During the pandemic - maybe 2 or 2 1/2 years ago - a youtuber I follow did a long form zoom interview with Julia Cameron, author of "The Artist's Way."
I had worked with the book previously - for a long time, actually - during the late 90s, mostly, but life had intervened and it had been a while since I did those things.
Also, I had never actually seen or heard her speak, except insofar as one always "hears" an author through their written words.
Hearing and seeing Cameron describe the heart of the practice galvanized me into starting back, re-reading the book, going on artist dates, but especially doing morning pages.
It was transformational.
I told my therapist at the time that it was like a plumber was doing regular maintainance on all of the convoluted pipes that ran through me and was keeping them running clear.
Also - thank you SO much for mentioning this idea of reading them back. It isn't one I had heard of before. Possibly because I am still working from the version of the book she published back then. In any case, I look forward to using it as yet another helpful practice - to keep both the plumbing and all the circuits working in the house of my soul.
During the pandemic - maybe 2 or 2 1/2 years ago - a youtuber I follow did a long form zoom interview with Julia Cameron, author of "The Artist's Way."
I had worked with the book previously - for a long time, actually - during the late 90s, mostly, but life had intervened and it had been a while since I did those things.
Also, I had never actually seen or heard her speak, except insofar as one always "hears" an author through their written words.
Hearing and seeing Cameron describe the heart of the practice galvanized me into starting back, re-reading the book, going on artist dates, but especially doing morning pages.
It was transformational.
I told my therapist at the time that it was like a plumber was doing regular maintainance on all of the convoluted pipes that ran through me and was keeping them running clear.
Also - thank you SO much for mentioning this idea of reading them back. It isn't one I had heard of before. Possibly because I am still working from the version of the book she published back then. In any case, I look forward to using it as yet another helpful practice - to keep both the plumbing and all the circuits working in the house of my soul.
“ …as if what I choose to do in space and time is always to be questioned, is always suspect and up for debate.”
I feel the exhaustion embedded in that sentence.