31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Supplies: A Pilot's Guide to Creative Flight, 14 May 2001
By C. Stephen Foster - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Supplies: A Pilot's Manual for Creative Flight (Paperback)
This book is required reading for anyone who has used Julia's former books to actually create works of art! In this manual for creative flight she describes all the monsters that leap up in your face as you prepare to fly and the ones that try to wreck your creative projects. She speaks in a no nonsense, humor-filled tone--She cuts to the bone about those devils who tempt us to flirt with them instead of concentrating on our creative careers. Not only does she break them down into horrifying, simple catagories, but she teaches us how we can wave a magic wand and dispell the curse of these people. This book is a true gem for any creative artist. Buy it immediately.
56 of 62 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Cameron's other titles are more useful to you as a writer, 24 Feb 2005
By GreenEggs-N-Ham - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Supplies: A Troubleshooting Guide for Creative Difficulties (Paperback)
Julia Cameron's books are the only companions that keep me from feeling stuck and isolated in a writer's life. "The Artist's Way" and "The Sound of Paper" are fixtures on my bedside table because she's truthful, sensible, and uplifting. ...And that's why I'm disappointed in this book. It falls very short of the mark.
True, in its pages you will recognize all those people who hem you in or hold you up. But you will perhaps also recognize what I did: deep bitterness. I'm 3/4 through the book and have been almost stunned at all the examples of, asides about, and ungloved swipes at movie industry people. Other blocking personalities are treated with a bit of remove and wry humor. But when JC launches on the movie-industry-specific examples, her venom and bitterness seep through. That flaw discredits whatever [thin] usefulness I might previously have found. I hate to say this, but I'm glad I bought it used rather than new.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Supplies for the Muse, 18 May 2005
By M. R. Estante "book reader" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Supplies: A Troubleshooting Guide for Creative Difficulties (Paperback)
Cameron's latest delight is the latest in blunt and witty guideposts for a creative thriving life. When we live to create it is our muse whose our own best friend. Protect it and nurture it - how? Enter Supplies from Cameron. A concoction of advice, strategies, and common toolkits to keep our artistic souls pure and our muse shielded from the various Crazymakers out there. Must have!