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Making art is an act of faith.

Julia Cameron

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

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If we are forever yearning for more time, we are forever discounting what is offered.
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I am a gate for God to accomplish great things. Through me and with me, new Life enters the world.
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Love is the greatest medicine. I ask to be healing medicine for others. I ask my heart to expand its boundaries and to love others as they wish to be loved. I ask my heart to expand its boundaries and open to my being loved as I wish to be loved.
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Do what intrigues you, explore what interests you think mystery, not mastery.
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We waste a lot of time and a lot of talent trying to write for the common reader, whom we will never meet. Instead we should be writing for our ideal reader.
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My will for you is not harsh or unpleasant. It is gentle and perfectly tailored to your unique needs. Do not fear my direction. I am your heart's happiest guide.
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Stop telling yourself that dreams don't matter, that they are only dreams and that you should be more sensible.
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Often it is tenacity, not talent, that rules the day.
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Writing just for the hell of it is heaven.
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As we lose our vagueness about ourself, our values, our life situation, we become available to the moment. It is there, in the particular, that we contact the creative self. Art lies in the moment of encounter: we meet our truth and we meet ourselves we meet ourselves and we meet our self-expression .
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when I talk about a writing life, I'm talking about a life in which writing is the dominant response to living.
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The grace to be a beginner is always the best prayer for an artist.
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We have this idea that we need to be in the mood to write. We don't.
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Sometimes the dying live more fiercely and wisely than the rest of us. (146)
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No matter how sophisticated our lives may be we need to think of ourselves as creative children.
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Try approving of yourself just as you are, and spoiling yourself rotten with small kid's pleasures.
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Spirituality can release blocks, lead you to ideas, and make your life artful. Sometimes when we pray for guidance, we're guided in unexpected directions. We may want a lofty answer and we get the intuition to clean our bedroom. It can seem so humble and picky and that you don't necessarily think of it spiritual guidance.
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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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I plant the seeds of love in my heart. I plant the seeds of love in the hearts of others.
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I believe that the dark night of the soul is a common spiritual experience. I believe, too, that the answer is continued seeking and perseverance. It helps to know that others have endured a loss of faith.
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