Watch This Before Starting The Artist's Way

Got yourself a copy of "The Artist's Way?" Feel intimidated to start? Or do you wanna jump straight into Week 1 since you've watched a billion TikToks on what to expect? Here are some key takeaways from the introductory chapters of "The Artist's Way."
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opening - 0:00
introducing myself - 0:26
quick overview - 1:17
what's with all the God talk? - 2:04
spiritual electricity - 3:40
the basic tools - 6:01
sign the contract - 9:26
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[@Purplesaber474]

I'm on week 4, and I can't believe how much I've gotten out of this journey so far. Having some structure as I go through this is very helpful. I don't want to stop.

[@Purplesaber474]

Also, the Morning Pages are my favorite. They have really uprooted some major issues I've been ignoring for a long time. My mind is less cluttered.

[@Bootus123]

Your bit about us being creators as creations of God is coincidentally the entire ethos of Tolkien. He wrote a LOT about humanity as “sub-creators” and that creating is not only essential to humanity as a whole, but essential to his own experience of Christian worship, despite never writing religious material.

[@Dilomight]

I love how little issues start to surface when I’m organizing, cleaning the house, sketching or doing a puzzle. It never occurred that would be the perfect time to write those things down. Not to analyze them (I’ll get no where with that), but just to bring more awareness of them to the surface. There like creepy little ants that start crawling on you when they think you’re distracted but run and hide as soon as you try to confront them

[@intrstellas]

I'm so glad I watched this before picking it up since I might have been blindsided/discouraged a bit by her writing style. I know the book is 30 y.o. but after going through the intro chapters I can see how her spiritual and practical advice is informed a lot by her background as a white baby boomer raised catholic who (I assume) was never really financially unstable. At best I'm totally inspired but at worst I feel like I am being lectured by my grandmother lol But seeing the POV of young artists like me on their experience with the book helped me get excited for the course while keeping an open mind. Thanks for making this!

[@kalina_kathy]

Yes! There are a lot of nuances to Cameron's writing that makes this more accessible to white, religious, and financially privileged backgrounds. However, TAW is a program that works for many people, so I want to be open-minded despite me not being white, religious, financially privileged, etc. Gotta keep an eye out for both pros and cons. Good luck with The Artist's Way! :)

[@jamievaughan1311]

I just was recommended this book today and im shocked I had not ran across it ir been told about it before. Your video was very helpful in showing what the book encompasses and slowed down my initial "jump in with both feet" response. I look forward to taking my time with it and doing the morning pages.

[@vaggiofelize2174]

Clicked on this video without ever having heard of 'The artists way' just wanted to say this was so inspiring thank you for a beautifully made video, I want to commit to this to now!

[@kalina_kathy]

Thanks so much! You should totally try it out :)

[@belowdelancey1025]

Happened upon this video, and am so grateful I did. Concise intro / summary of this great work (which has been on my list for ages). I'll take it as a nudge to finally get to it!

[@kalina_kathy]

Best of luck to getting started!

[@georgiaho]

I also just started "The Artist's Way", and this was such a good introduction of the book! Excited to be on this journey along with you :)

[@NoPlace-LikeHome]

I got myself a copy of the book right after watching this. And you are correct definitely read the preface, I love how it gave a clear lay out of what the books is about and how to use it. I’m only on day one. Thanks for the video 🎉

[@AngelaRenai]

What’s so funny about these reviews about the artist way is that Julia Cameron is notttt at all Christian. This comes from her background in 12 step groups where we use the word god for lack of a better word. She means a higher power. If anything the artist way is pretty witchy occult related thoughts and ideas.

[@taxfrauddotcom]

Yeah!!!! As a witch, I saw her perspective as much more pagan/witchy than Christian lol

[@vickibamman8333]

As a Christian, I didn’t find her perspective Christian-centric. I too thought her use of the word god was like in 12 step groups where each person has their own idea of god or the higher power.

[@reincenwash]

This video came at the perfect time for me! Just got the book but have only read the intro so far.. haven't started week 1 yet. Excited for your series and to follow along with you!

[@CherylsCreativeWorld33]

I’ve literally started this today. Your video was really helpful thank you!

[@MakingCassie]

This was such a good video! Love how clear, concise and thoughtful you are. Thanks for sharing!

[@jasminemistry]

I’ve been wanting to read this book for a while and heard of the benefits I can’t wait to follow you on this journey 😊

[@RobertaPatellaro-eng]

Loved your reflection on god and creativity. Thanks for sharing! I am thinking of starting this journey soon and your video was super helpful :)

[@SaraPacheco]

I just started reading the book and really liked hearing this reflection, especially the 'Artist as a Creator' part ✨ looking forward to accompanying your journey!

