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Judging your early artistic efforts is artist abuse. This happens in any number of ways: beginning work is measured against the masterworks of other … - Julia Cameron
" "Judging your early artistic efforts is artist abuse. This happens in any number of ways: beginning work is measured against the masterworks of other artists; beginning work is exposed to premature criticism, shown to overly critical friends. In short, the fledgling artist behaves with well-practiced masochism. Masochism is an art form long ago mastered, perfected during the years of self-reproach; this habit is the self-hating bludgeon with which a shadow artist can beat himself right back into the shadows.
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Julia Cameron (born 4 March 1948) is an American teacher, author, artist, poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, composer, and journalist, most famous for her book The Artist's Way (1992).
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When we forget ourselves, when we let go of being good and just settle into just being a writer, we begin to have the experience of writing through us. We retire as the self-conscious author and become something else - the vehicle for self-expression. When we are just the vehicle, the storyteller and not the point of the story, we often write very well - we certainly write more easily.
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