The Artist's Way

Zusatztext Without The Artist's Way ! there would have been no Eat! Pray! Love . Elizabeth Gilbert " The Artist's Way is not exclusively about writingit is about discovering and developing the artist within! whether a painter! poet! screenwriter! or musicianbut 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 "This is a book that addresses a delicate and complex subject. For those who will use it! it is a valuable tool to get in touch with their own creativity." Martin Scorsese Informationen zum Autor Julia Cameron has been an active artist for four decades. She is the author of more than forty books, fiction and nonfiction, including such bestselling works on the creative process as The Artist's Way, Walking in this World, and Finding Water, as well as the upcoming book, The Listening Path. A novelist, playwright, songwriter, and poet, she has multiple credits in theater, film, and television. She divides her time between Manhattan and the high desert of New Mexico. Klappentext "Julia Cameron invented the way people renovate the creative soul." -The New York Times Over four million copies sold! Since its first publication, The Artist's Way phenomena has inspired the genius of Elizabeth Gilbert, Tim Ferriss, and millions of readers to embark on a creative journey and find a deeper connection to process and purpose. Julia Cameron's novel approach guides readers in uncovering problems areas and pressure points that may be restricting their creative flow and offers techniques to free up any areas where they might be stuck, opening up opportunities for self-growth and self-discovery. The program begins with Cameron's most vital tools for creative recovery - The Morning Pages, a daily writing ritual of three pages of stream-of-conscious, and The Artist Date, a dedicated block of time to nurture your inner artist. From there, she shares hundreds of exercises, activities, and prompts to help readers thoroughly explore each chapter. She also offers guidance on starting a "Creative Cluster" of fellow artists who will support you in your creative endeavors. A revolutionary program for personal renewal, The Artist's Way will help get you back on track, rediscover your passions, and take the steps you need to change your life. FOREWARD This is the grand twenty-fifth anniversary edition of The Artist's Way. How deeply it has ef­fected so many people. Back in the early '90s Julia dared to claim that each and every person has within them a source of creativity, that it can be watered and it can bloom. How demo­cratic! How American! That art is not just for the elite, the special few struck by lightning. What she says is liberating and true. There is a hunger out thereit continues to sell at a fast pace and be absorbed into our conscience. I've seen it on display in the obvious placesbookstores, art museumsbut I've also seen it for sale on the shelf of a hardware store, a grocery counter, in a pharmacy, and at a map store. This secret of creativity has seeped over into odd nooks and crannies, out of closets, into bare sight. Julia Cameron is my friend. We share the love of placeone of a writer's primary tools. We knew each other in Taos, New Mexico, where a deep source of our creativity sprung. I know her now also in Santa Fe walking her dog through the chamisa. One day when we were together and I was complaining about my life's trajectory, she turned to me with her blue eyes and soft smile and said, I want to never stop opening up people's lives. And sh...

ldquo;Without The Artist's Way, there would have been no Eat, Pray, Love.”
—Elizabeth Gilbert

"The Artist's Way 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

"This is a book that addresses a delicate and complex subject. For those who will use it, it is a valuable tool to get in touch with their own creativity."
—Martin Scorsese

Autorentext

Julia Cameron has been an active artist for four decades. She is the author of more than forty books, fiction and nonfiction, including such bestselling works on the creative process as The Artist's Way, Walking in this World, and Finding Water, as well as the upcoming book, The Listening Path. A novelist, playwright, songwriter, and poet, she has multiple credits in theater, film, and television. She divides her time between Manhattan and the high desert of New Mexico.

Klappentext

"Julia Cameron invented the way people renovate the creative soul." -The New York Times

Over four million copies sold!

Since its first publication, The Artist's Way phenomena has inspired the genius of Elizabeth Gilbert, Tim Ferriss, and millions of readers to embark on a creative journey and find a deeper connection to process and purpose. Julia Cameron's novel approach guides readers in uncovering problems areas and pressure points that may be restricting their creative flow and offers techniques to free up any areas where they might be stuck, opening up opportunities for self-growth and self-discovery.

The program begins with Cameron's most vital tools for creative recovery - The Morning Pages, a daily writing ritual of three pages of stream-of-conscious, and The Artist Date, a dedicated block of time to nurture your inner artist. From there, she shares hundreds of exercises, activities, and prompts to help readers thoroughly explore each chapter. She also offers guidance on starting a "Creative Cluster" of fellow artists who will support you in your creative endeavors.

A revolutionary program for personal renewal, The Artist's Way will help get you back on track, rediscover your passions, and take the steps you need to change your life.

Zusammenfassung
“Julia Cameron invented the way people renovate the creative soul.” –The New York Times
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"With its gentle affirmations, inspirational quotes, fill-in-the-blank lists and tasks — write yourself a thank-you letter, describe yourself at 80, for example — The Artist’s Way proposes an egalitarian view of creativity: Everyone’s got it."—The New York Times  
 
"Morning Pages have become a household name, a shorthand for unlocking your creative potential"—*Vogue *
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Over four million copies sold!

Since its first publication, The Artist's Way* phenomena has inspired the genius of Elizabeth Gilbert and millions of readers to embark on a creative journey and find a deeper connection to process and purpose. Julia Cameron's novel approach guides readers in uncovering problems areas and pressure points that may be restricting their creative flow and offers techniques to free up any areas where they might be stuck, opening up opportunities for self-growth and self-discovery.
 
The program begins with Cameron’s most vital tools for creative recovery – The Morning Pages, a daily writing ritual of three pages of stream-of-conscious, and The Artist Date, a dedicated block of time to nurture your inner artist. From there, she shares hundreds of exercises, activities, and prompts to help readers thoroughly ex…