Julia Cameron
Julia Cameron
Julia B. Cameronis an American teacher, author, artist, poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, composer, and journalist. She is most famous for her book The Artist's Way. She also has written many other non-fiction works, short stories, and essays, as well as novels, plays, musicals, and screenplays...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth4 March 1948
CountryUnited States of America
letting-go creativity creative
The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.
writing heart love-is
Being in the mood to write, like being in the mood to make love, is a luxury that isn't necessary in a long-term relationship. Just as the first caress can lead to a change of heart, the first sentence, however tentative and awkward, can lead to a desire to go just a little further.
self littles frightening
Any little bit of experimenting in self-nurturance is very frightening for most of us.
roots anorexia artistic
Artistic anorexia & sexual avoidance have the same root fears – fear of intimacy, fear of exposure, fear of failure”.
distance moving artist
Artists are visionaries. We routinely practice a form of faith, seeing clearly and moving toward a creative goal that shimmers in the distance - often visible to us, but invisible to those around us.
artist judging effort
Judging your early artistic efforts is artist abuse.
writing ideas needs
We have this idea that we need to be in the mood to write. We don't.
dream art selfish
No matter what your age or your life path, whether making art is your career or your hobby or your dream, it is not too late or too egotistical or too selfish or too silly to work on your creativity.
rain writing air
Just as a good rain clears the air, a good writing day clears the psyche.
writing breathing matter
Writing is like breathing, it's possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.
impact solitude routine
Fatigue can make it hard to have faith. Too much busyness can make it hard to have faith. Too much of too little solitude can impact faith. For that matter, so can a bout of hunger or overwork, anything carried to an extreme. Faith thrives on routine. Look at any monastery and you will see that. Faith keeps on keeping on.
mean too-much outcomes
The doing of something productive regardless of the outcome is an act of faith. The doing of a small something when a large something is too much for us is perhaps especially an act of faith. Faith means going forward by whatever means we can.
art play serious
Serious art is born from serious play.
healing rewards attention
The reward for attention is always healing.