new work

i am always fascinated by the ways in which we creatives approach a new piece. it is a delicate process, inviting the muse...

in my recent return to a new work - began over the summer but halted for some time due to family illness and holiday visits - i simply sat down and began again. somewhat painfully. ordinarily. as though it was a meatloaf.

i just watched a video of elizabeth gilbert talking about the supernatural in the creative process. most of what she said i already knew, already believed, but it was wonderful to hear it from someone else. and it made me think. think about my new piece, my new novel. it made me want to do something ceremonial, something precious and soft, something that invited the divine into the work.

perhaps a candle when i sit down to the manuscript next. a prayer. some ritual that puts the creation of my new novel into the realm of the sacred.

not so much for the work - or for the spirit - but for me.