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Floor Sample: A Creative Memoir

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A beautifully crafted memoir by the woman who has helped thousands of people uncover their creative inspiration.

In Floor Sample, the author of the international bestseller The Artist's Way and twenty-one other classic books on the creative process weaves an honest and moving portrayal of her life. From her early career as a writer for Rolling Stone magazine and her marriage to Martin Scorsese, to her tortured experiences with alcohol as she struggled with a Hollywood existence that she would never learn to make peace with, in this unflinching memoir Cameron reflects on the experiences in her life that have fed her own art as well as her ability to help others realize their creative dreams. She also describes the fascinating circumstances that led her to emerge as a central figure in the creative recovery movement-a movement that she inaugurated and defined with the publication of her seminal work, The Artist's Way.

Julia Cameron is a passionate and wry observer of the world, and this story of her life as a self-described "floor sample" for all she teaches in her brilliant creativity books will surprise, entertain, and inspire all of her many fans as well as anyone interested in a good literary memoir.

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"Julia Cameron has changed many lives; mine is one of them. When 'The Artist's Way' came out — was it 1992? — I had already been a writer for some years. I read her book with arrogance and a bit of a chip on my shoulder. What could she — or anyone, for that matter? — tell me about my vocation? Cameron's injunction, at the end of her book, to find others of like mind, to meet and share stories of... Washington Post Book Review (read the entire Washington Post review)

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The author of "The Artist's Way" weaves an honest and moving portrayal of her life. From her early career as a writer for "Rolling Stone" magazine and marriage to Martin Scorsese to her tortured experiences with alcohol, Cameron reflects on her life.

About the Author

Award-winning writer Julia Cameron is the author of twenty-two books, fiction and nonfiction, including The Artist's Way, The Vein of Gold, Walking in This World, The Right to Write, and The Sound of Paper. A novelist, playwright, songwriter, and poet, she has extensive credits in theater, film, and television.

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Martha, October 25, 2006 (view all comments by Martha)
A fascinating mess. Like Carolyn See, I've been won over by Cameron's tools, brilliantly simple, and irritated by some of the New Age language that pervades her writing. She is a cracking good storyteller, and, true to her 12-step tradition, honest about her flaws. What's profoundly disturbing about this story is how easily Cameron seems to mistake mental illness with creative inspirations. (I'm reminded of Alice Flaherty's work about hypergraphia.) Cameron experiences what can only be called breakdowns that endanger her life, and the lives of her loved ones--yet she clings to the idea that as long as she's productive and physically sober, she's okay. (Cameron does eventually go to conventional doctors who help treat her depression, but less patient readers may give up on her before that occurs.) I found this book haunting, maddening, and very sad. 12-step programs remind us that just because you're sober, it's no guarantee you're sane. Sadly, Cameron's book suggests that just because you're profoundly productive and sober is no guarantee that anything else in your mental health will stay nailed down.
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ISBN:
9781585424948
Author:
Cameron, Julia
Publisher:
Tarcher
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Creativity
Subject:
Authors, American
Subject:
Creation (literary, artistic, etc.)
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Publication Date:
20060504
Binding:
Hardback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
416
Dimensions:
8.50x5.88x1.35 in. 1.13 lbs.

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