Julia Cameron has been an active artist for more than three decades. She is the author of more than thirty books, including such bestselling works on the creative process as The Artist’s Way, Walking in This World, and Finding Water. Also a novelist, playwright, songwriter, and poet, she has multiple credits in theater, film, and television, including an episode of Miami Vice, which featured Miles Davis, and Elvis and the Beauty Queen, which starred Don Johnson. She was a writer on such movies as Taxi Driver, New York, New York, and The Last Waltz. She wrote, produced, and directed the award-winning independent feature film God's Will, which premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival, and was selected by the London Film Festival, the Munich International Film Festival, and the Women in Film Festival, among others. In addition to making films, Cameron has taught film at such diverse places as Chicago Filmmakers, Northwestern University, and Columbia College. She is also an award-winning playwright, whose work has appeared on such well-known stages as the McCarter Theater at Princeton University and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.
Praise for FLOOR SAMPLES...
"An absorbing narrative revealing a woman of extraordinary energy,
drive and confidence."
--Kirkus Reviews
"A page-turning, richly textured, and wrenching memoir."
--Booklist
"Cameron is best at revealing the dark side of her privileged life:
her descent into alcoholic blackouts and drug-induced paranoia as
well as descriptions of her bouts with psychosis. These are
disturbingly vivid."
--Publishers Weekly
ReviewPraise for THE ARTIST'S WAY....
“THE ARTIST’S WAY by Julia Cameron is not exclusively about
writing—it is about discovering and developing the artist within
whether a painter, poet, screenwriter or musician—but it is a lot
about writing. If you have always wanted to pursue a creative
dream, have always wanted to play and create with words or paints,
this book will gently get you started and help you learn all kinds
of paying-attention techniques; and that, after all, is what being
an artist is all about. It’s about learning to pay attention.”
--Anne Lamott, Mademoiselle
“The premise of the book is that creativity and spirituality are
the same thing, they come from the same place. And we were created
to use this life to express our individuality, and that over the
course of a lifetime that gets beaten out of us. [THE ARTIST’S WAY]
helped me put aside my fear and not worry about whether the record
would be commercial.”
--Grammy award-winning singer Kathy Mattea
“Julia Cameron brings creativity and spirituality together with the
same kind of step-by-step wisdom that Edgar Cayce encouraged. The
result is spiritual creativity as a consistent and nourishing part
of daily life.”
--Venture Inward
“I never knew I was a visual artist until I read Julia Cameron’s
THE ARTIST’S WAY.”
--Jannene Behl in Artist’s Magazine
“Julia Cameron’s landmark book THE ARTIST’S WAY helped me figure
out who I really was as an adult, not so much as an artist but as a
person. And award-winning journalist and poet, Cameron’s genius is
that she doesn’t tell readers what they should do to achieve or who
they should be—instead she creates a map for readers to start
exploring these questions themselves.”
--Michael F. Melcher, Law Practice magazine
“This is not a self-help book in the normative sense. It is simply
a powerful book that can challenge one to move into an entirely
different state of personal expression and growth.”
--Nick Maddox, Deland Beacon
“THE ARTIST’S WAY (with its companion volume THE ARTIST’S WAY
MORNING PAGES JOURNAL) becomes a friend over time, not just a
journal. Like a journal, it provokes spontaneous insights and
solutions; beyond journaling, it establishes a process that is
interactive and dynamic.”
--Theresa L. Crenshaw, M.D., San Diego Union-Tribune
“If you really want to supercharge your writing, I recommend
that you get a copy of Julia Cameron’s book THE ARTIST’S WAY. I’m
not a big fan of self-help books, but this book has changed my life
for the better and restored my previously lagging creativity.”
--Jeffrey Bairstow, Laser Focus World
“Working with the principle that creative expression is the natural
direction of life, Cameron developed a three month program to
recover creativity. THE ARTIST’S WAY shows how to tap into the
higher power that connects human creativity and the creative
energies of the universe.”
--Mike Gossie, Scottsdale Tribune
“THE ARTIST’S WAY is the seminal book on the subject of creativity
and an invaluable guide to living the artistic life. Still as vital
today—or perhaps even more so—than it was when it was first
published in 1992, it is a provocative and inspiring work. Updated
and expanded, it reframes THE ARTIST’S WAY for a new century.”
--Branches of Light
“THE ARTIST’S WAY has sold over 3 million copies since its
publication in 1992. Cameron still teaches it because there is
sustained demand for its thoughtful, spiritual approach to
unblocking and nurturing creativity. It is, dare we say,
timeless.”
