Julia Cameron: Weathering Challenges to our Creativity

Author and artist Julia Cameron leads a workshop at Wisdom House in Litchfield, Connecticut, on February 10 on weathing challenges to our creativity. Here she speaks with Jo-Ann Iannotti, O.P., during a break between workshop sessions.

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[WisdomHouseCT]

NCITA,

Thank you for your comments re the Julia Cameron video. I'm glad it could be of help to you.

[WisdomHouseCT]

Thanks for stopping here and sharing your thoughts.

[lipsi77]

strange! I feel the same. still, I think I should go and and try to follow her advise. Of course she is not my first and will not be my last inspiration, but she's practical (very American!) and it will probably take me out of my stupid black well (pozzo nero!). I wish you the best. We are all artists! of course. And in many different fields.

[sedahedonja]

Thats true! But her method worked for me, a lot!

Ps, I don't write every morning, sometimes I just have the feeling I have to start the day to...create!

[NCITAcademy]

Julias explanation of the morning pages and the artists date was so helpful, even though I am using the book. Morning pages out, artist's date in.....pretty simple. My experience thus far has been great with the morning pages. Thanks for posting the video.

[sklarmagh]

I have read and been inspired by Julia Cameron for years. Watching this video was a good reminder of the key advice she gave me years ago - and that I needed to be reminded of.

[JudiG]

I might also add that, true, you may not want words "ranting in your head when you're doing visual art...". That's exactly why I write them down. That's what keeps us FROM dwelling on them. :> And - that's exactly what Julia talks about at 3:15 in this video. lol

[JudiG]

You don't seem to understand there are no absolutes in this world. What works for you won't work for another and vice versa. We are all so individual. "Morning Pages" is just another term for "journaling". And I've been doing that since childhood. It's great therapy for me (and millions of others). And yes, I am a visual artist - a painter. I paint every day and derive great joy from it. Organizing my thoughts helps in formulating ideas and frees my inner muse. For you - not so much.

[JudiG]

So - you're saying that my "need to be the productive artist that I am today" will cause sorrow in the end? Somehow, I find it hard to understand how you arrive at that summation.

I worked with an Artist's Way group in the mid 90s and went on to listen to her tapes and just completed the audio book of Walk through the World. She offers her own experiences that have worked and suggests ways to get in touch with our own thoughts and feelings which lead to a flow of creativity. It works for many.

[PETALSWORTH]

Fifteen years ago Julia Cameron saved my life. I was led to the Artist Way through a Hospic friend and physic. Discovering YOUTUBE and her voice, once again I am embracing the Artist Way. Synchroncity moments appear rapidly when one practice their creative. Life is sweet.

[aligamgee]

Thank you, Julia, for bringing wonderful tools for us artists and artists-to-be. I have a lot to thank you for. Thank you!

[aligamgee]

Krishnamurti is liberating, wonderful. Julia Cameron is living your liberation is all its potential. Wonderful people: Don't see any of them criticizing each other for being unique.