Julia Cameron

The Artist's Way

1. IDEA 1

   Creativity can be recovered

   Cameron argues that everyone has creative ability that can be blocked by fear, criticism and past wounds. She offers a twelve-week programme to help people recover it. She presents this as a path to renewal that can be followed week by week.

2. IDEA 2

   Write pages each morning

   Cameron describes morning pages, three pages of handwritten stream-of-consciousness writing done every morning. She sees them as a way to clear the mind. In her account, putting thoughts on the page each day clears space for fresh ideas.

3. IDEA 3

   Take yourself on artist dates

   Cameron describes artist dates, weekly solo outings to do something enjoyable and inspiring. They feed the imagination. In her view, creative energy runs dry without play and new input. A small outing of this kind refills the well of ideas.

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