When I’m under the spell and direction of a creative visualization, I grow all kinds of courage I didn’t have before. I experience sudden deafness to the word “no” and I pity the ignorance of those who utter it. I can power through embarrassment and shame. Why should I care what they think? Blindness to roadblocks sets in. Those roadblocks were Fig Newtons of my imagination in the first place! It’s a little like this: The audition has been won. I only need to practice and show up. The book has been written. I just have to plant my ass at the typewriter and watch my fingers move. It’s like
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