Julia Cameron | Living the Artist’s Way [Best Of]
Good Life Project
Jonathan Fields / Acast
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2021
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
In 1992, after years of teaching workshops on creative unblocking, Julia Cameron self-published The Artist's Way, which became a global phenomenon that sold millions of copies, was translated into 40 languages, and anchors companion workshops that have brought creativity into the mainstream conversation. Along the way, Julia has authored more than 40 books, plays and screenplays, written for Rolling Stone, The Washington Post and The New York Times, and collaborated with legends of television and movies, including Martin Scorsese, who would, for a time, become her partner in life as well.
A few years back, I had a great opportunity to sit down with Julia in her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico for a beautifully honest and open, deep-dive conversation that ranged from her upbringing to her entrée into the writing life, her years-long struggle with addiction and awakening from it, her time in Hollywood, swept up in the world of movies, and her fierce commitment to her craft and to helping others find their creative voices and let them out. So excited to share this Best Of conversation with you.
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| 0:00.0 | So in 1992, after years of teaching workshops on creative unblocking, Julia Cameron self-published |
| 0:13.7 | a book called The Artist's Way, which has become this global phenomenon selling millions |
| 0:20.0 | and millions of copies it's been translated into 40 languages and anchor's companion |
| 0:25.0 | workshops that have brought creativity to the mainstream conversation. And along the way, |
| 0:30.0 | Julia, she's authored more than 40 books, plays and screenplays. She's written for Rolling |
| 0:35.3 | Stone, The Washington Post, New York Times and collaborated with legends of television |
| 0:39.9 | and movies, including Martin Scorsese, who would for a time become her partner in life as well. |
| 0:46.1 | A few years back, I had the opportunity to sit down with Julia in her home in Santa Fe, |
| 0:51.0 | New Mexico for this beautifully honest and open, deep dive conversation that ranged from her |
| 0:57.2 | upbringing to her entree into the writing life, her years-long struggle with addiction and |
| 1:02.0 | awakening from it. Her time in Hollywood swept up in the world of movies and her fierce commitment |
| 1:07.7 | to her craft and to helping others find their creative voices and let them out. So excited to |
| 1:14.2 | share this best of conversation with you. I'm Jonathan Fields and this is Good Life Project. |
| 1:28.2 | The sound is a little bit different. We're actually recording this out in Santa Fe. I'm sitting |
| 1:33.5 | across from Julia Cameron in her living room in it with it round a little small table. |
| 1:39.1 | Over to the left is this stunning picture window looking out at the mountains, |
| 1:44.9 | which is what you wake up to every day and see. Yes. This is a relatively |
| 1:51.5 | recent reality for you though. So let's kind of take a big step back in time and trace a little |
| 1:57.4 | bit of your story and touch down in some moments along the way and then kind of come more |
| 2:05.8 | recent and talk about some of your work. You're originally just from outside of Chicago. |
| 2:09.8 | Yes. I grew up in Libertyville, Illinois, home of Adley Stevenson. Oh, no kidding. |
| 2:16.1 | And I once jumped my pony over a fence and landed on one of his lambs. |
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