#julia cameron

[novlr]

“Writing is like breathing, it's possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.” — Julia Cameron

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[birdhug]

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#julia cameron #the artist's way #we must not deny ourselves the dignity of growth... i am willing to make bad art. this gave me a huge creative surge this morning

[jamelalatise]

Your own healing is the greatest message of hope for others.

#julia cameron #the artists way #like… thank you

[feelslikevenus]

Our creative dreams and yearnings come from a divine source. As we move toward our dreams, we move toward our divinity.

#🫂 #💭 #julia cameron

[entheognosis]

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 encouraged to believe that our life should somehow fulfill the expectations of others, that we will (or should) find our satisfactions as they have found theirs. Rather than being taught to ask ourselves who we are, we are schooled to ask others. We are, in effect, trained to listen to others' versions of ourselves. We are brought up in our life as told to us by someone else! When we survey our lives, seeking to fulfill our creativity, we often see we had a dream that went glimmering because we believed, and those around us believed, that the dream was beyond our reach. Many of us would have been, or at least might have been, done, tried something, if... If we had known who we really were.

Julia Cameron

#julia cameron

[shakespearenews]

King Lear Alotting His Kingdom to His Three Daughters, by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1872. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, bequest of Maurice B. Sendak, 2012.

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The Liddells never returned to be photographed by Carroll, but the sisters reappeared a decade later before Julia Cameron’s camera. Alice, Ina, and Edith posed for Cameron’s complicated tableaux vivants as Roman goddesses, literary heroines, and Shakespearean stories. In one photograph that typifies Cameron’s work, Alice and her sisters pose with her husband, Charles Hay Cameron, enacting a scene from King Lear. Charles plays the role of King Lear while the Liddells pose as his three ill-fated daughters, Ina’s index finger poignantly laid on his shoulder while Alice, hair down, fixes her gaze outside of the photograph’s frame, a look echoed by her younger sister Edith.

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[julesofnature]

 I honor the wisdom of life. I learn from life in all its forms. The tree teaches me. The sparrow and the wren sing my song. I am open to the lessons Life brings me from the earth. I learn from the wind, from the sun, from the small flowers, and from the stars. I walk without arrogance. I learn from all I encounter. I open my mind and heart to the guidance and love that come to me from the natural world. ~ Julia Cameron

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[amaranth-devi1]

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.. As creative channels, we need to trust the darkness.

― Julia Cameron

#Julia Cameron #quotes

[a-shakespearean-in-paris]

I’m not immune to doing what tik tok tells me to do so I picked up The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. I’m surprised how much of it I agree with already and have already practiced within my own philosophy on writing, but one thing I really love is the morning pages.

Morning pages are essentially something you’re supposed to do every morning before you do anything else: open your journal and write three pages longhand—whatever comes to mind, stream of conscious style. And yes, they should be done in the morning. As someone who usually journaled at night I’ve found my thoughts are less clouded in the morning when I first wake up.

Anyway, highly recommend.

#she also has a thing called artists dates #my trip to Europe was one big artist date essentially #the artists way #julia cameron #tik tok does have good recipes btw #mostly there for the food tbh

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

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 encouraged to believe that our life should somehow fulfill the expectations of others, that we will (or should) find our satisfactions as they have found theirs. Rather than being taught to ask ourselves who we are, we are schooled to ask others. We are, in effect, trained to listen to others' versions of ourselves. We are brought up in our life as told to us by someone else! When we survey our lives, seeking to fulfill our creativity, we often see we had a dream that went glimmering because we believed, and those around us believed, that the dream was beyond our reach. Many of us would have been, or at least might have been, done, tried something, if... If we had known who we really were. 

~Julia Cameron (Book: The Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart)

[Philo Thoughts]

#quotes #Julia Cameron #The Vein of Gold: A Jouney to Your Creative Heart #Philo Thoughts

[marioriobreskic]

In between two sweet dishes and an empty cup of cappuccino, I decided to start reading Julia Cameron’s “The Artist’s Way” at one of the cafés I frequent on weekends. But why now? Don’t I have other books to read and study as well?

I can’t say where this book actually came from, or where I read or heard that I should have it, but now, I am glad I can tell the following origin story.

Last Monday, I took part in a ChatGPT workshop, hosted by my alma mater’s alumni network and one of the most mysterious professors of mine (mysterious as in spiritual—he even wrote a book about spirituality and teaching remotely). And, to get us in the mood, on a Monday evening at 7 pm, remotely, he had us do an exercise which seemed familiar to me. I actually was absolutely sure of having come across this exercise, and I knew in which book. Take out your pens and paper.

