Doubt comes to the door in darkness, pretending to be alone and in need of your compassionate ear. But if you let him in, he'll bring his friends. Julia Cameron More Quotes by Julia Cameron More Quotes From Julia Cameron Faith is almost the bottom line of creativity; it requires a leap of faith any time we undertake a creative endeavor, whether this is going to the easel, or the page, or onto the stage. Julia Cameron creativity leap-of-faith creative One of our chief needs as creative beings is support. Unfortunately, this can be hard to come by. Ideally, we would be nurtured and encourages first by our nuclear family and then by ever-widening circles of friends, teachers, well-wishers. As young artists, we need and want to be acknowledged for our attempts and efforts as well as for our achievements and triumphs. Unfortunately, many artists never receive this critical early encouragement. As a result, they may not know they are artists at all. Julia Cameron encouragement artist teacher It hurts like hell when the world won't invest in you. But it's excruciating, almost more than you can bear, when you don't believe and invest in yourself. Julia Cameron hurt believe world So much of an artist's career hinges on the sense that we are going somewhere, that we are not just trapped by the four walls of wherever we are. For creative sanity, I must believe that if I just do the next right thing, a path will unfold for me. Julia Cameron wall artist believe Creativity is not and never has been sensible. Julia Cameron has-beens creativity sensible You need to create pathways in your consciousness through which the creative forces operate. Julia Cameron pathways creative needs I ask to be made beautiful like the trees are beautiful, each growing according to a unique plan. Lop off a limb and and the tree will accommodate it's loss, still growing and still beautiful. It is my hope to be able to flourish in a similar fashion, taking on the shape and dimensions that is intended for me. Julia Cameron fashion loss beautiful I believe that the dark night of the soul is a common spiritual experience. I believe, too, that the answer is continued seeking and perseverance. It helps to know that others have endured a loss of faith. Julia Cameron perseverance spiritual believe When writing becomes too dominant, it gets leached of its own power. We spend more and more time writing and we have less and less to write about. Julia Cameron dominant more-time writing Do not call procrastination laziness. Call it fear. Julia Cameron procrastination laziness Technology teaches passivity. Absorbed in our devices - at any age - we are absorbed in someone elses perspective. Julia Cameron perspective technology age Art is a spiritual practice. We may not, and need not, do it perfectly. Julia Cameron practice spiritual art And why are we supposed to be serious about God? Did God show up and crack the whip? “You there, Annie in Ohio, I see you laughing a lot and frankly it really pisses Me off . . . “ (50) Julia Cameron ohio cracks laughing I believe that I am very lucky to have close friends who are faithful. From my friends, I have learned the importance of perseverance. Julia Cameron faithful perseverance believe When I listen to love, I am listening to my true nature. When I express love, I am expressing my true nature. All of us love. All of us do it more and more perfectly. The past has brought us both ashes and diamonds. In the present we find the flowers of what we've planted and the seeds of what we are becoming. I plant the seeds of love in my heart. I plant the seeds of love in the hearts of others. Julia Cameron flower heart life We always do the best we can by the light we have to see by. Julia Cameron do-the-best light My heart holds the world in tender awe. Julia Cameron my-heart heart world It's impossible to get better and look good at the same time. Julia Cameron get-better impossible looks We don't often talk about the fact that writing is all about rhythm. When you get too up in your head, you can lose a lot of your writing. Sometimes what a writer really needs to do is go dancing. Julia Cameron dancing writing needs Doing work points the way to new and better work to be done. Julia Cameron excellence done way
