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An artist paints, dances, draws, writes, designs, or acts at the expanding edge of consciousness. We press into the unknown rather than the known. This makes life lovely and lively.

Julia Cameron

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Julia Cameron
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 4
Film Director
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