"Spirituality can release blocks, lead you to ideas, and make your life artful. Sometimes when we pra..." — Julia Cameron

We can believe we are being self-reliant and independent, and yet there is still clearly an overarching destiny, a Great Maker. So when we say we have faith in ourselves, we cannot really separate the small self from the large self.

You have to muster a certain amount of belief that you're not making a mistake and you're not a fool. And this means you have to have faith.

Faith is almost the bottom line of creativity; it requires a leap of faith any time we undertake a creative endeavor, whether this is going to the easel, or the page, or onto the stage - or for that matter, in a homelier way, picking out the right fabric for the kitchen curtains, which is also a creative act.

When we clear the physical clutter from our lives, we literally make way for inspiration and 'good, orderly direction' to enter.