Julia Cameron Quotes - Page 5

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• Making art is an act of faith.

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  Art, Art Is

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Sep 19, 2014

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• Pivotal to a happy writing life is a practice of daily personal writing.

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  Writing, Practice, Life Is

  "Becoming Intimate With Your Own Creative Impulses". Interview with Brad Crawford, www.writersdigest.com. March 11, 2008.

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• As we open our creative channel to the creator, many gentle but powerful changes are to be expected.

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  Powerful, Creative, Gentle

  Julia Cameron (2016). “It's Never Too Late to Begin Again: Discovering Creativity and Meaning at Midlife and Beyond”, p.14, Penguin

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• Writing is a combination of being alert to your outer surroundings and alive to your inner reality.

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  Writing, Reality, Alive

  "Becoming Intimate With Your Own Creative Impulses". Interview with Brad Crawford, www.writersdigest.com. March 11, 2008.

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• Practice being kind to yourself in small, concrete ways. Look at your refrigerator. Are you feeding yourself nicely? Do you have socdks? An extra set of sheets? What about a new house plant? A thermos for the long drive to work? Allow yourself to pitch out some of your ragged clothes. You don't have to keep everything.

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  Practice, Clothes, Long

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• Doubt comes to the door in darkness, pretending to be alone and in need of your compassionate ear. But if you let him in, he'll bring his friends.

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  Doors, Darkness, Doubt

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• You are your own Promised Land, your own new frontier.

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  Land, Promised Land, New Frontiers

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Jul 28, 2013

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• Writing is like listening to a melody line in my head. Note by note, it knows where it wants to go. I follow it and lay it down. I can pare it, shape it, and polish it later...My job is to take down the dribs and drabs - to free-associate, if you will, knowing that the associations have their own plans for where we're going with all this.

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  Jobs, Writing, Knowing

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• Far from making me feel different and special, my [spiritual] experiences made me feel the same, ordinary, and interconnected. If I felt more spiritual, everyone else felt more spiritual as well. (276)

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  Spiritual, Special, Ordinary

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• 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.

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  Distance, Moving, Artist

  Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.270, Penguin

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• When we walk, the two halves of our brains converse.

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  Two, Brain, Half

  Julia Cameron (2007). “The Writing Diet: Write Yourself Right-Size”, p.41, Penguin

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• When you feel yourself to be in critical condition, you must treat yourself as gently as you would a sick friend.

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  Sick, Treats, Feels

  Julia Cameron (2009). “Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance”, p.182, Penguin

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• Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

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  Heart, Creativity, Creative

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.248, Souvenir Press

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• Survival lies in sanity, and sanity lies in paying attention...the capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.

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  Lying, Survival, Attention

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• The essential element in nurturing our creativity lies in nurturing ourselves.

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  Lying, Creativity, Essentials

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Jan 30, 2017

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• What payoff are you getting for remaining stuck at this point in your expansion?

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  Expansion, Payoff, Stuck

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.129, Souvenir Press

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• There is not one pink flower, or even fifty pink flowers, but hundreds. Snowflakes, of course, are the ultimate exercise in sheer creative glee. No two alike. This creator looks suspiciously like someone who just might send us support for our creative ventures.

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  Flower, Exercise, Two

  Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.145, Penguin

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• The reward for attention is always healing.

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  Healing, Attention, Rewards

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Sep 01, 2013

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• Making art has taught me that the tiniest smidgen of progress is something to be cherished.

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  Art, Progress, Taught

  Julia Cameron (2009). “Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance”, p.90, Penguin

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• The creator made us creative. Our creativity is our gift from God. Our use of it is our gift to God. Accepting this bargain is the beginning of true self-acceptance.

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  Inspirational, Creativity, Acceptance

  Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.227, Penguin

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• 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.

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  Writing, Heart, Love Is

  Julia Cameron (1999). “The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life”, p.37, Penguin

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• We undertake certain spiritual exercises to achieve alignment with the creative energy of the universe.

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  Spiritual, Exercise, Creative

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.16, Souvenir Press

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• Just as a good rain clears the air, a good writing day clears the psyche.

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  Rain, Writing, Air

  Julia Cameron (1999). “The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life”, p.15, Penguin

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• People frequently believe the creative life is grounded in fantasy. The more difficult truth is that creativity is grounded in reality, in the particular, the focused, the well observed or specifically imagined.

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  Believe, Creativity, Reality

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.114, Souvenir Press

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• Any little bit of experimenting in self-nurturance is very frightening for most of us.

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  Self, Littles, Frightening

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.77, Souvenir Press

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