How to Avoid Making Art

by Cameron, Julia (Author)

• ISBN13: 9781585424382
• ISBN10: 1585424382
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-08
• Publisher: Tarcher

Summary

This hilarious look at creative blockage and blunder is a laugh-out-loud tribute to artist procrastination. In How to Avoid Making Art, the bestselling author of The Artist's Waydelivers a (tongue-in-cheek!) guide to doing anything and everything you possibly can to avoid making art. Anyone who is engaged in a creative pursuit will no doubt identify with these wonderful cartoons by award-winning artist Elizabeth Cameron of creative wannabes doing everything except actually getting down to work. "For most people creativity is a serious business," says Julia Cameron. "They forget the telling phrase 'the play of ideas' and think that they need to knuckle down and work more. Often, the reverse is true. They need to play." Ultimately, the characters in this book show us how we can turn our procrastination into play and our play into great work. With this delightful volume, Julia Cameron once again hits the nail on the head on the subject of creativity.

Author Biography

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.