Creative ManiFestival Day 8

Before you do today's exercise, make sure you've completed your creation of your DREAM CREATIVE SPACE from yesterday.

I said it yesterday...creating the image is the hard part...manifesting it is easy.

Today, we'll look at your BELIEFS related to manifesting the studio.

TODAY'S MANIFESTIVAL

1. Write out, in long hand, a full page on why you don't think that you can really have that studio. Write quickly and don't worry at all about it being messy (messy handwriting is actually quite helpful in this activity.) Write about what's in your way...what seems unrealistic...what seems unlikely...and why you believe those things. Fill up the whole page. DON'T go on to #2 until you finish #1.

2. Make sure you finished #1. :-)

3. Next, TURN THE PAGE UPSIDE DOWN and take out a new, blank sheet of paper. Allow your right-brain to scan the upside-down page and see symbols, patterns, new words, made up words...all hiding amidst the scribbles. If you don't see anything at first, squint your eyes and look a little deeper. Think abstractly...not literally.

Then, allow what you see on the upside-down page (words, symbols, patterns, signs) to inspire you to write, on the blank page, all the reasons why it IS possible. All the reasons why you really COULD have your dream studio.

There's no "right" way to do this...just jump in and give it a try.

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