About The Artist’s Way
The Artist’s Way was written by Julia Cameron based on her own creative recovery and her experience in helping other blocked artists discover the joy of creativity. For over 20 years people have been using Julia’s proven methods to excavate the habits, ideas, and thought patterns that keep them blocked and create new ones that support self-expression, joy, and fun. The course is based on the premise that each one of us is creative by nature. As Julia says: We are all creative. Creativity is a natural life force that all can experience in one form or another. Just as blood is...
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My father was an Appalachian fiddler who also played guitar, mandolin, accordion, and piano. As a boy growing up in Western North Carolina, he taught me how to play the guitar. As soon as I learned enough cords to play rhythm, he started taking me to the old time music circles that gathered almost every night somewhere in Buncombe county. The musicians came from all walks of life, tobacco farmers, nurses, lawyers, mechanics, truck drivers, plumbers. If you asked any one of them what they did, they would say, “I play music.” Because they loved playing music, the question of their...
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Our 12 week course follows the 12 weeks laid out in The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. We meet for 2 hours per week and send an email in the middle of the week with reminders and encouragement. Participants are encouraged to reach out to each other and offer one-on-one support during the week. Most meetings include “check in” time, creative sharing, discussion of the book, and hands on activities. While you certainly don’t need to take a course to benefit from using this book, our experience is that the commitment that comes from paying for the course makes it much...
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Have you always wanted to do The Artist’s Way but never knew how to get started? Have you started and not finished? Do you have questions or want to get more of a feel for what the course will be like? Do you plan to start a group of your own and want advice on that? Let Mado Hesselink and Anna Ferguson, who have guided hundreds of students through The Artist’s Way give you all of their secrets on how to complete the course. We will cover tips, tricks and give you expert advice on all the challenges the course offers. Come join us! Monday, May 7th. 5:30-7:00p.m. Town and...
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