When we stop playing God, God can play through us. Julia Cameron More Quotes by Julia Cameron More Quotes From Julia Cameron An artist requires the upkeep of creative solitude. An artist requires the healing of time alone. Without this period of recharging, our artist becomes depleted. Until we experience the freedom of solitude, we cannot connect authentically. We may be enmeshed, but we are not encountered. Art lies in the moment of encounter. We meet our truth and we meet ourselves and we meet our self-expression. Julia Cameron healing lying art A sketch book freezes time. It is an instantaneous form of meditation focusing us on the worth of every passing moment. Julia Cameron passing-moments wise book Art is born in attention. Julia Cameron born attention art Here's what I like about God: Trees are crooked, mountains are lumpy, a lot of his creatures are funny looking, and he made it all anyway. He didn't let the aardvark convince him he had no business designing creatures. He didn't make a puffer fish and get discouraged, no, the maker made things - and still does. Julia Cameron design wise tree In creativity, as in running, you have to start where you are. Julia Cameron where-you-are creativity running When you are feeling too dull and too domesticated get on a horse, sit tall in the saddle, and for a moment live in a world that feels like risk and adventure. Julia Cameron horse wise adventure If you think of the universe as a vast electrical sea in which you are immersed and from which you are formed, opening to your creativity changes you from something bobbing in that sea to a more fully functioning, more conscious, more cooperative part of that ecosystem. Julia Cameron creativity sea thinking Creativity is a spiritual issue. Julia Cameron creativity spiritual ideas What payoff are you getting for remaining stuck at this point in your expansion? Julia Cameron payoff expansion stuck When we are on our right path, we have a surefootedness. Julia Cameron right-path path Workaholism is an addiction, and like all addictions, it blocks creative energy. Julia Cameron creativity block work As you explore your inner world, your outer world will come more sharply into focus. As you face your imagined barriers, you will encounter real ones, as well. Julia Cameron encounters focus real Mystery is at the heart of creativity. As creative channels, we need to trust the darkness. Julia Cameron creativity creative heart We go into parenting, and we discover that we don't have the answers. We are at a loss. Julia Cameron parenting answers loss when I talk about a writing life, I'm talking about a life in which writing is the dominant response to living. Julia Cameron response writing talking Water seeks its own level and water rises collectively Julia Cameron support encouragement water It is on these (20min) walks that my best ideas come to me. It is while walking that difficult clarity emerges. It is while walking that I experience a sense of well-being and connection, and it is in walking that I live most prayerfully. Julia Cameron clarity connections ideas At root, a pearl is a 'disturbance' a beauty caused by something that isn't supposed to be there, about which something needs to be done. It is the interruption of equilibrium that creates beauty. Beauty is a response to provocation, to intrusion. ... The pearl's beauty is made as a result of insult. Julia Cameron roots beauty needs If you work on your creativity, you deepen your spirituality. And if you work on your spirituality, you deepen your creativity. Julia Cameron spirituality creativity work We undertake certain spiritual exercises to achieve alignment with the creative energy of the universe. Julia Cameron creative spiritual exercise
