It seems that it is a cult book. I do not see why.
While Julia Cameron was married to a Grand (with the big G) film. This is repeated around like a sales pitch unstoppable. But when you look at their romance, it really did not last. And in the end, it's not very interesting.
Next, we are told that the author is a writer, artist, poet, novelist, director, ad nauseam vitam. Um, on this side of the Atlantic, it is not really known. Except for his book. In 2014, it was not even his wikipedia page on France. It is revealing.
So credibility side, I am not convinced.
I have no desire to look at the text at the bottom. But for a novelist, she does not write very well. And I think for worse the text was poorly translated (full of literal translations of false friends, blatant contradiction, incomprehensible passages).
Besides that, lappartenance the book to the collection "secret Adventure» dessert widely. If I nen had not heard on the Internet, I do laurais ever discovered. Because spirituality quatsous country of personal development. This is not really my favorite radius.
So much for the form. Now the background. Normally the most important.
The reference to God is omnipresent and unbearable. We feel as a desire of the author to bring the lost sheep. It makes too much. Under the pretext of an ecumenism of a single creator god, it imposes its moral and theology forceps.
Too bad, because there is some sense of full thoughts on the report to a force that transcends us, a sensitive universe. This is unfortunately drowned under a pile of preaching.
Another facet horrifying reading, this is the childish side of speech. I understand that it may be good to go back to childhood. This certainly stimulates creativity. From there to build all the talk around that.
As for his audience, Julia Cameron, truly caters to blocked artists. Living a life dartiste alongside artists all day long. This nest not yet the case for everyone. Everyone didnt tyrannical or benevolent artists, mentors and supporters in his personal entourage.
The exercises to be performed often go back to situations of childhood. But the memory of it all, you have a sacred memory. Remember denfance his enemies, of his favorite toys, kid's room, etc. Those with a poor memory zapperont all these exercises.
Often the relationship between the exercises during the week and the theme of the speech of the week is tenuous.
Moreover, we feel that the world has changed since the writing of this book almost 25 years. Jai impression that TV still took up more space in our life, Internet has been essential. While exercises like reading deprivation really Nont sense.
Maybe these workshops will unlock an artist. Already, it loccupera. By cons I'm not sure that it helps to release creativity.
Controls every weekend and are very similar. Basically, is that you have done your morning pages? do you have made an appointment with your artist? Are you experienced synchronies. No report or nearly with the exercises of the week.
After all this argument dependents. I continue my reading week after week. I keep trying to take time to do the exercises.
I wait perhaps a miracle? Or more simply I am stubborn, I am committed to follow the method during the twelve weeks. So I try.
Who knows? Maybe in six months I should make an addendum to this criticism.
So why two stars. Just an exercise jai adopted and that I find rewarding. I think that I would continue after the book.
The morning pages are a thing that works for me. Talk about forcing me to take pen every day.
