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It is the inner commitment to be true to ourselves and follow our dreams that triggers the support of the universe.

Julia Cameron

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Julia Cameron
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 4
Film Director
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I learned, when hit by loss, to ask the right question: What next? instead of Why me? . . . Whenever I am willing to ask What is necessary next? I have moved ahead. Whenever I have taken no for a final answer I have stalled and gotten stuck.
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We will experience the life we have the faith to experience.
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I ask to be made beautiful like the trees are beautiful, each growing according to a unique plan. Lop off a limb and and the tree will accommodate it's loss, still growing and still beautiful. It is my hope to be able to flourish in a similar fashion, taking on the shape and dimensions that is intended for me.
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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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We tend to think being hard on ourselves will make us strong. But it is cherishing ourselves that gives us strength
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We are ourselves creations. We are meant to continue creativity by being creative ourselves. This is the God-force extending itself through us. Creativity is God's gift to us. Using creativity is our gift back to God.
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Mystery is at the heart of creativity. As creative channels, we need to trust the darkness.
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Sometimes, in order to go forward, You must first go back.
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In order to thrive as artists we need to be available to the universal flow. When we put a stopper on our capacity for joy by anorectically declining the small gifts of life, we turn aside the larger gifts as well.
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Judging your early artistic efforts is artist abuse.
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Making art has taught me that the tiniest smidgen of progress is something to be cherished.
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As a writer, I find holidays often disturbing, not liberating, in their disruption of tempo, their open-ended time.
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We imagine that if we had time we would quiet our more shallow selves and listen to a deeper flow of inspiration. Again, this is a myth that lets us off the hook - if I wait for enough time to listen, I don't have to listen now, I don't have to take responsibility for being available to what is trying to bubble up today.
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All change can be expansive in potential. The choice is ours.
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I think of making love and making art as being very parallel. Even the most amateur attempt can be thrilling.
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