For the influential 19th century British photographer, see Julia Margaret Cameron

Julia Cameron (born 4 March 1948 in Illinois) is an American author, artist, poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, and composer. She is perhaps most famous for her book The Artist's Way (1992), though she has written many other non-fiction works, short stories, award-winning essays and hard-hitting political journalism, as well as novels, plays, musicals, and screenplays. A portrait of Julia Jackson who was Camerons niece and favorite subject, an albumen silver print by Julia Margaret Cameron, taken in 1867. ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Authorship redirects here. ... The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practising the arts and/or demonstrating an art. ... The poor poet A poet is a person who writes poetry. ... A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Starting as a collection of tips and hints from different artists and authors, The Artists Way was collected into a single book and published by Julia Cameron as a set of helpful methods for maximizing the creativity and productivity of artists. ...

Biography

Cameron was raised Catholic in a book-filled home. She started college at Georgetown University, then transferred to Fordham, drinking, experiencing memory blackouts, but maintaining an excellent GPA. A prolific writer since age 18, she started her journalism career at the Washington Post, then moved on to Rolling Stone.^[1] Georgetown University is an elite private research university located in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., United States. ... Fordham University is a private, co-educational university located in the Bronx in New York City (but with campuses also in Manhattan — at Lincoln Center — and Westchester). ... ... This article is about the magazine. ...

She met Martin Scorsese (also Catholic, who had seriously considered the priesthood, and was enrollend briefly in seminary) at Rolling Stone. They married in 1975 and later divorced; Cameron was Scorsese's second wife. They have one daughter, Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, born in 1976. Cameron and Scorsese collaborated on three films. Cameron's play, God's Will, is based on the Cameron-Scorsese marriage and divorce, lampooning a divorced, self-centered show business couple who die unexpectedly and end up fighting in heaven over what will happen to their daughter.;^[2] Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese (IPA: AmE: ; Ita: []) (born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, writer and producer and founder of the World Cinema Foundation. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In Cameron's memoir Floor Samples, the editor's review states: Cameron "reveals the dark side of her privileged life: her descent into alcoholic blackouts and drug-induced paranoia as well as descriptions of her bouts with psychosis." ^[3] in 1978, reaching a point in her life when writing and drinking could no longer coexist,.^[4] Cameron stopped the drugs and alcohol, found God, and started a daily writing quota that propelled her to fame.^[5] She states creativity is an authentic spiritual path. Her work has been accepted by Buddhists, Sufis, Roman Catholics, Church of Religious Science, Unity, and British Wiccans.^[6] Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ...

Cameron is also a teacher, having taught at The Smithsonian, Esalen, and Northwestern University as writer in residence for film.^[7] The Smithsonian castle, as seen through the garden gate. ... The Esalen Institute is a workshop and retreat center in Big Sur, California. ... Northwestern University (officially abbreviated NU; sometimes abbreviated NWU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university with campuses located in Evanston, Illinois and downtown Chicago, Illinois. ...

Cameron has lived in Los Angeles, Chicago, Taos, and Washington D.C., but now calls New York City home. Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Taos (IPA: ) is a city in Taos County in the north-central region of New Mexico. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Bibliography

Nonfiction

• The Writing Diet: Write yourself Right-Size (Tarcher, 2007; ISBN 1585425710 )
• Floor Sample (Tarcher, 2006; ISBN 1-58542-494-3), a memoir
• How to Avoid Making Art (2006; ISBN 1-58542-438-2), illustrated by Elizabeth Cameron
• The Sound of Paper (Tarcher, 2004; Hardcover ISBN 1-58542-288-6)
• Supplies: A Troubleshooting Guide for Creative Difficulties (Tarcher, 2003; Rev&Updtd edition ISBN 1-58542-212-6)
• Walking in this World (Tarcher, 2003; Reprint edition ISBN 1-58542-261-4)
• The Artist's Way, 10th Annv edition (Tarcher, 2002; ISBN 1-58542-146-4)
• Inspirations: Meditations from The Artist's Way (Tarcher, 2001;ISBN 1-58542-102-2)
• God is Dog Spelled Backwards (Tarcher, 2000; ISBN 158542062X)
• God is No Laughing Matter (Tarcher, 2000; ISBN 1585420654}
• Supplies: A Pilot's Manual for Creative Flight (2000)
• The Artist's Date Book (Tarcher, 1999; ISBN 0874776538 ), illustrated by Elizabeth Cameron Evans
• Money Drunk Money Sober (Ballantine Wellspring, 1999; ISBN 0345432657)
• The Writing Life (Sounds True, 1999; ISBN 1564557251)
• Transitions (Tarcher, 1999; ISBN 0-87477-995-2)
• The Artist's Way at Work (Pan, 1998; ISBN 0330373196)
• Blessings (Tarcher, 1998; ISBN 0-87477-906-5)
• The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life (Tarcher, 1998; ISBN 1-58542-009-3)
• Heart Steps (Tarcher, 1997; ISBN 0-87477-899-9)
• The Vein of Gold (1997; ISBN 0-87477-836-0)
• The Artist's Way Morning Pages Journal (Tarcher, 1995; ISBN 0-87477-886-7)
• The Money Drunk (1993)
• The Artist's Way (1992)

Fiction

• Popcorn: Hollywood Stories (Really Great Books, 2000; ISBN 1-893329-12-7)
• The Dark Room (Carroll & Graf Pub,1998; ISBN 0-7867-0564-7)

Musicals

• Avalon
• Magellan
• Medium at Large

Plays

• Four Roses
• Public Lives
• The Animal in the Trees

Poetry

• This Earth (Sounds True, 1997; ISBN 1564555496)
• Prayers for the little ones (Renaissance Books, 1999; ISBN 1580630480)
• Prayers to the nature spirits (Renaissance Books, 1999; ISBN 1580630472
• The Quiet Animal

External links

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Julia Cameron

• The Artist's Way web site
• Artist's Way At Work web site, by Mark Bryan