Living the Artist's Way: An Intuitive Path to Greater Creativity

by Julia Cameron

Overview

Discover the revolutionary new Artist’s Way tool, from "the Queen of Change" (New York Times)

In her internationally bestselling book, The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron shared with her millions of readers the three main tools needed to unlock creativity. Now, in her revolutionary new book, Living the Artist’s Way, Cameron finally reveals the vital fourth Artist’s Way tool that she relies upon daily to find creative inspiration: writing for guidance.

Over the course of six weeks, readers learn the radical new skill needed to take their creativity and their creative work to the next level: how to connect with the intuitive power within themselves and trust the answers they receive. For followers of the Artist’s Way program and newcomers alike, this exciting new guidebook will teach readers how to find greater happiness, productivity, and creative inspiration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250897589
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/09/2024
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Hailed by the New York Times as “The Queen of Change,” JULIA CAMERON is credited with starting a movement in 1992 that has brought creativity into the mainstream conversation—in the arts, in business, and in everyday life. 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.

Editorial Reviews

10/30/2023

In this meditative guide, Cameron (Write for Life) adds the practice of “writing for guidance” to the creative program first outlined in her bestselling The Artist’s Way. By writing out a request for guidance (“What should I write about next?” is a frequent query of Cameron’s, though readers can tackle “any topic”) and answering it on the page, one can tap into a force that’s both deeply personal and greater than themselves, according to the author: “There is something in the act of writing that renders the guidance we receive somehow more ‘real’... our hand is an instrument in the hand of God.” Outlining a six-week lesson plan, Cameron details how writing for guidance can help readers quell anxiety, “slow down” amid life’s stressors, and surrender control. Interspersed throughout are personal anecdotes and conversations with the author’s many friends (almost all of whom write “morning pages,” a practice Cameron delineated in her original program) that illustrate how such guidance can be sought out, received, and used. In one case, asking and answering a series of requests on the page soothed Cameron’s nerves as she waited for feedback from her editor; elsewhere, a friend shares how “writing opens up to hear guidance.” Cameron’s lovely prose is grounded in a keen awareness of her inner and outer worlds, which are described so vividly that the reader comes to feel like one of her many “intimates.” Artists and others looking to tap into their intuition will find plenty of wisdom here. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly

"Cameron’s lovely prose is grounded in a keen awareness of her inner and outer worlds, which are described so vividly that the reader comes to feel like one of her many 'intimates.' Artists and others looking to tap into their intuition will find plenty of wisdom here." —Publishers Weekly

"Sometimes, when we feel stuck or afraid, we look to others for guidance. In Living the Artist's Way Julia Cameron shows us that the guidance we seek actually comes from somewhere deep within and is available at any time. This wise and encouraging book is a series of invitations to connection, creative confidence and commitment to the writing path. Accept those invitations and a whole world will open up for you." —Beth Kempton, bestselling author of Wabi Sabi

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