‘Art is a vast democracy of habit.’*

There many kinds of doors.   Passing never becomes easier.  If it was easy, it wouldn’t really be a door to something new, something more.

More difficult, though, is to live with the regret of never moving through the doors which present themselves; there’ll also come a day when there’ll be more doors provided.

‘But retreating from doors drains the human spirit far more than charging through them does.’**

All can learn and grow skills which keep them moving through doors.  These skills are many, connected in different patterns,making them unique to individuals.  If you know yours, you know how to move forward.

As Twyla Tharp offers in the opening line, working on habits is something available to all, opening up the possibility for great art.

And all around, there are dreamwhisperers who live to help others know their skills and move:

‘they awaken hope.  They connect meaning to action.  They craft narratives that release human energy.  They make new maps that guide us into places where there are no paths.’^

(*From Twyla Tharp’s The Creative Habit.)
(**From John Ortberg’s All the Places to Go.)
(^From Alex McManus’s Makers of Fire.)