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Walking in This World

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Submitted by sarajean on 8/19/09 4:41am

Like Julia Cameron’s other works, Walking in This World is the kick in the seat of the pants that many artists need to keep coming back to the page every day and really be artists. While not as earth shaking and revelation-causing as The Artist’s Way, this second tome in the Artist’s Way series still focuses on Cameron’s three main tools—morning pages, artist dates and walking—to encourage people to become better artists.

In Walking, Cameron stresses on the need to simply begin, wherever you are. Whether you think you’re suffering from writer’s block, you haven’t painted in twelve years, you’re a former concert pianist turned homemaker—whatever—you can start right now, this moment, and embrace your own art. Just show up to the page, and let God handle the quality while you produce the quantity, advises Julia. Read more

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The Awe-Mamac

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Submitted by sarajean on 6/29/09 11:30pm

When I landed my first serious freelance gig last year, I invested in a handful of (used—I was still a little broke after being laid off!) books to celebrate. One of these books was Jill Badonksy’s The Awe-Mamac, the most delightful of daybooks you will ever encounter, I assure you. If you’ve tried SARK’s Living Juicy or any other artist daybooks, you are sure to love this one and then some.

Badonksky’s book is simply a delight to read. Every page is brimming with colorful, whimsical illustrations, quotations, “awe-servances” (observances), journal prompts, a toast for the day, and more. Badonsky usually weaves the day’s theme around a certain artist who may have been born on that day, or who provided that day’s quote. She also provides a space for the reader to “name today,” making it your own holiday. Read more

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Living Juicy

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Submitted by sarajean on 6/15/09 3:03pm

Any SARK fan will tell you that despite Susan Arial Rainbow Kennedy’s gentle humor, fun drawings and inner-child-infused humor, her writing is quite spiritual, as well as uplifting. Reading SARK’s work makes a person feel held, loved, understood.

SARK’s daybook, Living Juicy, contains daily morsels of creativity, self-awareness, self-care and growth. With weekly themes like expressing, allowing and shouting—one for every week of the year—SARK guides readers through “micromovements,” as she calls them, toward becoming the people we want to be.

Every page is filled with SARK’s trademark free spirited creative art, and includes assignments like watching snails, writing friends letters, and tracing your own body on paper. From journaling to painting your dreams, pretending to sob hysterically to taking imaginary vacations, Living Juicy has a succulent bite of life on every page just perfect for almost anyone to eat. Read more

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