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finished reading The artist's way by Julia Cameron (Inner workbook)

Julia Cameron: The artist's way (1992, G.P. Putnam's sons)

The Artist's Way is the seminal book on the subject of creativity. An international bestseller, …

While I'm not a receptive audience for a certain kind of spirituality talk, I was willing to set aside some skepticism to read this book as a workshop, progressing through the text, tasks, and morning pages week to week. Overall, I found a lot of the tasks useful and engaging, and I did have some personal and creative breakthroughs, enough to keep me overcoming my skepticism and general curmudgeonliness until completing the course. If you like pop-spiritual approaches to art this book might hit all the bases, and even if it isn't quite for you, some of the tasks and tools presented might be worth it anyway.