I think perfectionism is a primary block,

and I think it keeps us from experimenting

and from sort of fooling around in our art form.

And what I'm after when I say,

dismantle your perfectionist,

is the freedom that comes from expressing what I call

first thoughts and first thoughts are the impulse you as a photographer would know that if you're photographing a subject, very often the early

shots turn out to be the best. That nugget was from the one and only Julia Cameron. If that name

doesn't immediately ring a bell for you, then let me get you up to

speed because Julia wrote a long time ago, one of the most, I think most powerful books ever

written about creativity called The Artist's Way. It has literally transformed their lives of

millions of readers since it was first published.

And we welcome her back to the show for her second appearance, where she is now talking about

her new book called Right for Life.

And what I will be quick to add, in addition to the title, Right for Life, is that this book, and especially today's show, goes far beyond value for writers.

I have confessed in other shows previous to this one in the last few weeks or months that I'm working on another book.

But I've also got a couple of other projects going that this book and in particular our conversation today with Julia has helped me to unlock.

Now, Julia has been, she's written over 40 titles, been writing for 55 years about creativity.

She's been teaching that she knows writing, that she knows how to communicate ideas

effectively. She knows so much about a, I mean, she performs three original poems for us at the

end of this particular show. She knows so much about not just these disciplines. Oh, she was also

married to Martin Scorsese. So to say

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