The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

Suggests activities to discover, develop, and channel creative energy and achieve a positive outlook on life.

Julia Cameron's book The Artist's Way has influenced readers worldwide with her intriguing look at creativity and her week-by-week presentation to unlock ideas and expression. In this program, Cameron presents elements from the book organized around the exercises and discussions of Week 1: "Morning Pages" and Week 7: "Recovering a Sense of Connection." The program may best serve listeners who are already familiar with Cameron's ideas. There's a sense of reviewing familiar points in the selections. Cameron's soft, ethereal voice moves slowly from passage to passage. The recording was made in front of a small group at Cameron's mountain retreat. While an echo indicates the vastness of the space, there's only occasional participation from her companions. R.F.W. Reflections on The Artist's Way, an earlier program, from Sounds True Audio is also available. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

This program consists of segments from the author's book of the same name (Tarcher, 1992). She recommends two ongoing activities that will conquer blocks and self-destructive tendencies: morning pages and artist's dates. Morning pages are three pages of writing, performed daily, about anything at all. This exercise overcomes the writer's internal censor and makes writing habitual, she claims. The artist's date is a weekly block of two hours spent observing, experiencing, and sensing. The balance of the recording describes how the artist can overcome human tendencies such as jealousy, fear, and addiction. This abridgment leaves much to be desired. In her introduction, Cameron states that the audio is an interactive abridgment of her 12-week program. There is nothing interactive about it, however. The sound quality is poor, and the content is similar to the many available 12-step programs. In that sense, it is redundant and will appeal to a very small audience. Not recommended.?Joanna M. Burkhardt, Univ. of Rhode Island Coll. of Continuing Ed. Lib.
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