The Artist's Way - A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Julia Cameron
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Year Published: 1992
ISBN: 0874776945
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The Artist's Way is
a 12-week creativity workbook that is quite spiritual in tone,
though not "cosmic." The techniques described are quite powerful if
practiced regularly.
This is a 12-week workbook, "a course in discovering and recovering your
creative self." Although some of the language is tilted toward
the AA/Recovery model, the author's journey and advice
ring true.
Cameron introduces 2 tools: morning pages and
artist dates. One reads a
book chapter and does a series of exercises each week.
From the back cover:
The Artist's Way is an empowering book for aspiring and working artists.
With the basic principle that creative expression is the natural direction
of life, Julia Cameron leads you through a comprehensive twelve week
program to recover your creativity from a variety of blocks, including
limiting beliefs, fear, self-sabotage, jealousy, guilt, addictions and
other inhibiting forces.
The book is unique in three ways:
- It links creativity to spirituality by showing in nondemoninational terms
how to tap into the higher power that connects human creativity with
the creative energies of the universe.
- It links creativity to personal empowerment and in each of the twelve
weeks of the course helps remove one or more seemingly insurmountable
barriers to artistic confidence and productivity.
- It links creativity to learnable skills, guiding you through a variety of
highly effective exercises and activities that spur imagination and capture
new ideas.
Whatever your spiritual orientation, The Artist's Way will resonate in your creative
mind with truth, wisdom, and inspiration.
Updated: Thursday, 19 April 2001
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