Caroline Starr Rose

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We want to be great — immediately great — but that’s not how creativity works. It is an awkward, tentative, even embarrassing process. There will be many times when we won’t look good — to ourselves or anyone else. We need to stop demanding that we do. It is impossible to get better and look good at the same time.
— Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way

 

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  1. Sarah M says

    May 2, 2016 at 7:17 am

    I remember reading this myself (I have really enjoyed Julia Cameron’s books) a year or two ago…such good advice.

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    • Caroline says

      May 2, 2016 at 7:20 am

      I’m finally reading The Artist’s way myself. There’s a lot to think about there, even if you don’t consider yourself “blocked.”

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  2. Joanne Fritz says

    May 2, 2016 at 11:01 am

    So true, especially the embarrassing, awkward part. Someday I need to read this book! (Right now, I’m immersed in verse novels.)

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