[@divyanggolani6967]

I was just thinking about buying and starting my 12 weeks.

[@sarahrose9944]

Perfect timing!! I'm practicing morning pages for a week before my schedule allows more time to fully commit. Great video!! :)

[@kalina_kathy]

thanks so much! yeah, practicing morning pages honestly helps :)

[@matter375]

Great video, great ideas. I have had TAW on my reading list for a while, think I'll have to actually jump in now. You have a very pleasant voice as well. Glad KZbin is recommending your channel and looking forward to what you make next! (also definitely going to check out your past videos, especially the JRPG content)

[@kalina_kathy]

Hi! Thank you so much for your words. They mean a lot to me. (I was worried about my voice in this video since my mic was slightly muffled, and it's scripted lol) Also thanks for checking out my past content!

[@watermelonmint_]

Finally I was able to pave way in my schedule to start this workbook! I’m looking to start this on Monday when I’ve settled in the new place I rented out just for the month! 🤩

[@amoraslucha]

I started and stopped. Abt a year ago. But seeing folks on here get so hype about it has me wanting to give it another try. Thanks for this!!

[@meowda7880]

This was comforting and exciting, I'll need to find the book soon!

[@kiarawithlove]

Great summary! I’m just on week 1 will be following you journey

[@cferracini]

I tried today for the first time because it was homework from my Creative Writing class. "First thing in the morning as you still kind of see blurry, write an entire page without thinking, nonstop, until the end of the page. Do that every day for 2 weeks and don't read it." I hate it so much. I'm sure at least half of the page was "I hate this. My hand hurts. This is useless." So I went to KZbin to see what's the point and if maybe I did something wrong. I have watched about 12 videos. Yours is the only one that made sense. Thank you. I wish it was explained like this before. I still don't like the idea but at least now I have something to fight the dread of feeling of it being useless.

[@marlanemccarthy2143]

Do one page if 3 are too long., as a teacher I had five boys who mucked around all lesson. I kept them in and told them to write a page and say anything as nobody would read it. They folded it and I tore it up in front of them. They were always well behaved after that and now have a tool to express anger and rage and tear it up afterwards. It’s brilliant. .

[@lissa.mane27]

Teacher of the year🏆

[@musictheorywithmalia]

I'm using this book for my Intro to Performing Arts class at CSU Channel Islands. Thank you, I think this was a great contextualization and I'll let my students know about your channel in case they want to join you!

[@kalina_kathy]

Thank you so much! I didn't realize how much this video would resonate with educators haha. But that means so much-thank you!

[@Catlista]

I also just started the Artist Way. This Video is so helpful.

[@linnysheff]

Thank you for the video!

[@tammydinh]

OMG YOURE KILLING IT!!!

[@kalina_kathy]

Thanks, Tammy!!

[@aswanb]

Thank you!

[@bevdiaz2531]

Such an excellent and concise overview. Thanks!

[@Jay-ze1ee]

i am on week four right now i feel like im slacking by doing only one or two tasks a week. but ngl i am noticing patterns in myself as well as a surges of creative energy i like this book a lot i just skip over the god stuff. I think some of the things she talks about in the book is a side eye like when it comes to work and money etc. I love this book so far i can see why it’s popular. This video helped push away some thoughts i had about the book that i read but immediately forgot in place with my bias. I look forward to doing this book again when im older and seeing what i missed or what i gain/ gain again

[@flavia9269]

Loved this video!!

[@ktyy777]

AAAH Kathy! I remember our time together at Parachute Media and I’m glad to have stumbled upon your channel! I’ll be following your journey and debating on starting my own 🧡

[@kalina_kathy]

OMG Hi Katey!! Glad to hear from you! Hope you're doing well. Feel free to start and go at your own pace :)

[@MattActorGordon]

Very much here for this.

[@kalina_kathy]

yes we are :)

[@jacklenetaylor6864]

You are very intelligent. Thank you for making this video 😊

[@user-te7zz8mv3x]

thanks for your impressive video!

[@Reeeee1727]

I have this book coming in the mail today and as a Christian I am very excited! I had no idea it was based in Christianity.

[@nishattasneem7091]

Hey! I just started with week 0 as well, looking forward to starting this journey with you, haha

[@kalina_kathy]

welcome aboard the artistic recovery train!!

[@isaac3252]

This is a certified hood classic.

[@DivineDorothy]

It's literally in our history 🙊 that rhymes for some reason

[@tammydinh]

I love the art history context of it all!!!

