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The Creative Life: True Tales Of Inspiration (2010)

by Julia Cameron(Favorite Author)

2.84 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Tarcher

review 1: Boring, boring, boring. The book starts out with Julia Cameron, originator of the practice of morning pages, sharing - in a sense - her own morning pages with us. But it becomes so repetitive - work on musical, work on book, go out to dinner with a friend (every night), have a music lesson, walk dogs, and all of these just being repeated, over and over and over for 200-some pages. I skimmed the last 50 pages, and didn't miss a thing. A little too much name-dropping - largely people I've never heard of - a little too self satisfied, self-congratulatory, "all of my friends are wonderful and talented and perfect and brilliant", going on endlessly. I'm going to try and forget this book, so I can now go on to The Artist's Way and not have my experience of that tainted by thi... mores useless book.
review 2: I liked the premise, and some of the book really did inspire me, but it felt repetitious in all the wrong ways. Weather patterns and dinners out don't really inspire me. I would have liked to read more about Julia's struggles with her writing at the time. She mentions the uphill process throughout, but that's all we get. I would have preferred to read the details of the struggle and how she pushed through. Her dedication and love for her friends is a highlight, though. I liked reading about their successes and excitement. less

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