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As we open our creative channel to the creator, many gentle but powerful changes are to be expected.

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Julia Cameron
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 4
Film Director
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Teacher
Writer
Libertyville
Illinois
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