[@catherinemartina6469]

Good orderly direction

[@noahremm]

Very curious to see where this art journey will bring you :)

[@CourtneyNoble]

lmao i literally did the same thing and wrote "Ouch" "my hand hurts" several times during the first week!

[@christopherwelch5568]

Many years ago I was suffering from burnout in my graphic design career and I did the Artists Way too. It got me unstuck and drawing again… and reading comics. Eventually I left the industry and went back to school to earn a BFA. I am hoping and praying that someday any story or conversation with your generation will stop being prefaced with- “I was watching a lot of Tik-Toks….” Read a book kids. Read a lot of them.

[@amyV10844]

I forgot all about the artists way until tiktok reminded me of it. Tik tok has been amazing for me to snap out of my artistic burnout. Nothing wrong with using modern tools (just like we are watching and commenting on a video online) . I love interacting with my community on and offline. Social media is great for bringing like minded people together and not everyone lives in a big city with a lot of resources or people that share interests.

[@Randomatcrazytown]

I one was told I had daddy issues by a patient at the nursing home I worked for because I never used the word god. 😂

[@kalina_kathy]

omg that's so funny lmaooo

[@Dilomight]

Freaking elderly people have no filter

[@aletha16]

I have heard of Cameron's book but never read it. I'm curious to read it, though, since it's so influential. Seems strange to me, however, that anyone would suppose they need to follow her prescriptions. I typically write most mornings and write in a fashion that suits me. My habit and manner of writing clearly owe nothing to Cameron even though I often write "in the morning." When else are you likely to write? Could equally well write "afternoon pages," or "evening pages," or "middle of the night pages." (Done all of those too, at one time or another.) Been drawing and painting for decades and I do art also by following my own lights. It's fine to get inspiration and ideas from others, but I would find it amusing if an author were telling me how to live my life (assuming that's what she does). That was the great draw back of a book that was popular when I was young: The Natural Way to Draw by Kimon Nicolaides. Many of his suggestions were genuinely insightful. His Marine Corps- style schedule, however, was fairly daft.

[@woodlover5784]

I need to go gym early morning before I get hungry. Then I have breakfast before starting page 3. If I do page 3 morning then I'll be hungry I can't go to the gym with my tummy full. I am in a difficult situation gym or page 3

[@Dilomight]

This really looks like overthinking it. I don’t see how working out, eating breakfast than starting page 3 or whatever order you approach is a potential issue. All three things are very important regardless

[@kimranson4775]

❤

[@christinecharbonneau4448]

Morning pages saved my sanity when Donald Trump became the President of the US. I wrote MPs every morning for all four years. It takes me no time at all to write three pages. In those years, it was like an existential scream-and I came out of it with resolve for each day and a calmer, more centered feeling. I have started up again, and really enjoy seeing were random writing gets me, I am much more creative this time.

[@birk3383]

What will you do if he wins again? Lol

[@christinecharbonneau4448]

@@birk3383 I will have to lay in a large supply of notebooks , and maybe art supplies for color therapy or something…..😂

[@birk3383]

@@christinecharbonneau4448 LOL. I'm about to give this book a shot and see what happens.

[@sangi1846]

Hey okay i wanted to ask something to anyone who's doing this. I bought an art course i plan to do and if i start this too, is it like okay or possible to do both? I know it probably is but does it make it harder? Or is it good? I just wnated to have some input

[@KazumiShiunsai]

i love the concept, but envy ppl who have the time to write in the mornings, i always have just the time to get dressed, feed cats and go to work, specially when i go to the gym early. How do you guys do it? just wake up extra early?

[@raajjji5486]

SHRINKING. 🎉

[@sydneyyy2988]

Is there an audiobook for the 30th anniversary edition?

[@rathieshnarayanan7562]

Good morning ma'am. I have bought both the artists way and morning pages journal. Can I start writing in morning pages journal or separate notebook

[@hallucynachen]

Can't wait to see your journey! Subscribed with both my accounts :)

[@kalina_kathy]

omg thank you

[@isaac3252]

Did morning pages for the first time today. Im using the actual book for it published by the author and the pages are quite large compared to using something like a composition notebook. It took me about an hour to write three pages. I would be curious to hear how long it takes most people to do theirs. In the book julia off hand mentions it should only take around 15 minutes, im way off lol

[@kalina_kathy]

Oh yeah, the official Morning Pages book is super big. I would recommend switching to a smaller journal/notebook because it shouldn't take that long.

[@saramations]

What you said about us being Creators/being a god sounds like what Brandon Sanderson has said about the same topic when he writes his novels (he’s Mormon so he’s very connected to this idea). Idk why I felt like commenting that, I don’t even like the guy or his work. 😅 I suppose I just wanted to reassure your sentiments.

