Kelly Pratt, Creative Life Coach

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Name It

“One of the most important tasks in artistic recovery is learning to call things by the right names… [when we can’t create we call ourselves lazy] That is not merely inaccurate. It is cruel… Blocked artists are not lazy. They are blocked.” Julia Cameron, Artist’s Way Every Day We have the ability to change our minds. Literally. And we have the further ability to decide how we are going to move through our day. Try this:

I Got Through All of Last Year… Three Cheers and Dammit, C’est la Vie!

When I was in my 20s dancing with the Red River Dance Company – my ‘starving artist’ period – we had a number in one of our shows called “I’m Still Here”
But only now, in my 50s, do I really GET it!

Shoes

Sometimes you just have to listen to Dr. Seuss You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. and YOU are the guy who’ll decide where to go. — Oh, the Places You’ll Go!…