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I’ve had to step away from all my art related creativity and spend some time on other things today. Sometimes it’s good to step away from the easel and leave things alone for a while. The roots keep growing even when you tend to other tasks. This has been one of the hardest ideas to make my own: I can trust the process to keep working without my constant supervision.\u00a0 Here’s an even more difficult one to digest: Not only can I trust the process, it actually works better when I don’t interfere!<\/p>\n

Today I’m tending my Art Garden by trusting in the process in a deeper and more committed way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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