# artists way (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 8 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover artists way. Page: Feed: --- ## [There is nothing more powerful than a woman enjoying herself.](https://carolinelunne.substack.com/p/there-is-nothing-more-powerful-than) _2026-08-16 · Noticing_ A poem I wrote while walking around with an ice cream cone. ## [Aaron Zavala - August 14, 2026 15:40](https://aaronjz.com/7bb57506) _2026-08-14 · Aaron Zavala_ There really is nothing like live music. Second best thing to being there in-person is getting to watch the video of the live takes. Loving Cory Wong's and Joshua Redman's live recording of On A Random Tuesday: Live At The Blue Note ( Apple Music ). You can watch the great live recording of it at the link below. On A Random Tuesday: Live At The Blue Note… ## [I can’t pretend to care about a viral pastry anymore.](https://carolinelunne.substack.com/p/i-cant-pretend-to-care-about-a-viral) _2026-08-14 · Caroline Lunne · Noticing_ Stop outsourcing your taste to the internet and start trusting what you like. ## [I feel like a kid who has had too much summer.](https://carolinelunne.substack.com/p/i-feel-like-a-kid-who-has-had-too) _2026-08-12 · Noticing_ AI and marketing, wrapping up a summer in NYC and finding my dream bag. (Noticing Vol. 75) ## [The Golden Key – What is a key for?](https://aaronjz.com/the-golden-key-aeecd19a) _2026-08-09 · Aaron Zavala_ I recently watched mythologist and storyteller Martin Shaw speak with Matt Fradd about myths, fairy tales, and faith. I loved the conversation, and hope to read Martin's latest book, Liturgies of the Wild . Myth is a wild way of telling the truth. - Martin Shaw Shaw mentions that myth is an ocean dealing with cosmic implications of reality, while fairy tales are "little tributaries of myth that… ## [The miracle is always so missable.](https://carolinelunne.substack.com/p/the-miracle-is-always-so-missable) _2026-08-09 · Noticing_ A poem I wrote while eating alone at a bar. ## [Finding Leftover Love](https://carolinelunne.substack.com/p/finding-leftover-love) _2026-08-07 · Caroline Lunne · Noticing_ Grief will never not be shocking, but time keeps passing. ## [The artists are making their lives harder.](https://carolinelunne.substack.com/p/the-artists-are-making-their-lives) _2026-08-05 · Noticing_ There's nothing like a statement jacket, an all-day solo date, and creating what you were made to create. (Noticing Vol. 74) ## [How to Like Your Life While Dating](https://carolinelunne.substack.com/p/how-to-like-your-life-while-dating) _2026-08-03 · Caroline Lunne · Noticing_ Lately, I’ve had a lot of fun going on dates. How is such a thing possible!? I have a few theories. ## [Epilogue & What's Next 🎨 The Artist’s Way](https://carolinelunne.substack.com/p/epilogue-and-whats-next-the-artists) _2026-07-30 · Noticing_ Epilogue call recording and introducing next steps for our group! ## [CLI-first decentralized compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/WqScfQrExvFP) _2026-07-30 · **Sponsored**_ Run and pay spare GPUs from the CLI — transcode, coinpay (DID+escrow), infernet (AI). ## [I am missing home.](https://carolinelunne.substack.com/p/i-am-missing-home) _2026-07-29 · Noticing_ comparing New York City and Charleston, a look inside ShopMy HQ, and a dress that everyone is asking me about (Noticing Vol. 73) ## [Think little](https://aaronjz.com/think-little) _2026-07-24 · Aaron Zavala_ Read through Wendell Berry’s “Think Little” essay a couple of days ago. He published this essay way back in 1969, but his encouragement and advice to live against the consumeristic age are evergreen: Odd as I am sure it will appear to some, I can think of no better form of personal involvement in the cure of the environment than that of gardening. A person who is growing a garden, if he is growing… ## [Write yourself into a new way of thinking](https://aaronjz.com/write-yourself-into-a-new-way-of-thinking) _2026-07-24 · Aaron Zavala_ Writing is thinking. Deep thinking apart from writing, however, is impoverished thinking. When you don’t know what to write – write