More For Practice

Julia Cameron has developed a 12 week course aimed at unblocking your creative flow. The program consists of two Basic Tools: The Morning Pages and The Artist Dates.

The Morning Pages are a routine to be followed everyday. You wake up in the morning and before anything else you write 3 pages of whatever you please. It doesn't have to be good. It doesn't have to be coherent. It just has to be done. The idea is to peel away at your self-censor and to dive into your creative center.

The Artist Date is a once a week commitment to exploration. You must allot a block of time specifically for nurturing your creativity. And this is to be done alone. The date does not have to be extravagant. It can be time alone to read a book at a coffee house, dance class, or a trip to the museum. The point is to spend some quality time with yourself and your creativity.

Being a mother poses much difficulty to this 12 week program. Honestly, I could not adhere to its demands. However, the theme of practicing everyday and spending quality time with self, I do implement. These are essentials in the journey back to the soul-home. I recommend checking out the basic tools and tailoring them to fit into the demands of mamahood.

Download the Basic Tools here.