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Serious art is born from serious play.

Julia Cameron

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Julia Cameron
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 4
Film Director
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Teacher
Writer
Libertyville
Illinois
Born
Art
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When we open ourselves to exploring our creativity, we open ourselves to God: good, orderly direction.
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Anger is meant to be acted upon. It is not meant to be acted out.
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Most artists, ashamed of their need for encouragement, try to carry their work to term like a secret pregnancy.
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We are not accustomed to thinking that God's will for us and our own inner dreams can coincide.
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If we lean into what we love instead of soldiering toward what we 'should,' our pace quickens, our energy rises, optimism sets in. What we love is nutritious for us.
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Just as blood is a fact of your physical body and nothing you invented, creativity is a fact of your spiritual body and nothing you must invent.
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The growth of one blesses all. I am commited to grow in love. All that I touch, I leave in love. I move through this world consciously and creatively.
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You are either losing your mind -- or gaining your soul.
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We will experience the life we have the faith to experience.
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Creativity requires faith. Faith requires that we relinquish control.
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The essential element in nurturing our creativity lies in nurturing ourselves.
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Mystery is at the heart of creativity. As creative channels, we need to trust the darkness.
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What would a nontoxic god think of your creative goals? Might such a god really exist?
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Taking the time to write in our lives gives us the time of our lives. As we describe our environments, we begin to savor them. Even the most rushed and pell-mell life begins to take on the patina of being cherished.
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By listening to the creator within, we are led to our right path.
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Doubt comes to the door in darkness, pretending to be alone and in need of your compassionate ear. But if you let him in, he'll bring his friends.
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In our human lives, we are often impatient, ill-tempered, inappropriate. We find it difficult to treat our intimates with the love we really hold for them. Despite this, they bear with us because of the larger, higher level of family that they honor even in our outbursts. This is their commitment.
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Answered prayers are scary. They imply responsibility. You asked for it. Now that you've got it, what are you going to do? Why else the cautionary phrase Watch out for what you pray for you might just get it?
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Love is the greatest medicine. I ask to be healing medicine for others. I ask my heart to expand its boundaries and to love others as they wish to be loved. I ask my heart to expand its boundaries and open to my being loved as I wish to be loved.
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