How to Avoid Making Art

  JEREMY P. TARCHER/PENGUIN

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  Copyright © 2005 by Julia Cameron

  Illustrations © 2005 by Elizabeth Cameron

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  Published simultaneously in Canada

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Cameron, Julia.

  How to avoid making art (or anything else you enjoy) / Julia Cameron ;

  illustrations by Elizabeth Cameron.

  p. cm.

  eISBN : 978-1-585-42438-2

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  This book is dedicated to

  the wit and humor

  of our parents, Jim and Dorothy Cameron

  Table of Contents

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Dedication

  Chapter 1

  Acknowledgements

  About the Author

  Acknowledgments

  John Bodeau, for his character and company

  The Cameron Siblings, for their wit

  Sara Carder, for her fine stewardship

  Sonia Choquette, for her levity and her gravity

  Rhonda Flemming, for her whimsy

  Gerard Hackett, for his one-liners

  Bernice Hill, for her clear-eyed view

  Jack Hofsiss, for his comedy

  Elberta Honstein, for her optimistic strength

  Joel Fotinos, for his laughter and leadership

  Emma Lively, for her liveliness

  Larry Lonergan, for his twinkling spirit

  Fran Martin, for her independent outlook

  Julianna McCarthy, for her droll good humor

  Bob McDonald, for his robust laugh

  Bruce Pomahac, for his comedic spark

  Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, for her resilience in the trenches

  Dr. Robert Smith, for his grounded priorities

  Jeremy Tarcher, for his insights

  Edmund Towle, for his sly wit

  Bill Wilson, for his visionary ideals

  Elizabeth Winick, for her grace

  About the Author

  Julia Cameron has been an active artist for more than thirty years. She is the author of ninteen books, both fiction and nonfiction, including her bestselling works on the creative process: The Artist’s Way, Walking in This World, The Vein of Gold, The Right to Write, and The Sound of Paper. A novelist, playwright, songwriter, and poet, she has multiple credits in theater, film, and television.

  Also by Julia Cameron

  NONFICTION

  The Artist’s Way

  Walking in This World

  The Vein of Gold

  The Right to Write

  The Sound of Paper

  Answered Prayers

  Heart Steps

  Blessings

  Transitions

  Prayers from a Nonbeliever

  Letters to a Young Artist

  The Artist’s Way Morning

  Pages Journal

  The Artist’s Date Book

  (illustrated by Elizabeth Cameron)

  Supplies

  God Is No Laughing Matter

  God Is Dog Spelled Backwards

  (illustrated by Elizabeth Cameron)

  Inspirations: Meditations from

  The Artist’s Way

  The Writer’s Life: Insights from

  The Right to Write

  The Artist’s Way at Work

  (with Mark Bryan and Catherine Allen)

  Money Drunk, Money Sober

  (with Mark Bryan)

  FICTION

  Popcorn : Hollywood Stories

  The Dark Room

  PLAYS

  Public Lives

  The Animal in the Trees

  Four Roses

  Love in the DMZ

  Avalon (a musical)

  The Medium at Large (a musical)

  POETRY

  Prayers for the Little Ones

  Prayers to the Nature Spirits

  The Quiet Animal

  This Earth

  (also an album with Tim Wheater)

  FEATURE FILM

  (as writer-director)

  God’s Will

 

 

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