Supplies: A Troubleshooting Guide for Creative Difficulties [Paperback]

Julia Cameron (Author)

Book Description

Release date: March 31, 2003

This newly revised and cleverly repackaged edition of Julia Cameron's classic Artist's Way Workbook shows readers how to cope with the real nitty-gritty of being a successful artist. With a new introduction and additional exercises aimed at identifying and managing the Archetypal figures that all artists must confront, Supplies offers powerful tools for overcoming artistic problems and obstacles. A quirky and brilliant roadmap for fulfilling your creative destiny against all odds, this is a must-have for any aspiring or working artist.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

In creativity guru Julia Cameron's latest offering, the topic is "psychic dreadnaughts." These are people and experiences that attempt to ground your creative flights of fancy by telling you that your concepts are wrong, crazy, half-baked, or downright stupid. This workbook--an aid to Cameron's bestselling book The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity--gives you the weapons to use in pushing past these common roadblocks.

With humorous, clever language and fanciful line drawings, Cameron describes the dreadnaughts you might encounter on your creative journey, from Worrywarts (who try to put a damper on your enthusiasm) to Bad Fairies (who try to bring you down a peg to their level) to Tokyo Roses (who try to make you doubt yourself). She also details the many situations that can bump you off your flight path, such as the Wall (which you're bound to smash into about two-thirds of the way through a project and which tells you your work is so bad you should just abandon it).

As in her previous works, Cameron provides plenty of exercises to get your creative juices flowing and fight off dreadnaughts. And she again advocates "morning writings"--jotting down three pages of longhand musings each day--to clear your head, keep your creative trajectory in mind, and identify potential obstacles and allies.

If you loved The Artist's Way, you'll find this book to be a delightful companion volume, filled with a vast array of creative and spiritual insights. --Nancy Monson --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Julia Cameron has been an active artist for more than thirty years. She is the author of seventeen books of fiction and nonfiction, including The Artist's Way, The Vein of Gold, and The Right to Write, her bestselling works on the creative process. A novelist, playwright, songwriter, and poet, she has multiple credits in theater, film, and television.

Product Details

• Paperback: 156 pages
• Publisher: Tarcher; Rev Upd edition (March 31, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585422126
• ISBN-13: 978-1585422128
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #583,244 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Julia Cameron has been an active artist for more than thirty years. She is the author of more than thirty books, fiction and nonfiction, including her bestselling works on the creative process: The Artist's Way, Walking in This World, Finding Water, and The Writing Diet. A novelist, playwright, songwriter, and poet, she has multiple credits in theater, film, and television.

Latest endeavor: Julia Cameron Live, an online course and artists' community led by Julia. It is the most comprehensive discussion she has ever done on The Artist's Way, and the first time she has allowed cameras in her home. www.juliacameronlive.com

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 34 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Supplies: A Pilot's Guide to Creative Flight May 14, 2001

By C. Stephen Foster

Format:Paperback

This book is required reading for anyone who has used Julia's former books to actually create works of art! In this manual for creative flight she describes all the monsters that leap up in your face as you prepare to fly and the ones that try to wreck your creative projects. She speaks in a no nonsense, humor-filled tone--She cuts to the bone about those devils who tempt us to flirt with them instead of concentrating on our creative careers. Not only does she break them down into horrifying, simple catagories, but she teaches us how we can wave a magic wand and dispell the curse of these people. This book is a true gem for any creative artist. Buy it immediately.

60 of 66 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Cameron's other titles are more useful to you as a writer February 24, 2005

By GreenEggs-N-Ham

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

Julia Cameron's books are the only companions that keep me from feeling stuck and isolated in a writer's life. "The Artist's Way" and "The Sound of Paper" are fixtures on my bedside table because she's truthful, sensible, and uplifting. ...And that's why I'm disappointed in this book. It falls very short of the mark.

True, in its pages you will recognize all those people who hem you in or hold you up. But you will perhaps also recognize what I did: deep bitterness. I'm 3/4 through the book and have been almost stunned at all the examples of, asides about, and ungloved swipes at movie industry people. Other blocking personalities are treated with a bit of remove and wry humor. But when JC launches on the movie-industry-specific examples, her venom and bitterness seep through. That flaw discredits whatever [thin] usefulness I might previously have found. I hate to say this, but I'm glad I bought it used rather than new.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Supplies for the Muse May 17, 2005

By M. R. Estante

Format:Paperback

Cameron's latest delight is the latest in blunt and witty guideposts for a creative thriving life. When we live to create it is our muse whose our own best friend. Protect it and nurture it - how? Enter Supplies from Cameron. A concoction of advice, strategies, and common toolkits to keep our artistic souls pure and our muse shielded from the various Crazymakers out there. Must have!