Week 9 of the book The Artist’s Way challenges the reader to face their internal blocks to creativity. The main one that stood out to me here was her pro tip of not calling procrastination laziness. Call it fear. Fear is what blocks artists. I felt attacked here. The author even calls out the temptations of wanting to abandon ship at this point of the book. These thoughts have crossed my mind, especially since I have lost a bit of the consistency I had going so strong for seven weeks straight. Many times I’ve thought, I’ll get started or pick it back up next week and in the past when I’ve done this before, it has turned into months, even years.

Thankful for this chapter and wake up call. The chapter’s proposed solution: LOVE. Use love for your artist to cure its fear.