A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

The Artist's Way

Julia Cameron

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The Artist's Way

A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

Written byJulia Cameron

Julia Cameron's twelve-week course for recovering creativity. Built around two simple tools, morning pages and the artist date, it helps blocked creatives get back to making things.

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  • Published1992
  • GenreCreativity
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  • feel stuck creatively
  • want habits that actually stick

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  1. 01Morning pages

    Write three pages by hand every morning to clear your head.

  2. 02The artist date

    Spend a weekly solo outing filling up on new experiences.

  3. 03Silence the inner critic

    Notice the negative voice and keep creating anyway.

  4. 04Creativity is natural

    Everyone is creative; blocks can be worked through.

  5. 05Small steps add up

    Twelve weeks of gentle practice can change how you work.

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Morning pages

Write three pages by hand every morning to clear your head. Pick one small way to put this into practice before tonight.

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Morning pages

Write three pages by hand first thing in the morning: anything on your mind, no editing.

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“Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite — getting something down.”

— Julia Cameron

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