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  <title><![CDATA[The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity]]></title>
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  <default_description>With the basic principle that creative expression is the natural direction of life, Julia Cameron and Mark Bryan lead you through a comprehensive twelve-week program to recover your creativity from a variety of blocks, including limiting beliefs, fear, self-sabotage, jealousy, guilt, addictions, and other inhibiting forces, replacing them with artistic confidence and productivity.&lt;p&gt; This book links creativity to spirituality by showing how to connect with the creative energies of the universe, and has, in the four years since its publication, spawned a remarkable number of support groups for artists dedicated to practicing the exercises it contains. </default_description>
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  <date_added>Thu Jul 26 11:02:26 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a really difficult book for me to rate.  At the time I first read it fifteen years ago, it did wonders to open me up creatively.  I was still struggling to slough off some negative parental programming about being a writer, and this book (along with a good friend) helped give me permission t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3579030">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Sep 28 19:49:09 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Sep 28 19:51:14 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A book to cheer you on when you feel like you can only look longingly at your passion (writing, painting, drawing...) because the dog needs a walk and the kids need a bath, and you've bills to pay so you've just come home from a job that took you from the house and back to it without a glimpse of th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6973350">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43643500">
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 1998</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 19 18:21:07 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 19 18:27:27 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My New Year's resolution for 1998 was to finally actually DO the Artists' Way.  I had given it to several people close to me for the last three holidays, but I had never actually done the process.  This is not a book to read.  It is a book to do and it promises major life changes in 13 weeks.  I was...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43643500">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2840935">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jul 08 16:51:18 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[the perfect 'bible' for any creative soul.]]></body>
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    <review id="1025550">
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  <date_added>Fri May 04 06:20:21 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 04 06:21:57 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read and did the exercises in this book during the most intense professional and personal time in my life.  It was a life-changer because it allowed me to articulate my life purpose which is fundamentally about using my voice and helping others to find theirs.  I recommend this book often.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="46245269">
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  <date_added>Fri Feb 13 10:57:28 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Feb 13 11:05:06 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Julia Cameron works my last nerve. She's always talking about looking out at the sun-dappled mesas of New Mexico, or using some other affected, high-falutin' lingo about her gloriously new age, trendy life. Meanwhile, I look out at the cracked concrete of my driveway in the Chicago drizzle and wonde...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46245269">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="18814141">
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    <name><![CDATA[Dakota]]></name>
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  <date_added>Thu Mar 27 20:22:21 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 27 20:22:21 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i'm just randomly pulling these off my shelf, literally, i didn't even know i had this still but it's what helped me get back to writing when i did my first book eight thousand years ago, the one everyone says WHY CAN'T YOU WRITE ANOTHER BOOK LIKE THAT??? book.<br/><br/>i always give &quot;the mor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18814141">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="17624201">
    <user id="909974">
    <name><![CDATA[Tj]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone who wants to be an artist but doesn't think they can be]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Alice]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Mar 12 15:37:25 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 16 18:23:28 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A friend told me she was doing the 'Artist Way', and asked me to do it with her.  I figured, why not.<br/><br/>As an aspiring writer, the book, definatly had some appeal, but kind of lost me as I progressed through it.  It's obviously written for people who are not 'artists' per say, but would lik...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17624201">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12566248">
    <user id="677748">
    <name><![CDATA[Erin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[John B.]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jan 15 07:25:18 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 15 07:25:18 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I took the plunge into this book and, like several of my friends, did not make it all the way through (the closest I came to finishing was chapter 10 ... even when i revisited the book a few years later). However, the ground I did cover helped me get more honest with myself about my creative interes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12566248">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="19679031">
    <user id="281854">
    <name><![CDATA[Annie]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[dreamers, artists, people with secret passions, people in recovery or who want to recover]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Apr 07 17:21:11 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Apr 07 17:29:00 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another book that has changed my life! (See also: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=The Runner's Handbook" title="The Runner's Handbook">The Runner's Handbook</a>!) I have started this book many times and not finished my 12-week (or more) commitment, but this time, when I got to the point where I wanted to give up, I kept on going, and let me tell you where I am now, as a result of this:...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19679031">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41989782">
    <user id="5">
    <name><![CDATA[Elizabeth]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Santa Monica, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 05 12:43:15 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 06 10:43:14 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I worked through this book from the beginning of September till now. For me, it was helpful. I liked how Cameron was able to illuminate in a gentle, eloquent way, how an artist can become blocked. Some of her concepts such as &quot;nervous-reading&quot; (a word of my own coining), were surprising, b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41989782">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48376133">
    <user id="1956252">
    <name><![CDATA[Nancy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bellingham, WA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 05 19:10:48 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 05 19:12:27 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I started this book back in January 0f 1994 with good intentions to finish it, but only got about half way through before I got busy with other things. It would be the perfect book to use as a guide for a group of like-minded individuals. Perhaps I'll take it up again.]]></body>
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    <review id="5894824">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[All Artists, so Everyone]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 08 08:33:23 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 08 08:36:35 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[First read this book with a class in 1997.  Oh, the disgruntling over morning pages.  Oh, the looks of sheer hatred I got when I announced I'd given myself permission to write morning pages at the end of the day because I knew I wouldn't get them written otherwise.  Re-read in 2006 with GB to get re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5894824">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="11989162">
    <user id="657098">
    <name><![CDATA[Adam]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jan 08 12:56:30 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 08 13:00:06 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Look, for writers and artists whatever inspires you to create is a good thing.  However, I found this book (For me) to be too &quot;I am an artist, I am bohemian, I create&quot; attitude.  Writing (or any of the arts) has a greater verity for my when it's a little less &quot;GIFT OF THE GODS&quot; a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11989162">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50715643">
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    <name><![CDATA[Paula]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone with the desire to have more creativity in their life]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Elizabeth ]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 28 10:32:30 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 28 10:44:15 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This has been an important book in my life for the past 10 years.  I have gone through the process 4-5 times.I believe the book is extremely valuable for anyone who wants to have more creativity in their life, including such non-&quot;artistic&quot; pursuits as creative problem solving, creative par...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50715643">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71053756">
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    <name><![CDATA[White]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 13 08:14:49 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 13 08:15:00 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My incredible daughter and son-in-law gave me this book very recently. It requires much discipline and time to conquer the instructions in it.  I put it on the shelf until this summer when I had the energy to do something for myself.<br/><br/>I thank them, in my head and my heart every day.  It is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71053756">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="68792776">
    <user id="2646798">
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