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By listening to the creator within, we are led to our right path.

Julia Cameron

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Julia Cameron
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 4
Film Director
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Teacher
Writer
Libertyville
Illinois
Listening
Path
Within
Right
Creator

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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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Our moods and insights are transitory. This current is a flow of grace moving us to our right livelihood, companions, destiny.
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Soul is not about function it's about beauty, form, and memory.
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Many of us believe that 'real artists' do not experience self-doubt. In truth, artists are people who have learned to live with doubt and do the work anyway.
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At root, a pearl is a 'disturbance' a beauty caused by something that isn't supposed to be there, about which something needs to be done. It is the interruption of equilibrium that creates beauty. Beauty is a response to provocation, to intrusion. ... The pearl's beauty is made as a result of insult.
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I bless the wisdom of my loving heart. Love is a form of listening. I listen with a loving heart. I listen to the love within my heart and I hear the love in the hearts of others.
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Writing is like listening to a melody line in my head. Note by note, it knows where it wants to go. I follow it and lay it down. I can pare it, shape it, and polish it later...My job is to take down the dribs and drabs - to free-associate, if you will, knowing that the associations have their own plans for where we're going with all this.
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We must attend to what our inner guidance is nudging us toward.
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Creativity occurs in the moment, and in the moment we are timeless.
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The beginner's humility and openness lead to exploration. Exploration leads to accomplishment. All of it begins at the beginning, with the first small and scary step.
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Did you write today? Then you're a writer today.
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Serious art is born from serious play.
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Making art has taught me that the tiniest smidgen of progress is something to be cherished.
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Workaholism is an addiction, and like all addictions, it blocks creative energy.
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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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As you move toward a dream, the dream moves toward you.
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In order to have a real relationship with our creativity, we must take the time and care to cultivate it.
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... success or failure, the truth of a life really has little to do with its quality. The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight. The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.
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If you are too busy to develop your talents, you are too busy.
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I am breathing in and out. Realizing this, I began to notice that each moment was not without its beauty.
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