--Nancy Colasurdo, FOXBusiness
Poet, novelist, songwriter, playwright, and now memoirist Cameron (The Artists's Way) details her life as the leader of the "creative unblocking" movement. The beginning of the book is peppered with anecdotes about her early career as a "hip" twentysomething journalist for Rolling Stone and the New York Post and-in what is in many ways the liveliest part of the book-her Hollywood "glamour" years with first husband Martin Scorsese (years during which she was, in fact, addled with drugs and alcohol). A recovering alcoholic, follower of New Age mysticism, and survivor of mental breakdowns, Cameron somewhat bogs down the book's second half with in-depth trials of the heart rather than the pen, though her struggle to write her musical is given a good share of space, an emphasis that could result from her self-proclaimed discomfort at being seen "only" as the globe-hopping teacher of The Artist's Way books and not a creative person in her own right. Despite all the ground covered, readers may close the book with pressing questions. What is the connection between Cameron's personal and writing lives? How does staying sober and staying on her medication affect her work? Nonetheless, this is an engrossing account that will be snapped up by her many fans. For all public libraries.-Elizabeth Brinkley, Seattle Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Praise for FLOOR SAMPLES...
"An absorbing narrative revealing a woman of extraordinary energy,
drive and confidence."
--Kirkus Reviews
"A page-turning, richly textured, and wrenching memoir."
--Booklist
"Cameron is best at revealing the dark side of her privileged life:
her descent into alcoholic blackouts and drug-induced paranoia as
well as descriptions of her bouts with psychosis. These are
disturbingly vivid."
--Publishers Weekly
ReviewPraise for THE ARTIST'S WAY....
"THE ARTIST'S WAY by Julia Cameron is not exclusively about
writing-it is about discovering and developing the artist within
whether a painter, poet, screenwriter or musician-but it is a
lot about writing. If you have always wanted to pursue a
creative dream, have always wanted to play and create with words or
paints, this book will gently get you started and help you learn
all kinds of paying-attention techniques; and that, after all, is
what being an artist is all about. It's about learning to pay
attention."
--Anne Lamott, Mademoiselle
"The premise of the book is that creativity and spirituality are
the same thing, they come from the same place. And we were created
to use this life to express our individuality, and that over the
course of a lifetime that gets beaten out of us. [THE ARTIST'S
WAY] helped me put aside my fear and not worry about whether
the record would be commercial."
--Grammy award-winning singer Kathy Mattea
"Julia Cameron brings creativity and spirituality together with the
same kind of step-by-step wisdom that Edgar Cayce encouraged. The
result is spiritual creativity as a consistent and nourishing part
of daily life."
--Venture Inward
"I never knew I was a visual artist until I read Julia Cameron's
THE ARTIST'S WAY."
--Jannene Behl in Artist's Magazine
"Julia Cameron's landmark book THE ARTIST'S WAY helped me
figure out who I really was as an adult, not so much as an artist
but as a person. And award-winning journalist and poet, Cameron's
genius is that she doesn't tell readers what they should do to
achieve or who they should be-instead she creates a map for readers
to start exploring these questions themselves."
--Michael F. Melcher, Law Practice magazine
"This is not a self-help book in the normative sense. It is simply
a powerful book that can challenge one to move into an entirely
different state of personal expression and growth."
--Nick Maddox, Deland Beacon
"THE ARTIST'S WAY (with its companion volume THE ARTIST'S
WAY MORNING PAGES JOURNAL) becomes a friend over time, not just
a journal. Like a journal, it provokes spontaneous insights and
solutions; beyond journaling, it establishes a process that is
interactive and dynamic."
--Theresa L. Crenshaw, M.D., San Diego Union-Tribune
"If you really want to supercharge your writing, I recommend that
you get a copy of Julia Cameron's book THE ARTIST'S WAY. I'm
not a big fan of self-help books, but this book has changed my life
for the better and restored my previously lagging creativity."
--Jeffrey Bairstow, Laser Focus World
"Working with the principle that creative expression is the natural
direction of life, Cameron developed a three month program to
recover creativity. THE ARTIST'S WAY shows how to tap into
the higher power that connects human creativity and the creative
energies of the universe."
--Mike Gossie, Scottsdale Tribune
"THE ARTIST'S WAY is the seminal book on the subject of
creativity and an invaluable guide to living the artistic life.
Still as vital today-or perhaps even more so-than it was when it
was first published in 1992, it is a provocative and inspiring
work. Updated and expanded, it reframes THE ARTIST'S WAY for
a new century."
--Branches of Light
"THE ARTIST'S WAY has sold over 3 million copies since its
publication in 1992. Cameron still teaches it because there is
sustained demand for its thoughtful, spiritual approach to
unblocking and nurturing creativity. It is, dare we say,
timeless."
--Nancy Colasurdo, FOXBusiness
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