about that. You’ll pick up the thread again somewhere along the way. Write yourself into a new way of thinking. ## [I am eating by myself.](https://carolinelunne.substack.com/p/dining-alone-is-an-act-of-bravery) _2026-07-22 · Noticing_ the cost of getting what you want, my current jewelry crush, party shoes, and where to get a free drink in NYC (Noticing Vol. 72) ## [The Women Keeping Me Company on The Streets of NYC](https://carolinelunne.substack.com/p/the-women-keeping-me-company-on-the) _2026-07-21 · Noticing_ The power of listening to another's story while living your own ## [The girls are wearing corded headphones.](https://carolinelunne.substack.com/p/the-girls-are-wearing-corded-headphones) _2026-07-15 · Noticing_ how to get PR packages, what really matters when you're dying, on repeat tees, and the best marketing tactic I know (Noticing Vol. 71) ## [Do I want to be really hot or do I want to tell a good story?](https://carolinelunne.substack.com/p/do-i-want-to-be-really-hot-or-do) _2026-07-11 · Noticing_ Gaining 50K followers in the past year taught me what it takes to grow online. ## [Chapter 12: Recovering A Sense of Faith 🎨 The Artist’s Way](https://carolinelunne.substack.com/p/chapter-12-recovering-a-sense-of) _2026-07-09 · Noticing_ Chapter 12 call recording, the link to our next call, stand out quotes and more on the exercises ## [I am having a lot of fun (for the first time in my life).](https://carolinelunne.substack.com/p/if-youre-having-fun-youre-on-the) _2026-07-08 · Noticing_ two memoirs that changed how I think, tuckernuck on sale, and the power in pleasure (Noticing Vol. 70) ## [4th of July weekend reflections](https://aaronjz.com/4th-of-july-weekend-reflections) _2026-07-05 · Aaron Zavala_ Over 4th of July weekend, I introduced my son to the movie An American Tail . He loved it! (even though those wave monsters and that machine mouse are still pretty scary…) Didn’t realize until we watched it again that it was produced by Steven Spielberg and the film score was composed by James Horner! Or that Christopher Plummer (the dad in Sound of Music, and also in Knives Out!) voiced the dopey… ## [Install Manifest V3 Extension (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/yEI7Nw6ptYpz) _2026-07-05 · **Sponsored**_ Get this Manifest V3 extension from the official TronBrowser Store listing. ## [guest writer, Danny Echevarria: I'm Sorry, I'm on Mushrooms... Please Don't Tell My Dad](https://paulinapinsky.substack.com/p/guest-writer-danny-echeverria-im) _2026-07-03 · Paulina Pinsky · newly sober_ "Time becomes irrelevant - oh, wait, did I say “becomes?” \*Always was, man.\*" ## [How I Found A Summer Apartment In NYC](https://carolinelunne.substack.com/p/how-i-found-a-summer-apartment-in) _2026-07-02 · Noticing_ A story that might make you believe in luck ## [The men are making dinner reservations.](https://carolinelunne.substack.com/p/the-men-are-making-dinner-reservations) _2026-07-01 · Noticing_ dating and shopping in NYC, my anonymity hobby, home finds on sale, and a movie I loved (Noticing Vol. 69) ## [Chapter 11: Recovering A Sense of Autonomy 🎨 The Artist’s Way](https://carolinelunne.substack.com/p/chapter-11-recovering-a-sense-of) _2026-06-25 · Noticing_ Chapter 11 call recording, the link to our next call, stand out quotes and more on the exercises ## [Absolutely no one cares. This is good news.](https://carolinelunne.substack.com/p/absolutely-no-one-cares-this-is-good) _2026-06-24 · Noticing_ On this week's bulletin board | Noticing Vol 68 ## [Aaron Zavala - June 19, 2026 12:33](https://aaronjz.com/6bcef067) _2026-06-19 · Aaron Zavala_ I just finished Malcolm Guite's Galahad and the Grail is this morning. I was so moved by the beauty of the ending, the way it weaves its way with the beginning lines of the prologue: "Poet, take up the tale!" Incredibly well-done. Malcolm shares this gift of a modern classic with us through his knowledge as a scholar, his heart as a priest, told with all his skill as a poet. I'm very much looking… ## [Only a crazy dream until you do it.](https://carolinelunne.substack.com/p/only-a-crazy-dream-until-you-do-it) _2026-06-17 · Noticing_ On this week's bulletin board | Noticing Vol 67 ## [1984](https://kindlinghorror.substack.com/p/1984) _2026-06-15 · Shaina Read · Kindling_ Part 2: Chapter 10 ## [is there a difference between weed dependence and addiction? does it matter?](https://paulinapinsky.substack.com/p/is-there-a-difference-between-weed) _2026-06-12 · Paulina Pinsky · newly sober_ asking the hard-hitting questions no one wants to be asked :) ## [Craft Club — A Book Club for Craft Books!](https://mindahoney.substack.com/p/craft-club-a-book-club-for-craft) _2026-06-12 · Minda Honey · Writing For Fakers_ First up: "Meander, Spiral, Explode" by Jane Alison ## [Licensed Dispensaries, Pay with Crypto (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/7aochTxJfbV3) _2026-06-12 · **Sponsored**_ Search verified licensed dispensaries and pay with Bitcoin, Lightning, or stablecoins. ## [Aaron Zavala - June 10, 2026 23:05](https://aaronjz.com/b88b84e1) _2026-06-11 · Aaron Zavala_ Working my way through The Last Battle now by C.S. Lewis, the seventh and final book in the Chronicles of Narnia series. So good. I had mentioned recently how The Silver Chair might be my favorite of the series, but going through this one makes me think this is the best of the lot. The way Lewis mingles hope and devastation together in this story is palpable. Also, it must have been many years… ## [Aaron Zavala - June 08, 2026 08:25](https://aaronjz.com/977c5328) _2026-06-08 · Aaron Zavala_ Loving Galahad and the Grail by Malcolm Guite . It's the first of four forthcoming volumes of a new epic poetic Arthuriad, and this first volume is beautiful – both the story and poetry, the incredible illustrations by Stephen Crotts, and the actual physical book itself. Thankful for the incredible gift Malcolm Guite is to the world of literary art. ## [After Dark](https://kindlinghorror.substack.com/p/after-dark) _2026-05-24 · Shaina Read · Kindling_ Interlude ## [Aaron Zavala - May 21, 2026 15:07](https://aaronjz.com/bbd0c36b) _2026-05-21 · Aaron Zavala_ It is a bit sad to me to watch the ending of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight will be his final show. Of all the current late show hosts, he’s the one I have found to be the classiest and wittiest. Watching David Letterman and Colbert together from last week’s show made me laugh a lot! Excited for what he is doing next – writing a Lord of the Rings movie directed by Peter Jackson . Of… ## [Two books and great music](https://aaronjz.com/two-books-and-great-music) _2026-05-16 · Aaron Zavala_ Finished two books this week! The first is C.S. Lewis’ The Voyage of the Dawn Treader . The Chronicles of Narnia – The Voyage of the Dawn Treader It had been some years since I last visited the world of Narnia. This one is one of my favorites from the series. I love the sea voyage (reminded me of Odysseus’ sea-faring adventures in the Odyssey), Eustace’ transformation and reformation, meeting an… ## [guest writer: Cara Benson](https://paulinapinsky.substack.com/p/guest-writer-cara-benson) _2026-05-11 · Paulina Pinsky · newly sober_ an excerpt from An Armsfull of Birds: A Personal Field Guide to Love, Loss, and Commitment by Cara Benson ## [These Woods, Her Woods](https://kindlinghorror.substack.com/p/these-woods-her-woods) _2026-05-08 · Shaina Read · Kindling_ Red Creek Boy: Chapter 9 ## ["Newsletter for Newbies" Class!](https://mindahoney.substack.com/p/newsletter-for-newbies-class) _2026-05-05 · Minda Honey · Writing For Fakers_ Want to start a newsletter but not sure where to begin? ## [Some reflections from the reading break](https://aaronjz.com/some-reflections-from-the-reading-break) _2026-05-04 · Aaron Zavala_ My reading break ended last Thursday. This was part of the week-4 tasks in The Artist's Way . Basically, I didn't read any blog posts, articles, personal emails or any other social media, and didn't read any books. Here are a handful of things I learned during that down time. I have more “free time” available to me than I realize I want to distract myself with social media… Why is that? When I… ## [Aaron Zavala - April 30, 2026 