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- Publisher: Penguin Highbridge (Aud) (8 Jan 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 078656475X
- ISBN-13: 978-0786564750
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
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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 12-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 practising the exercises it contains. --Amazon.com --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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339 of 346 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
On the flyleaf to this book, Julia Cameron is described as "an active artist". This is very apt because in The Artist's Way we have a very active book with a powerful practical application. Do not expect to read this book and be unaffected by it. I have been personally been amazed by the effect it has already had on my life within under a month of having purchased it. In fact, the impact was almost immediate.
I originally approached this book in a spirit of curiosity, merely to find out what it was about. The structure of the book is a twelve-week course on getting in touch with and unblocking your creativity based upon many years' successful delivery of the course by the author. Significantly, the term "recovering" your creative self is used so the process is likened to that of someone recovering from say alcohol or drug addiction but in this instance you are restoring the connection with a positive energy rather than abstaining from a harmful practice. If any harmful practice is indeed being renounced, it is the denial or suppression of your creativity. Rather than sign up, as it were, for the course right away, I skimmed through the whole book just to discover its main points. However, the two basic tools for creative recovery I adopted straight away. These are the morning ages and the artist date. The first is a commitment to write three pages, long hand, about anything that comes to mind when you awaken. The purpose of this exercise is to stifle your inner critic and clear out any blockages you might have that are holding you back. The second is to keep a date, on your own, every week for a couple of hours with your inner artist, your "artist child" as Julia Cameron refers to it. The purpose of the artist date is to be receptive so as to "fill the well" of your creativity. Both actions together can be likened to breathing, a rhythm of in (artist date) and out (morning pages).
My initial aim in putting these tools into practice was not specifically to realise my potential as an artist. I wanted to see if they would have a general effect on the way I approached my job and the way I lived my life. What I hadn't anticipated was that I would actually start writing creatively again after a block which has lasted 15 years. I am now engaged in writing a novel, which I manage to work on every day despite a busy and demanding job and my head is buzzing with other writing projects too. It is for this reason that I can so enthusiastically endorse this book.
Do not think, however, that you necessarily have to have the desire to write, as in my case, to find this book of value. The Artist's Way is designed to stimulate every type of artistic endeavour. It can also be applied to bring creativity to bear upon all aspects of your life, from major considerations like career and relationship issues to humble activities like cooking or mending clothes. It doesn't matter, too, how seemingly non-creative and left-brained the profession you are engaged in. Cameron cites the example of stockbrokers maintaining Morning Pages and becoming better stockbrokers as a result. The ultimate benefit of the book, though, if you are willing to put its principles into practice, is to feel that one is leading a more positive, purposeful life.
80 of 82 people found the following review helpful
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The Artist's Way takes you through a 12 week journey to creativity, it is aimed not just at artists, but for anyone wishing to be creative. It is a work-book, with weekly tasks which helped me to unblock as a writer, have fun and also relax and enjoy life.
Since reading it my wife has become a full-time freelance designer and artist, her confidence has shifted amazingly, she is willing to believe it when people compliment her work (which happens a lot) and she pushes through set-backs and persists when the going's tough.
I've reawakaned my dream to be a writer and am currently working on a fantasy novel and a puzzle book. I met Julia Cameron at a seminar and she is very down-to-earth and practical, as well as being spiritual and kind. This book is an absolute must!
77 of 79 people found the following review helpful
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I am not the type to buy any kind of self-help book - I gave it a try with this one and it has quite literally changed my life. It's for someone who has the will to try to look within themselves for their creativity, and it helps you see how to find *your* goals and no one else's. It doesn't tell you what to do, but helps you discover that for yourself by looking at your habits, relationship, beliefs and environment. Not for the meek, it takes some strong soul searching and real effort at things that may seem pointless. I'm now working my way through the book a second time and it's just as relevent a year on.
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Life changing...
Having been made redundant this book was recommended to me. Unusually I did not read it through first but launched straight into the course, ready for surprises. Read more
Published 11 days ago by Sharon
Helpful, but ... heavey going!!
I've found that this book contains a lot of stories about people that I'm not interested in hearing about. What I wanted from this book was to learn what I need to do. Read more
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Great Unblocker for Artists
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Worthwhile if you are prepared to work at it
I haven't yet completed the tasks within the book, but I have read through it and have been completing the daily pages for about 3 weeks. Read more
Published 2 months ago by AJ72
Amazingly Effective
Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way" in my experience is a very effective tool to unblock the creativity within. Read more
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This is a must-read book.
I've recommended it to SO many clients and members of my writing group. Read more
I've recommended it to SO many clients and members of my writing group. Read more
Published 4 months ago by M. English
Love this book....
I love this book - this is the the third copy I've bought cos I keep giving it away to friends and family who need it. It really does help you recover your creativity. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jen
Very good if you can find the time to stick to it
an excellent structured way to rediscover your artist, I've found it hard to find the time, but I find a lot of the exercises small and I can think about them on the move with my... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Dr. R. Myron
Still reading but so far excellent!
I'm on week two but I'm already feeling a lot more creative and positive. I can see how this book would also help a little with depression. It's very uplifting.
Published 7 months ago by ClaireyBee
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