[@CoachSeanColeman]

Hmmm… your description and how much you had to break down the god-aspect of the book has me a bit apprehensive… I hate having to dodge all the religious undertones of these things in order to get to the value… but I am still intrigued by it and want to get into morning pages - and I know if I want to do it right, I should still consume the book. Hoping I can make it! 🤞😂

[@marthaevans8270]

I went through the Artist's Way in the 1990s. I could not get into the reading fast!

[@catherinemartina6469]

If she was in a 12 step recovery program…it would make sense

[@rolandreyes2636]

❣️ *promosm*

[@samarellano455]

Non

[@nikaweres]

My main problem with this book is... morning pages. I have ADHD and morning pages is simply not a reasonable request, especially in the form she insist is the only correct way. Author says that the pages resemble the chaotic thought process of somebody with ADHD so it's not a problem, clearly not understanding challenges faced by neurodivergent folk. Which, you know, I get that somebody may not understand it if they don't have to live with it. But then treating it as a "shouldn't be a problem" based on some twisted view on what the problem is, on her own public website, was very, very disheartening to see. Honestly I would feel better if she wouldn't address ADHD at all.

[@kalina_kathy]

I recorded this video prior to starting The Artist's Way and now that I'm on Week 6, I understand the difficulty of getting through morning pages. I do have my own grievances with Cameron's militant approach to morning pages, so I've been doing them a few hours into the morning instead of right when I get up. I recommend making adjustments even if it means cutting things out (if you are doing TAW program). I see TAW has a preference for those who are neurotypical and able-bodied (as well as Christian and religious but that's a discussion for another day), which is very disheartening. It's unfortunate to see Cameron imbue this creative recovery program with her prejudices and biases because it should be more accommodating and inclusive. I'm sorry to hear this, but I appreciate you for sharing. Thanks!

[@taxfrauddotcom]

Fwiw I have major adhd and the morning pages helped me so much with the more difficult symptoms. It helped my brain become less scattered and staticky

[@LeNoiraLite]

As a fellow neurodivergent person I do my morning pages in the afternoon. I wake up, do my morning routine, take a short walk, eat my breakfast and by 12/1pm I’m ready to “work”. I’m not a morning person and I don’t like schedules. I think you can make the principles in this book work with your lifestyle. I also like that we don’t have to rigidly abide by things within the book, it’s a personal journey and you need to do as much as you need and want to feel fulfilled. If you have to accommodate your real life and differences don’t feel uncomfortable or wrong for it🫶🏾

[@deeh9563]

I have ADHD & felt very similar when I 1st started. But once I got used to the process, I found it to be a literal lifesaver(!!!) for this brain of mine that never shuts the hell up. Been doing it for years & when I don’t, my day just doesn’t start off right. I’ve actually found it to be a great self-soothing technique. But I know that not everything works for everyone, just as ADHD can certainly manifest a bit differently in different people when combined with personality, temperament, type of ADHD, severity, etc.

[@MatthewOlwell]

I’m mad neurodivergent and 1) I totally get that something like morning pages can be challenging and people might need to adjust the schedule or format to fit their needs, but 2) once I got over the hump and made it a routine to sit down and do them first thing, the pages and the overall process of doing the exercises and the book was wonderful and life-altering. I’d encourage anyone who’s interested to keep at it, make alterations to how they do it, and push through. The exercises in this book are gold.

[@moon_gardens]

I'm sorry but all the part you said about famous artists of the past been devoted to God because they consider themselves or were considered by others blessed from God with their talent, is maybe usefull to explain the religious obsession the author shows in every page of the book but is quite far from historical reality. Ancient artists, especially the most requested one, were pretty much confidend in their talent not because of God or any holy power the make them the way they were but because of their hard work, the long years of practice "a bottega" under other famous artists and the salary given by rich and powerful patrons both from the political and the religious world. Please remember that religion at the time was just another center of power and the Pope was politically just another "king" interested in to conquest, to make money and to gain more power in any way he could. The only reason why in Italy we have tons and tons of sacred art is just because the Church of Rome was the richest power in the entire world at the time and they could afford artist super expensive like Caravaggio which, incidentally, was as far as a comet in the sky from any religion been himself actually an unrepentant, violent murder.

[@Katniss_cosmos]

Why must it be...(artist= creator = god) ..... and not be ( artist = contemplating the beauty of gods creation = god is almighty) ????

[@hilarysol23]

It's so interesting! But why you talk like thaaaat? 😢