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In a sense, as we are creative beings, our lives become our work of art.

Julia Cameron

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Julia Cameron
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 4
Film Director
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Teacher
Writer
Libertyville
Illinois
Creative
Lives
Sense
Art
Become
Work
Beings
Creativity

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