binged your artist’s way series. I resonate with the work you’re doing and how you’re talking about it. Wishing you the best of luck! (Also a huge Corita fan:))

Many years ago I was suffering from burnout in my graphic design career and I did the Artists Way too. It got me unstuck and drawing again… and reading comics. Eventually I left the industry and went back to school to earn a BFA. I am hoping and praying that someday any story or conversation with your generation will stop being prefaced with- “I was watching a lot of Tik-Toks….” Read a book kids. Read a lot of them.

I need to go gym early morning before I get hungry. Then I have breakfast before starting page 3. If I do page 3 morning then I'll be hungry I can't go to the gym with my tummy full. I am in a difficult situation gym or page 3

i remember coming across your 'read this before' vid a couple months ago and i thought i should check back. I'm so glad you you got something out of it! I'm starting morning pages on Monday. <3

"What do you like about yourself that makes you better than me?" Was an incredible insight and I feel like would be such a useful tool for people.

I'm sorry but all the part you said about famous artists of the past been devoted to God because they consider themselves or were considered by others blessed from God with their talent, is maybe usefull to explain the religious obsession the author shows in every page of the book but is quite far from historical reality. Ancient artists, especially the most requested one, were pretty much confidend in their talent not because of God or any holy power the make them the way they were but because of their hard work, the long years of practice "a bottega" under other famous artists and the salary given by rich and powerful patrons both from the political and the religious world. Please remember that religion at the time was just another center of power and the Pope was politically just another "king" interested in to conquest, to make money and to gain more power in any way he could. The only reason why in Italy we have tons and tons of sacred art is just because the Church of Rome was the richest power in the entire world at the time and they could afford artist super expensive like Caravaggio which, incidentally, was as far as a comet in the sky from any religion been himself actually an unrepentant, violent murder.

Finally I was able to pave way in my schedule to start this workbook! I’m looking to start this on Monday when I’ve settled in the new place I rented out just for the month! 🤩

Your bit about us being creators as creations of God is coincidentally the entire ethos of Tolkien. He wrote a LOT about humanity as “sub-creators” and that creating is not only essential to humanity as a whole, but essential to his own experience of Christian worship, despite never writing religious material.

Thank you for uploading even with the struggle. Be encouraged.

You are so right about the dreams. I used to not remember my dreams at all and now I do! keep going and thanks for the video, the confirmation, and the art!

Good morning ma'am. I have bought both the artists way and morning pages journal. Can I start writing in morning pages journal or separate notebook

i'm on the 2nd week of theartist's way and i'm struggling just like you ! i have a lot of things to do beside that week's tasks and i don't wanna give up now nor later XD i'll do my best to finish the tasks and start on the 3rd week ! good luck kathy