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
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.
flow manifest
We must learn to let the flow manifest itself where it will.....not where we will it.
talent tenacity
Often it is tenacity, not talent, that rules the day.
sick treats feels
When you feel yourself to be in critical condition, you must treat yourself as gently as you would a sick friend.
lying survival attention
Survival lies in sanity, and sanity lies in paying attention...the capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.
flower creativity green
Creativity is the life force that Dylan Thomas called 'the force that through the green fuse drives the flower.
heart creativity creative
Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.
heart unique needs
My will for you is not harsh or unpleasant. It is gentle and perfectly tailored to your unique needs. Do not fear my direction. I am your heart's happiest guide.
writing love-life creativity
An artist paints, dances, draws, writes, designs, or acts at the expanding edge of consciousness. We press into the unknown rather than the known. This makes life lovely and lively.
uplifting hands helping
Become willing to see the hand of God and accept it as a friend's offer to help you with what you are doing.