Today I’m sharing a blog post from Julia Cameron. Julia Cameron is the author of The Artist’s Way. Here’s a blerb from her bio.
She is the best-selling author of more than forty books, fiction and nonfiction; a poet, songwriter, filmmaker and playwright. Commonly referred to as “The Godmother” or “High Priestess” of creativity, her tools are based in practice, not theory, and she considers herself “the floor sample of her own toolkit.” The Artist’s Way has been translated into forty languages and sold over five million copies to date.
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I tried morning pages and I still do my artist dates. Morning pages is when you journal first thing in the morning, as in, right when you wake up. Artist dates are when you take yourself and yourself only out to do something. Can be anything but you have to be alone and you should be doing something that utilizes or inspires you creativity. Artist dates are now a part of my weekly routine. It takes a lot of intention to develop the artist date habit. Even when you’re a full time writer.
Productivity is all the rave, but Julia Cameron teaches artists to look at their creativity in a new and productive way.
In her blog post “Creativity does not have to be high art” she reminds us artists that we need to let ourselves be. She says, ” Stop getting better. Start appreciating what you are.” It’s so easy to hyperfocus on improving your craft and lose yourself in “getting better.” You are an artist. The way you enjoy using creativity is art. She even gives us a list of things that count as art and cleaning your closet is on the list.
I appreciate Cameron’s contributions to the creative world very much.
Here’s blog
https://juliacameronlive.com/2020/03/11/creativity-does-not-have-to-be-high-art/
Here’s her webpge
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