Morning Pages to Revitalize Crushed Creativity

You will learn that your mood doesn't really matter when you write morning pages. Sometimes, the most creative work comes when you feel like everything you're doing is useless. (p49)

I've been writing morning pages for N years now, after reading Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way." It's a practice I've consistently maintained, along with a miracle morning routine. Initially, I used a pen and paper, but now I use a keyboard. The form might have changed a bit, but the essence of writing down the stream of consciousness remains the same.

I've received various benefits from reading and practicing "The Artist's Way," and today, I want to talk about 'morning pages' among them.

Morning pages are a method for finding creativity, involving writing about three pages of stream of consciousness every morning. Simply put, it's like a drain for your brain.

"There are no wrong morning pages." (p45)

Since it's not something you're writing for anyone else to see, the important thing about morning pages is simply to write.

My aspirations and future, my current frustrations, past hurts – everything becomes material for my writing. It helps me release pent-up emotions and sometimes even brings unexpected good fortune with a sense of greater anticipation than usual.

It's not about writing to look cool, but rather about writing as a process of becoming a cool person.

Morning pages, a clue to restoring creativity. Try it for a week, a month. You'll find that the days you don't write them become more unsettling. And eventually, you'll naturally start to see your life as a work of art.

"Morning pages pull us out of despair and lead us to solutions we never imagined." (p53)

By simply writing morning pages, you can encounter your inner creator and find yourself growing into a creator and artist.