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Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (1585421464)
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| With the basic principle that creative expression is the natural direction of life, Julia Cameron and Mark Bryan lead 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, replacing them with artistic confidence and productivity. This book links creativity to spirituality by showing how to connect with the creative energies of the universe, and has, in the four years since its publication, spawned a remarkable number of support groups for artists dedicated to practicing the exercises it contains. Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
I learned so much from this. A great way to look at life.
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Author: Guest
The way this book came into my life is a curious one. One day after finding that I was about to lose my job of nearly 20 years due to my store closing, I went into a book store to find a book on an artist I wanted to research just to keep my mind occupied and feed my artist soul...only, it seemed that a higher power was at work and I just didn't know it at the time. I had seen THIS book on the self. I picked it up and just thumbed through it. Then I set it on the floor and continued looking for a book on the artist I wanted to find.
Nothing.
So without even thinking, I picked this book off the floor and paid for it...no second thoughts or anything.
When I got home, I took it out of the bag and asked myself, "What did I just buy????" I was about to take it back when something inside the book caught my eye. Julia said, "Answered prayers require responsibility...you asked for it. Now what are you going to do?"
Okay...I had said a month earlier that as long as I was at my current job I could never be true to myself. Now...here I was, facing my store closing. That quote was a challenge to me from a higher power, I felt.
So I kept the book and I've highlighted it with things I wanted to be able to reference later and when ever I need reassurance...I always seem to turn to the page that has my answers. Hence, this book is my Bible.
I have been much more creative with this book in my life....took on challenges that I don't think I would have taken on had I not had the fortification that this book provides. It will help you overcome blooks and stagnation and help you recognize things as they are happening in your life that will either help you or lead you astray. You DON'T even have to be an artist to recieve help from this book...it will help you learn how to get to know your true self and set you free to become WHO you are meant to be as a person. It will help you create a fuller life for yourself if you let it.
Julia Cameron...you are a true gift from God. Thank you for overcoming your own personal blocks and problems and carrying on with your *Marching Orders* as it were, to bring this book into countless peoples' lives and making a difference..I'm still working on my own life, and it's brighter and more colorful as a result of your work coming into my own. You have helped me become more true to myself...Thank you...
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Author: Guest
I bought this book because it got such great reviews from other people who'd bought it. They are all correct. It is an excellent way to re-focus your energy if you are suffering from burn out. It's easy to read (high on my list) and very inspiring. I would recommend this book to anyone who feels they have artistic yearnings but can't figure out how to get them going or simply maintain them.
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Author: Guest
Julia speaks to my heart. I hear my own common sense talking. Her occasional burst of song and giggle frees me from being too serious. Each week gave me a reason not to be "blocked". I have always known it is my own doing to avoid creating. Imagine..not fighting with my spouse and instead going into my "art room" and creating. Thank you Julia.
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Author: Guest
Three years ago, I received 'The Artist's Way' along with companion book 'The Artist's Way Morning Pages Journal' as Christmas gifts. A car accident had turned my life topsy-turvy. These books were meant to pass the time in between physical therapy sessions, but they did so much more than that.
Today, along with the above two books, I purchased 'The Vein of Gold' and read it about 9 months ago. I recommend all three books highly. First, get 'The Artist's Way' (doesn't someone owe you a gift, a favor, a random act of kindness even???) and while any plain notebook can be used for morning pages, I believe you should splurge and buy the companion book. You could have done that yesterday, but lucky for you there is still today. Don't wait for tomorrow. Time is your most valuable commodity. Really.
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