#24 in Self-help
The Artist's Way
- 245
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Artist’s Way” offers genuinely useful exercises and encouragement for anyone trying to recover creative confidence. Julia Cameron pairs practical tasks with motivational chapters and ties creativity openly to faith and a spiritual connection with God. Some readers admit the tone is a little mystical and get a great deal from the book all the same, even without working through the whole programme. It suits those willing to meet that register halfway.
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About the book
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity is a 1992 self-help book by American author Julia Cameron. The book was written to help people with creative recovery, which teaches techniques and exercises to assist people in gaining self-confidence in harnessing their creative talents. Cameron also discusses the connection between creativity, faith, and one's spiritual connection with God.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.4 across 130 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 47% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Self-help average of 7.7. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.3 | 25 | 19% |
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 105 | 81% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Artist's Way?
It has 245 pages — shorter than 67% of the ranked books in Self-help.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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