Quotes from Julia Cameron

Writing is making choices, and the choices we make can be generic, which will cost us our reader's faith, or specific, which will gain our reader's trust. Detail allows us to communicate precisely what we mean.

A drought is a tearless time of grief.

You could do it better if only you would let yourself do it!

What do I need to know?" "What do I need to try?" "What do I need to accept?" "What do I need to do?

Art is born in attention. Its midwife is detail. Art may seem to spring from pain, but perhaps that is because pain serves to focus our attention onto details ... the singular image is what haunts us and becomes art. Even in the midst of pain, this singular image brings delight.

When we feel anger, we are often very angry that we feel anger.

Las páginas están concebidas para que nos familiaricemos simplemente con el acto de mover la mano a través del papel y volcar en él todo aquello que te pasa por la cabeza, sea lo que sea. Incluiremos todo, por nimio, tonto, estúpido o raro que pueda parecer.

something, what we mean is that we won't do something unless we can guarantee that we'll do it perfectly. Working artists know the folly of

Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness. SHAKTI GAWAIN

Sloth, apathy, and despair are the enemy. Anger is not. Anger is our friend. Not a nice friend. Not a gentle friend. But a very, very loyal friend.

Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent. C. G. JUNG

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself. A creative recovery is a healing process. You are capable of great things on Tuesday, but on Wednesday you may slide backwards. This is normal. Growth occurs in spurts. You will lie dormant sometimes. Do not be discouraged. Think of it as resting.

We've all heard that the unexamined life is not worth living, but consider too that the unlived life is not worth examining ... Most of us are practiced at talking ourselves out of risk. We are skilled speculators on the probably pain of self-exposure.

What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do.

The truth is, we do know and we know that we know. Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is.

En consecuencia puede que ni siquiera sepan que son artistas.

Todos aquellos enfados, quejas, miserias que vuelcas al papel por las mañanas son precisamente las cosas que se interponen entre tú y tu creatividad

we opt for setting our limits at the point where we feel assured of success. Living within these bounds, we may feel stifled ... despairing ... But, yes, we do feel safe. And safety is a very expensive illusion ... Usually, when we say we can't do something, what we mean is that we won't do something unless we can guarantee that we'll do it perfectly.

A mystery can be very simple: if I drive this road, not my usual road, what will I see? Changing a known route throws us into the now. We become refocused on the visible, visual world. Sight leads to insight.

A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind. ALBERT SZENT-GYORGYI

If you work on your creativity, you will grow spiritually. If you work on your spirituality, you will grow creatively. Creativity and spirituality are so close they are intertwined. We call God 'the Creator' without realizing it is another word for 'artist.' The Creator is the consummate artist. As we explore and express our artistry, we are imitating God. Is it any wonder we begin to find spiritual support?

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish. OVID

I learned to just show up to the page and write down what I heard. Writing became more like eavesdropping ... I didn't have to be in the mood ... Good, bad? None of my business. I wasn't doing it.

recuerda siempre que las opiniones negativas de tu Censor no son la verdad.