Basic Principles:1. Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy: pure creative energy.2. There is an underlying, in-dwelling creative force infusing all of life -- including ourselves.3. When we open ourselves to our creativity, we open ourselves to the creator's creativity within us and our lives.4. We are, ourselves, creations. And we, in turn, are meant to continue creativity by being creative ourselves.5. Creativity is God's gift to us. Using our creativity is our gift back to God.6. The refusal to be creative is self-will and is counter to our true nature.7. When we open ourselves to exploring our creativity, we open ourselves to God: good orderly direction.8. As we open our creative channel to the creator, many gentle but powerful changes are to be expected.9. It is safe to open ourselves up to greater and greater creativity.10. Our creative dreams and yearnings come from a divine source. As we move toward our dreams, we move toward our divinity. Julia Cameron
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The very first thing I want to do is to see a good life, a good way of living, a good world. The second thing I want to do is to be creative. I think that most people have been told that they have to be creative in their lives and yet most people haven't really thought about that. They haven't really thought about what is creativity and how it can help them.

You might think that with age you would start thinking about what your life is going to be like when you get older and so forth but most people have never really thought about it. So, I think the main message of this book is to look at the world around us and see if there's a way of making it a better place.

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