As my dear professor then, later, asked us to give him feedback on how this exercise went for us, what we observed in ourselves, after having written for 20 minutes, by hand, he mentioned in passing that you would actually write in the morning instead of in the evening.

During the workshop, I kept telling myself that I need to read this book. That I need to read it and do the exercises in it.

I was so strangely insistent about having to read this book, as if afraid of not believing myself, or not wanting to listen to myself. Or, as I think now, that I would need to defend my need to read it.

In a way, I have been healing myself over the last few years (and I am grateful for everyone who stuck around for that), and I see this book as one of the steps going from healing towards growing. Being creative is, I feel, the only thing we humans are really good at.

Written in a small café in southern Germany, listening to “Stasis Sounds for Long-Distance Space Travel”, ready to order a cup of coffee for the two sweet dishes still there, half-eaten.

#graphic design student #graphic design study #research #reading material #julia cameron #cameron #the artist’s way

[saintescuderia]

The Artist’s Way (pt. 1)

Week 1: Recovering a Sense of Safety

I would like to personally thank Saudi Arabia’s time difference. 

Last night I was faced with two options: stay up another two hours and watch FP1 in a fatigued haze where I would surely spend the entire time scrolling through Instagram, barely paying any attention to what was happening and wake up tired the next day. Or, I could use the 4am start time of FP2 as a motivator to get up early. 

The universe rewarded me for going with option two as I watched Fernando Alonso take the top spot that was, for once, not occupied with Max Verstappen. I then was faced with the next decision of go back to sleep and wake up in a few hours tired and sluggish? or commit to staying awake and make the most of an early morning. 

And the universe rewarded me with a burnt coffee at the cafe I walked to spend the rest of my morning being productive. 

Still, coffee aside, I am currently writing this at a cafe where I don’t feel the need to drown out the noise. The fashionable 70 year old woman who came to sit beside me commented on the fact that I was handwriting. We had a nice exchange about life and careers, how the times have changed and, of course, travelling. Because strangers can always talk about travel. 

The ink smudged on my hand was from the pages upon pages I had done as part of this week’s tasks from Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. A three month commitment where you follow a week by week break down as to how to get over an artist block - or how to get back into being creative as a whole. And it’s not just for artists in the sense of painters or musicians. It’s writers as well. 

It wasn’t as if I had planned to start this in March. However, scrolling through the Books app on my iPad as I wanted something to read - I was trying to be more productive than spend the next twenty minutes on Instagram - and I found the book I had gotten and forgotten. Without anything else to do and no other better options, I started reading. 

I skipped the introduction. I had read that before. I went straight to Week 1 and read through it. It was not long and pretty easy to follow along. I found myself considering how simple the tasks outlined would be to follow. So I made a plan to start following them. 

Week 1 is about healing. That is, getting over any self-doubts you may have had about being creative. This meant affirmations and what social media would call shadow work. Where does these doubts come from? Let’s journal about it!

And I would like to personally thank Saudi Arabia’s time difference that I ended up at a cafe for my ‘artist date’ because if I had stayed in the house I would’ve fallen asleep. Instead, I watched the sun rise in a cafe where I had that soul enriching experience that only comes from connecting with a kind stranger and journaled through all the past ‘horrors’ that stemmed my insecurities about why my writing wasn’t good enough. 

Turns out, that bitch of an English teacher from when I was in Year 10 hit me more than I thought. 

And so, the month of March and its daily writing has coincided with the start of me trying to get through The Artist’s Way. I never thought this would be where I was but I also didn’t think I would manage the 4am wake up and go for a walk to a cafe and meet a lady with a cool bag. But here we are. 

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[jamelalatise]

You will be led to new sources of support as you begin to support yourself.

#Julia Cameron #some of these quotes are HITTING me today

[novlr]

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[carrieneuman]

Creativity is inspiration coupled with initiative.

--Julia Cameron, Walking in this World

I've been enjoying Walking more than the Artist's Way. The first book is more about getting over past traumas that inhibit creativity. So far, the second one seems more about getting out of your head and doing the work. It's more my speed.

#writing advice #quotes #Julia Cameron

[wait-still-rendering]

Starting tomorrow (Week Four of The Artist's Way) is reading deprivation week. I can't read any books or articles. :((( I'm still gonna do my school work, but like wtf. This is not what I was expecting.

Schoolwork, schoolwork, schoolwork. Bro, I'm gonna fucking hate this shit. I wanted to finish Throwback by Maurene Goo.

See y'all in a week ig.

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