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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.

Julia Cameron

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