Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way
Week Six: Recovering a Sense of Abundance
The starving artist isn’t a cliché for nothing — we’ve long assumed that art requires sacrifice, usually financial. But according to Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way, a little pampering is actually good for the artist’s soul. And while we won’t disagree that small luxuries like fresh raspberries, high-grade butter, and the occasional thrift store impulse buy can warm the heart and bring some much-needed hope to your creative life, we do take issue with Cameron’s breezy assumption that a benevolent Creator will simply buffer artists through life’s financial ups and downs. Yes, there is definitely some ranting in today’s episode — including why this advice hits a little differently in a post-internet world.
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