The Sound of Paper

228 Pages·2005·1.17 MB·English

by  Julia Cameron

001
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction

Setting Off
Who, Me?
The Life of the Imagination
Point Zero
Attention
The Storm
Gaining Through Loss
Ripening
To Be Independent, Depend on God
Wishes Come True
Happy Accidents
Befriending Time
Easy Does It
Staying in Condition
Buds
What If
For Art’s Sake
Teachability
In Between
Compassion
Discouragement
Cross - Country
Finding Our Feet
Drought
Drama
Taming Time
Trust
Good Husbandry
Getting at It
Keeping Safe
Just Do It
Soldiering Through
When It Happens to You
On a Dry Day
Waiting for Water
Keep Moving
Hope
Seasonality
Allowing Guidance
Keeping On
Remembering Who We Are
Taking Heart
Survival
Catalysts
Taking Care
Rebirth
Resiliency
Receptivity
Courage
Persistence
Encouragement
Milestones
Keeping Our Footing
The Artists’ Tribe
Odd Couples
Containment
Waiting for Fame
Creative Cloudbursts
Creative Weather
Telltale Temperament
Survival Lessons
Creative Equality
Staying in Touch
Sudden Inspiration
Local Color
The Longer View
Landmarks
Build It, and They Will Come
Achieving Altitude
Being Festive
Seasons

Epilogue
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
IN ORDER TO MAKE ART
We must first make an artful life, a life rich enough and diverse enough to give
us fuel. We must strive to see the beauty where we are planted, even if we are
planted somewhere that feels very foreign to our own nature. In New York, I must
work to connect to the parts of the city thatfeed my imagination and bring me a
sense of richness and diversity instead of mere overcrowding and sameness. In
California, my friend must work to do the same. We must, as the elders advise us,
bloom where we are planted. If we later decide that we must be transplanted,
that our roots are not in soil rich enough for our spirits, at least we have tried.
We have kept hold of the essential thread of our consciousness, the “I” that gives
us the eye to behold
—from THE SOUND OF PAPER
ALSO BY JULIA A CAMERON
NONFICTION

The Artist’s Way
The Artist’s Way Morning Pages Journal The Artist’s Date Book (illustrated by
Elizabeth Cameron) Walking in This World
The Vein of Gold
The Right to Write
God Is No Laughing Matter
Prayers from a Nonbeliever
Supplies
God Is Dog Spelled Backwards (illustrated by Elizabeth Cameron) Heartsteps
Blessings
Transitions
Inspirations: Meditations from The Artist’s Way The Writer’s Life: Insights from
The Right to Write The Artist’s Way at Work (with Mark Bryan and Catherine
Allen) Money Drunk, Money Sober (with Mark Bryan)

FICTION

Popcorn: Hollywood Stories
The Dark Room
POETRY

Prayers for the Little Ones
Prayers for the Nature Spirits
The Quiet Animal
This Earth (also an album with Tim Wheater)

PLAYS

Public Lives
The Animal in the Trees
Four Roses
Love in the DMZ
Bloodlines
Avalon (a musical) The Medium at Large (a musical)

FEATURE FILM

God’s Will (as writer-director)
JEREMY P. TARCHER/PENGUIN a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
New York