15:15](https://aaronjz.com/460e6176) _2026-04-30 · Aaron Zavala_ Rich Mullins on where his songs come from : My songs are not particularly inspired. The Scriptures were inspired; my songs are provoked. I love this idea of songs, or any art, being provoked from us. When I encounter the reality of God's grandeur , what is provoked out of me? Songs, poetry... love? I hope for more of all of the above. ## [The infraordinary beauty of wildflowers](https://aaronjz.com/the-infraordinary-beauty-of-wildflowers) _2026-04-26 · Aaron Zavala_ A couple of weeks ago, my wife Tiffany and I visited the LBJ National Grasslands as part of a small group of people interested in “wildflowering.” We like learning about flowers, but we didn’t know that “wilderflowering” was a verb until this trip. I thought this trip was going to be more of humdrum kind of experience. Just hike up and down trails, looking at fields of lots of pretty flowers… ## [Taking a week-long reading break](https://aaronjz.com/taking-a-week-long-reading-break) _2026-04-24 · Aaron Zavala_ Part of this week's practices of The Artist's Way is to partake in a "reading deprivation." I am going to work on being with my own thoughts throughout the day instead of my normal daily habit of reading a book, a selection of articles, or any other kind of social media post. This will be a good challenge. I'm looking at it this way: whatever I want to read, I need to write. So I may still share… ## [I'm... a Clown](https://paulinapinsky.substack.com/p/im-a-clown) _2026-04-17 · Paulina Pinsky · newly sober_ Coming out is more exciting than terrifying... but mostly so, so dumb ## [we owe it to our younger selves](https://janjirasun.substack.com/p/we-owe-it-to-our-younger-selves) _2026-04-15 · janjira ＊ · navigating_ a moment of gratitude for bieberchella ## [Aaron Zavala - April 13, 2026 08:35](https://aaronjz.com/2cac0c0b) _2026-04-13 · Aaron Zavala_ "The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight. The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention." – Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way ## [a deep boned tired](https://nmnadine.bearblog.dev/a-deep-boned-tired/) _2026-04-13 · nmnadine · marking my words_ I can happily report that I am on Day 12 of The Artist's Way, keeping up with my morning pages, although I still need to go on Week 2's artist date. I'm honestly very, very tired though. Writing in these morning pages is revealing how truly exhausted I am and that trying to hold onto some semblance of daily practice is rewarding, but I really just need rest. I don't even know what the point of me… ## [the magic might come tomorrow ⋆˚꩜｡](https://janjirasun.substack.com/p/the-magic-might-come-tomorrow) _2026-04-09 · janjira ＊ · navigating_ i’ll be honest with you— like a lot of people, i’ve been struggling (financially, emotionally, spiritually, even) a lot for the last few years. ## [i thought i would never do it again](https://paulinapinsky.substack.com/p/i-thought-i-lost-skating) _2026-04-03 · Paulina Pinsky · newly sober_ i couldn’t come back (until i did) ## [starting the artist's way](https://nmnadine.bearblog.dev/starting-the-artists-way/) _2026-04-02 · nmnadine · marking my words_ Another post on Bear so soon, look at me go! I started The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron today, and I'm not sure what to expect. I hope for artistic development, confidence, and clarity on what I'm supposed to be creating with my one grand life. Plenty of people report great results, but just as many "DNF" and dislike the religious and privileged references/takes. I'm on the side of take what… ## [behold my word vomit](https://nmnadine.bearblog.dev/behold-my-word-vomit/) _2026-04-01 · nmnadine · marking my words_ How do you not doubt what you write? As soon as you put it onto the page, it's permanent. But not. It's just a permanent reflection of a transient state, but does the reader always give you that grace? Does it matter? Yes. No. I don't know. And so us writers chug along to chisel out what we mean. Sometimes not knowing exactly what we even mean to say. But upon editing, we know we definitely don't…