Julia Cameron Quotes - Page 11

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• When writing becomes too dominant, it gets leached of its own power. We spend more and more time writing and we have less and less to write about.

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  Writing, More Time, Dominant

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

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• I ask to be made beautiful like the trees are beautiful, each growing according to a unique plan. Lop off a limb and and the tree will accommodate it's loss, still growing and still beautiful. It is my hope to be able to flourish in a similar fashion, taking on the shape and dimensions that is intended for me.

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  Beautiful, Fashion, Loss

  Julia Cameron (2007). “The Writing Diet: Write Yourself Right-Size”, p.38, Penguin

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• I think of making love and making art as being very parallel. Even the most amateur attempt can be thrilling.

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  Art, Thinking, Making Love

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• Most artists, ashamed of their need for encouragement, try to carry their work to term like a secret pregnancy.

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  Encouragement, Pregnancy, Artist

  Julia Cameron (2005). “The Sound of Paper”, p.123, Penguin

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• If we have plain old ordinary fear then we are within reach of a solution. Fear has been with humankind for millennia and we do know what to do about it-pray about it, talk about it, feel the fear, and do it anyway. Artistic fear, on the other hand, sounds somehow nastier and more virulent, like it just might not yield to ordinary solutions-and yet it does, the moment we become humble enough to try ordinary solutions.

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  Fear, Humble, Yield

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• And why are we supposed to be serious about God? Did God show up and crack the whip? “You there, Annie in Ohio, I see you laughing a lot and frankly it really pisses Me off . . . “ (50)

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  Ohio, Laughing, Cracks

  Julia Cameron (2000). “God is No Laughing Matter: Observations and Objections on the Spiritual Path”, Tarcher

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• Just as blood is a fact of your physical body and nothing you invented, creativity is a fact of your spiritual body and nothing you must invent.

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  Spiritual, Creativity, Blood

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.11, Souvenir Press

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• I believe that when we ask to be led, we are led, and there's nothing too small or esoteric for spiritual help.

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  Spiritual, Believe, Esoteric

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• You will learn to enjoy the process... and to surrender your need to control the result. You will discover the joy of practising your creativity. The process, not the product, will become your focus.

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  Creativity, Focus, Joy

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• When it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, 'I'm not old enough. I'm not distinguished enough.' But I went home and sat down to write, and the material for the book just came flooding into my hands.

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  Book, Home, Writing

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• Writing is an act of cherishing... It is an act of love.

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  Writing, Cherish, Acts Of Love

  Julia Cameron (2001). “The Writer's Life: Insights from The Right to Write”, p.20, Penguin

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• I am a gate for God to accomplish great things. Through me and with me, new Life enters the world.

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  Faith, New Life, World

  Julia Cameron (1997). “Heart Steps”, p.14, Penguin

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• I believe that the dark night of the soul is a common spiritual experience. I believe, too, that the answer is continued seeking and perseverance. It helps to know that others have endured a loss of faith.

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  Spiritual, Perseverance, Believe

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• Spirituality can release blocks, lead you to ideas, and make your life artful. Sometimes when we pray for guidance, we're guided in unexpected directions. We may want a lofty answer and we get the intuition to clean our bedroom. It can seem so humble and picky and that you don't necessarily think of it spiritual guidance.

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  Spiritual, Block, Humble

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• I believe that I am very lucky to have close friends who are faithful. From my friends, I have learned the importance of perseverance.

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  Perseverance, Believe, Faithful

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• So much of an artist's career hinges on the sense that we are going somewhere, that we are not just trapped by the four walls of wherever we are. For creative sanity, I must believe that if I just do the next right thing, a path will unfold for me.

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  Wall, Believe, Artist

  Julia Cameron (2009). “Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance”, p.82, Penguin

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• In order to thrive as artists we need to be available to the universal flow. When we put a stopper on our capacity for joy by anorectically declining the small gifts of life, we turn aside the larger gifts as well.

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  Artist, Order, Joy

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.150, Souvenir Press

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• When we let God be God and work through us, we experience both a sense of serenity and excitement.

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  Faith, Letting Go, Serenity

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• The refusal to be creative is an act of self-will and is counter to our true nature. When we are open to our creativity, we are opening to God: good, orderly direction. As we pursue our creative fulfillment, all elements of our life move toward harmony. As we strengthen our creativity, we strengthen our connection to the Creator within. Artists love other artists. Our relationship to God is co-creative, artist to artist. It is God's will for us to live in creative abundance.

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  Art, Moving, Creativity

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• It is the inner commitment to be true to ourselves and follow our dreams that triggers the support of the universe.

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  Dream, Commitment, Support

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from May 04, 2017

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• Exercise often moves us straight from stagnation to inspiration, from problem to solution, from self-pity to self-respect.

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  Moving, Inspiration, Exercise

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• When we put the pen to paper, we articulate things in our life that we may have felt vague about. Before you write about something, somebody says, 'How do you feel?' and you say, 'Oh, I feel okay.' Then you write about it, and you discover you don't feel okay.

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  Writing, Over You, May

  "The Artist's Way: An Interview With Julia Cameron". Interview with Mark Matousek, www.psychologytoday.com. January 23, 2014.

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• Writing is a spiritual practice in that people that have no spiritual path can undertake it and, as they write, they begin to wake up to a larger connection. After a while, people tend to find that there is some muse that they are connecting to.

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  Spiritual, Writing, Practice

  "The Artist's Way". Interview with Mark Matousek, www.psychologytoday.com. January 23, 2014.

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• When we survey our lives, seeking to fulfil 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.

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  Dream, Creativity, Surveys

  Julia Cameron (2013). “The Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart”, p.26, Souvenir Press

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• We talk about self-expression but need to pause and remember that self-expression requires a self to express.

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  Self, Expression, Needs

  Julia Cameron (1999). “The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life”, p.132, Penguin

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