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Title: The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron ISBN: 1-58542-146-4 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: 28 February, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.49 (155 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Comment: I heard about this book a few months ago and was very sceptical at first. As more and more people around me started with it, I became curious and bought myself a copy. It was the best decision I have ever made! I am in week eleven and I can safely say that this book has changed my life, completely. It has taken the South African performing arts scene by storm and everyone I know who has read or is busy reading The Artist's Way feels the same way I do! Apart from the fact the the book contains so many truths, what makes this book such a pleasure to read is that it is so well written. If you are in doubt and you need just that little bit of encouragement, if you know deep down inside that there is an artist in you, that feels neglected or that you haven't yet discovered, take the plunge and start a wonderful journey! If you are a lawyer, accountant or a mother taking care of your family at home, don't be discouraged or misled by the book's title, it is for you too!
Thank you Julia Cameron!
Rating: 2
Summary: Two months of Morning Pages later....
Comment: After doing my best to follow through with all the "creative" exercises and dutifully churning out pointless Morning Pages, taking myself on Dates (no surprise, since most creative people spend plenty of time alone, this was less exciting than Ms. Cameron makes it out to be) and forcing myself through silly exercises, not to mention starting to choke on the author's obviously high opinion of herself and all her wonderful, creative friends, I gave up in disgust. For one thing, it was hard to take seriously the creative raptures of a woman who makes a career of telling other people how to be as creative as she is - except that her own forte seems to be self-help books, not brilliant novels, screenplays, or anything worth reading for its own sake. Nor do I think that anyone can write. On the contrary, most people can't, any more than most people can act or compose music or write memorable poetry. A far better book on writer's block, the recently published "Midnight Disease," goes into much more useful information on brain chemistry, the struggles of truly brilliant writers with block, hypergraphia (what Ms. Cameron seems more prone to), and the links between creativity, depression and the search for the divine. Among other things, it points out that the "inner critic" that such books as Ms. Cameron's try to silence is very useful, as it may be that very inner critic that makes the difference between crafting a brilliant novel and churning out Morning Pages. (As the book points out, anyone can get over writer's block merely by lowering one's standards sufficiently!) Of course, block is its own kind of hell, but I suspect that any block that can be cured by silencing one's instincts, never mind taking walks or visiting museums, is not a very deep block to begin with.
Rating: 5
Summary: Her understanding is fantastic
Comment: Julia Cameron takes a holistic approach to writing. The writing process is not isolated to sitting in front of the desk and putting words on a paper. No, it starts in your unconscious, it permeates your life, it influences your actions. In short, writing is part of your life. This book does indeed help release the tension of "not-writing". She offers a twelve-week program to help open up your creative self. She does take it in small steps, so nothing becomes too daunting. You might not be a full-fledged writer after reading this book, but you are on the way, and you will feel better.
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Title: The Artist's Way Morning Pages Journal: A Companion Volume to the Artist's Way by Julia Cameron ISBN: 0874778867 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life by Julia Cameron ISBN: 1585420093 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: 27 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Artist's Way at Work : Riding the Dragon by Mark Bryan, Julia Cameron ISBN: 0688166350 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 02 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart by Julia Cameron ISBN: 0874778794 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Artist's Date Book: A Companion Volume to the Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, Elizabeth Cameron Evans ISBN: 0874776538 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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