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Notes on The Artist's Way

The Artist's Way is a program for spiritually inspired creative recovery developed by Julia Cameron, with assistance from others. It is also the title of a book by her & Mark Bryan.

It's been very helpful to me personally. Though more for how to live my life well, than creativity, Especially the practice of morning pages.

Finding the Heart & Soul of The Artist's Way

I also recommend you read Julia Cameron's memoir Floor Sample. It puts heart & soul into The Artist's Way, & will be powerful inspiration for you to be guided along it.

Morning Pages

If you undertake The Artist's Way, I recommend you also buy & use once The Artist's Way Morning Pages Journal. This Journal includes a lot of information that The Artist's Way book does not. E.g. the contract in the Journal is much better then the one in the book.

Do morning pages as close to her instructions as possible.
(What Julia Cameron writes & saids about Morning Pages.)

Do the absolute minimum between opening your eyes & staring to write MPs. If you can, skip the bathroom & kitchen stops. Make sure room mates know no interruptions. Turn the cell/smart-phone off. Close the laptop.

You need 8 1/2" x 11 NARROW RULED paper, at least 37 lines a page This is the key thing she doesn't describe. Too little & it doesn't work. Too much is pointless, & I suspect hurts the process.

I often write @ a sunlit window, but don't let the view distract me.

Three sides of them, and carpe diem.

enjoy -len

   Some of the The Artist's Way related Web Sites

  • The Artists Way Online, the official Julia Cameron web sight.
  • Penguin (once J P Tarcher/Putnam), publisher of many of Julia Cameron's books, has a set of pages about her & her books.
  • The Artist's Way at Work by Mark Bryan, Julia Cameron, and Catherine Allen, is one of the successor books to The Artist's Way.

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tower @ art.net
tower @ alum.mit.edu
updated: Wed May 19 08:49:57 2021