Blasting Through Blocks (an Artist's Way Guide To Unleashing Your Inner Creativity)

By (author) Cameron Julia
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''The voice of a kind teacher - she leaves you with life lessons'' EMMA GANNON ''Cameron is the original self-help guru'' SUNDAY TIMES From the multimillion-copy selling author of THE ARTIST''S WAY: 52 ways to jump start your creative process Creative work doesn''t always come easy. But when faced with blocks, learning how to think differently about your art can clear the way to becoming unstuck - and jump start your creative flow. In Blasting Through Blocks, bestselling author Julia Cameron identifies 52 pressure points that we often come up against and find stifles our process, offering her learned perspective on the page. With each block, she counsels us to overcome these challenges, presenting essential techniques to problem solve our productivity and discover the cure for our art. With this book as your guide, you''ll learn how to jump-start your craft, find opportunities for self-discovery and build stronger creative habits - to create your best work yet.
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Praise for THE ARTIST''S WAY
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Cameron is a veteran of the modern self-care movement ... she invented the way people renovate the creative soul
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We often get in our own way when trying to achieve. Want to write that novel? That play? This is the book
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It''s the most cost-effective therapy I''ve ever found
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Without The Artist''s Way, there would have been no Eat, Pray, Love [and] each time I''ve learned something important and surprising about myself and my work
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Of all the self-help tools I''ve tested through the years, one has proved more enduring than the rest: Morning Pages ... it''s a tactic for getting out of your own way
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Julia''s books, advice and wisdom over the years have helped me become a writer ... she leaves you with life lessons
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Cameron is the original self-help guru
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If you have always wanted to pursue a creative dream, this book will get you started
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It completely changed my life
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An inspiration [for] writers on writing ... this is a book about discovering one''s own creativity and dealing with all sorts of obstacles to unfolding that creativity
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Fear does not disappear before creativity begins - and Cameron sees it as part of the process, encouraging us to keep creating anyway
Biographical note:
Julia Cameron is credited with starting a movement in 1992 that has brought creativity into the mainstream. She is the bestselling author of more than fifty books; a poet, songwriter, filmmaker and playwright. Her most famous book, The Artist''s Way, has sold over five million copies and been translated into forty languages. Transforming the lives of millions, Julia''s creative recovery programmes are available around the world and can be found online and in print, audio and now video. Find out more at www.juliacameronlive.com
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From the multimillion-selling author of THE ARTIST''S WAY, a week-by-week approach to uncovering and overcoming the creative blocks that get in our way