For the past few weeks I've been working through a book many of you may have heard about: The Artist's Way, by Julia Cameron. It's honestly one of the most powerful books I've interacted with. I don't say "read" because it's not really a "reading" book. It's a "doing" book, with weekly assignments focused on various facets of developing creativity.Well, here is this week's assignment: reading deprivation. Nothing reading. That's right. One week with no reading. No newspaper, no email, no websites, no books, no blogs, no magazines, no brochures, nada.
It's just a way to turn off the distractions and to turn inward; to find some inner quite space. Kinda scary for some of us. After all, what will I do if I'm not checking my email six times an hour, jumping from blog to blog, and paper to paper?!
I'm looking forward to the week. I've got my email autoresponder set, and I'm ready to see what chaos breaks loose. It's always fun to shake yourself up a bit. Care to join me?
