![]() ![]() ![]() MARTIN: And when did it start to feel like you were getting something out of it?ĬAMERON: I wanted to remain a writer. But I was so worried about drinking again that I decided to do what they told me to do. I felt like I was being cornered into praying. And when you go to bed at night, say, thank you for keeping me sober. They said, now, when you get up in the morning, say, please keep me sober. It was a God that captured my imagination. I said, I could pray to that creative energy. I believe in a line of poetry from the poet Dylan Thomas - the force that through the green fuse drives the flower. And then I said, yes, I do believe in something. ![]() ![]() So they said, well, you must believe in something. MARTIN: In other words, prayer wasn't going to be the antidote for you, or so you thought.ĬAMERON: Right. JULIA CAMERON: Well, what happened to me the day that I got sober was that they said, now, if you want to stay sober, you have to pray. It's called "Seeking Wisdom." Cameron herself set out on that path decades ago after a friend told her flat-out that she was an alcoholic and she needed help. In 1992, Cameron published her bestselling book "The Artist's Way." Her new book goes deeper. Sitting in meditation, repeating a mantra or talking out loud to a higher power - writer Julia Cameron says it all counts as prayer and it's the key to unlocking creativity. ![]()
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