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Why indeed must God be a noun? Why not a verb... the most active and dynamic of all? MARY DALY THEOLOGIAN

Julia Cameron

Why indeed must God be a noun? Why not a verb... the most active and dynamic of all? MARY DALY THEOLOGIAN

When it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, 'I'm not old enough. I'm not distinguished enough.' But I went home and sat down to write, and the material for the book just came flooding into my...

Julia Cameron

When it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, 'I'm not old enough. I'm not distinguished enough.' But I went home and sat down to write, and the material for the book just came flooding into my...

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About Author
Julia B. Cameron (born March 4, 1948) is an American teacher, author, artist, poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, composer, and journalist. She is best known for her book The Artist's Way (1992). She also has written many other non-fiction works, short stories, and essays, as well as novels, plays, musicals, and screenplays.

Often God shuts a door in our face, And then subsequently opens the door through which we need to go. CATHERINE MARSHALL

Julia Cameron

Often God shuts a door in our face, And then subsequently opens the door through which we need to go. CATHERINE MARSHALL

Art used to be made in the name of faith. We made cathedrals, we made stained-glass windows, we made murals.

Julia Cameron

Art used to be made in the name of faith. We made cathedrals, we made stained-glass windows, we made murals.

Tags: art, name, windows

I think that 'Floor Sample' is a story of resiliency, a lifelong spiritual search, and a lifelong sense of spiritual companionship that is most often expressed as creativity. My desire in writing the...

Julia Cameron

I think that 'Floor Sample' is a story of resiliency, a lifelong spiritual search, and a lifelong sense of spiritual companionship that is most often expressed as creativity. My desire in writing the...

Tags: creativity, spiritual

Artistic anorexia & sexual avoidance have the same root fears – fear of intimacy, fear of exposure, fear of failure.

Julia Cameron

Artistic anorexia & sexual avoidance have the same root fears – fear of intimacy, fear of exposure, fear of failure.

We have been taught to believe that negative equals realistic and positive equals unrealistic. SUSAN JEFFERS

Julia Cameron

We have been taught to believe that negative equals realistic and positive equals unrealistic. SUSAN JEFFERS

If we are interested in a writing life - as opposed to a writing career - then we are in it for the process and not the product - for the body of work and not for the quick hit of one well-realised pi...

Julia Cameron

If we are interested in a writing life - as opposed to a writing career - then we are in it for the process and not the product - for the body of work and not for the quick hit of one well-realised pi...

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To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. JOSEPH CHILTON PEARCE

Julia Cameron

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. JOSEPH CHILTON PEARCE

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. ANAÏS NIN

Julia Cameron

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. ANAÏS NIN

The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.

Julia Cameron

The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.

Tags: control, creative

Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult.

Julia Cameron

Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult.

Tags: courage, faith, trust, dreams, goals

Art is an act of the soul, not the intellect. When we are dealing with people's dreams - their visions, really - we are in the realm of the sacred. We are involved with forces and energies larger than...

Julia Cameron

Art is an act of the soul, not the intellect. When we are dealing with people's dreams - their visions, really - we are in the realm of the sacred. We are involved with forces and energies larger than...

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The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. The need to produce a great work of art makes it hard to produce any art at all.

Julia Cameron

The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. The need to produce a great work of art makes it hard to produce any art at all.

Tags: art, artist, work

Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite -- getting something down.

Julia Cameron

Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite -- getting something down.

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Most of us are not raised to actively encounter our destiny. We may not know that we have one. As children, we are seldom told we have a place in life that is uniquely ours alone. Instead, we are enco...

Julia Cameron

Most of us are not raised to actively encounter our destiny. We may not know that we have one. As children, we are seldom told we have a place in life that is uniquely ours alone. Instead, we are enco...

Tags: believe, chance, courage, identity, inspiration

We have this idea that we need to be in the mood to write. We don't.

Julia Cameron

We have this idea that we need to be in the mood to write. We don't.

Tags: writing

Basic Principles:1. Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy: pure creative energy.2. There is an underlying, in-dwelling creative force infusing all of life -- including ourselves.3. W...

Julia Cameron

Basic Principles:1. Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy: pure creative energy.2. There is an underlying, in-dwelling creative force infusing all of life -- including ourselves.3. W...

Tags: creativity, divine, dreams, flow, god, yearnings

I started writing morning pages just to keep my hand in, you know, just because I was a writer and I didn't know what else to do but write. And then one day as I was writing, a character came sort of...

Julia Cameron

I started writing morning pages just to keep my hand in, you know, just because I was a writer and I didn't know what else to do but write. And then one day as I was writing, a character came sort of...

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What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.

Julia Cameron

What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.

Tags: money, work