I finally caved and read The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron a legendary book that has you commit to a 12week program of selfdevelopment and discovery. Does it live up to the hype? Did it 'unlock my creativity' as advertised? In other words: is The Artist's Way as good as they say it is?
In this longass review video, I'm giving you my honest opinions on the good, the bad, and the inbetween. I share passages that I found most impactful for me, to help you get an idea of whether this book is worth your time. And I get into why I hated artist dates so much.

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Starting The Artist's Way:    • FINE… I’ll do the Artist’s Way (but I...  
On distraction and the overconsumption of media:    • I'd rather unalive a dragon than put ...  
On having art block and nothing to 'say' with my art:    • How I Got Over Art Block  & Made Wit...  

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Reading The Artist's Way (as a skeptic)
00:56 Little context about my background in art
02:00 Morning pages: are they worth it?
03:55 Journaling prompts
04:48 Why I FAILED at artist dates
06:40 Am I secretly a workaholic
06:44 Workaholism
08:40 The reading deprivation week
10:08 The best thing about this book
12:47 Let's talk about the God thing.
15:15 What I didn't like about the book
16:33 The 'artists are broke' belief aka MONEY BAGGAGE
21:01 How perfectionists make art
23:27 Do I recommend The Artist's Way?