Quotes from Julia Cameron

The reward for attention is always healing. It may begin as the healing of a particular pain—the lost lover, the sickly child, the shattered dream. But what is healed, finally, is the pain that underlies all pain: the pain that we are all, as Rilke phrases it, "unutterably alone.

Conectar nos coloca en un estado de consciencia y, desde la consciencia, podemos realizar cambios, o al menos intentarlo.

Boredom is just "What's the use?" in disguise. And "What's the use?" is fear, and fear means you are secretly in despair. So put your fears on the page. Put anything on the page. Put three pages of it on the page. THE ARTIST DATE The other basic tool of The Artist's Way may strike you as a nontool, a diversion.

possibility is far more frightening that impossibility ... If we do, in fact, have to deal with a force beyond ourselves that involves itself in our lives, then we may have to move into action on those previously impossible dreams ... we discount answered prayers ... call it coincidence ... call it luck ... call it anything but what it is -- the hand of God ... activated ... when we commit to our own soul

In times of pain, when the future is too terrifying to contemplate and the past too painful to remember, I have learned to pay attention to right now.

Writing, as we are taught to do it, becomes an antihuman activity. We are forever editing, leaving out the details that might not be pertinent. We are trained to self-doubt, to self-scrutiny in the place of self-expression.

Pages tutor us in courage.

You do not take anyone on this artist date but you and your inner artist, a.k.a. your creative child. That means no lovers, friends, spouses, children—no taggers-on of any stripe.

The trick to finding writing time, then, is to write from love and not with an eye to product. Don't try to write something perfect; just write. Don't try to write the whole megillah; just start the whole megillah.

In recovering from our creative blocks, it is necessary to go gently and slowly. What we are after here is the healing of old wounds—not the creation of new ones. No high jumping, please! Mistakes are necessary! Stumbles are normal. These are baby steps. Progress, not perfection, is what we should be asking of ourselves.

Do not fear mistakes," Miles Davis told us. "There are none.

I believe that what we want to write wants to be written. I believe that as I have an impulse to create, the something I want to create has an impulse to want to be born. My job, then, is to show up on the page and let that something move

1. I am a channel for God's creativity, and my work comes to good. 2. My dreams come from God and God has the power to accomplish them. [...] 4. Creativity is the Creator's will for me. 5. My creativity heals myself and others. [...] 8. Through the use of my creativity, I serve God. [...] 14. As I listen to my creativity I am led to my Creator. [...] 17. I am willing to let God creative through me. 18. I am willing to be of service through my creativity.

Perfectionism is fear in a fancy dress.

We procrastinate because we think we must write our entire project. But to break procrastination, we need only write our first thought. Our second, third, and fourth thoughts follow. Soon we are writing, and procrastination is a thing of our past.

Para ser realmente inmortal, una obra de arte debe escapar de todos los límites humanos: la lógica y el sentido común sólo interfieren. Pero una vez se han roto estas barreras, entrará en los reinos de las visiones y de los sueños de la infancia». GIORGIO DE CHIRICO

The universe is prodigal in its support. We are miserly in what we accept. All gift horses are looked in the mouth and usually returned to sender. We say we are scared by failure, but what frightens us more is the possibility of success.

I am willing to be of service through my creativity.

Your jealousy map will have three columns. In the first column, name those whom you are jealous of. Next to each name write why. Be as specific and accurate as you can. In the third column, list one action you can take to move toward creative risk and out of jealousy.

Todo niño es un artista. El problema es cómo seguir siendo artista una vez que se crece».

La creación de algo nuevo no es un logro del intelecto sino el instinto de juego que actúa a partir de una necesidad interior. La mente creativa juega con los objetos que ama».

Para lograr una buena relación con nuestra creatividad debemos dedicar el tiempo suficiente a cultivarla y cuidarla.

A la ira hay que escucharla. La ira es una voz, un grito, un ruego, una exigencia.

When well-meaning parents and friends push marriage or nine-to-five or anything on us that doesn't evolve in a way that allows for our art to continue, we will react as if we are fighting for our lives—we are.