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Weekly reflections, practices and resources to recover creativity and sustain it over time.

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Journaling vs morning pages vs free thinking

Journaling, morning pages and free thinking are not the same. We explain the differences between the three reflective writing practices and which one is best for you depending on what you are looking for.

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Bipolarity and creativity: myth and reality

Does bipolar genius exist? We review the studies of Andreasen, Jamison and the Swedish records, why the manic phase is not healthy creativity and what role treatment plays. Without romanticizing anything.

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Why you should NOT start the Artist

January resolutions fail for structural reasons: social hangover, darkness, public expectation, and a borrowed identity. What the data really says and why March and September work better.

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Start the Artist

The spring equinox is a better start date than January 1: increasing light, twelve weeks that end almost at the solstice and no promise of a new year weighing down on you. Complete ritual.

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The Artist

Ten days of complete silence vs. twelve weeks of daily writing: We compare the Vipassana retreat and Julia Cameron

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Two awakening practices compared: Kundalini Yoga works the energy of the body; Julia Cameron

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An honest and cautious look at the relationship between ayahuasca and Julia Cameron

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A4 vs A5 vs letter: what size to choose

Three pages in A4 are not three pages in A5. How many words does each size entail, how long will it take you and how to choose according to your handwriting, your life and your transbyte. Decision table included.

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Haruki Murakami and the writer

Murakami gets up at four, writes for five hours, runs ten kilometers and goes to bed at nine. What is useful about her extreme discipline, what is non-transferable about it and how does it fit with Julia Cameron.

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Best A5 notebooks for morning pages

Which A5 notebook to choose for morning pages: weight, binding, number of sheets and behavior of the paper with rolling pens. Eight families compared and a clear recommendation.

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Appointment with the artist to feel like a child again

Swings, ice cream, comics, a guilt-free playground. A date with the artist that takes you back to childhood reactivates creativity from its source: free play. Why it works, concrete ideas and how to give yourself permission without feeling ridiculous.

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Emigrate breaks the routines that sustained your creativity. The morning pages and the appointment with the artist function as a portable identity anchor when everything else changes. Practical guide for migrant creatives.

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When IT IS Okay to Skip the Morning Pages (Guilt-Free)

The method calls for doing them every day, but real life does not always allow it. These are the situations in which skipping morning pages is legitimate, how to distinguish them from simple laziness and how to return without punishing yourself.

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A cancer diagnosis reorders your entire life. The morning pages offer a private space to process fear, and the appointment with the artist helps you reconnect with what gives meaning. How to use the method gently and without demands.

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Neuroplasticity and the Artist

Neuroplasticity explains why a daily creative practice sustained for 12 weeks can reconfigure mental habits. What neuroscience says about repetition, habits and creativity, and what is honest speculation.

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A creative self-help book from 1992 has gone viral on TikTok and BookTok among Generation Z. What explains the phenomenon, what version of the method circulates in the app, and what is gained and lost by doing it online.

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A divorce fragments identity and silences the creative voice. How morning pages help rebuild you and how the appointment with the artist becomes a kind ritual of your new loneliness. A guide to get through it with creativity.

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Retirement finally opens up the time and permission to create. How to adapt The Artist

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For those experiencing depression, The Artist

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Firefighters and police officers live with trauma as part of the job. How morning pages help process what can

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Veterinarians are one of the professions with the most burnout and emotional risk. How morning pages offer a critical emotional release for those who care for animals.

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Nursing is extreme care and burnout almost guaranteed. How morning pages become mandatory self-care for those who support others every day.

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Practical guide to creating a virtual group of the Artist

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Midjourney vs Artist

Midjourney generates amazing images in seconds. Does it make sense to continue painting by hand? Yeah, and here

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Generative AI and the Artist

Do ChatGPT and Midjourney kill creativity or enhance it? The honest answer: It depends on when you turn AI on and off. The morning pages remain your analog refuge. Guide based on The Artist

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Lent lasts about six weeks and is a time of recollection, fasting and inner renewal. We explain how to adapt The Artist

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PAS and the Artist

The highly sensitive people (HSP) process the world more intensely and need more recovery. The Artist

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Summer gives free time but throws routines out of control. Is it a good idea to do The Artist

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Starting the Artist

Long days, mild weather and spring energy: May brings together the best conditions to start The Artist

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Free Artist

Do you need a €2000 creative coach or is Julia Cameron

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Journalism writes thousands of words a day and still dries up one

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Discovering The Artist

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Translating and interpreting is a creative and invisible profession: you live inside the voice of another. Why that blocks one

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Banking, auditing, consulting: professions where creativity seems prohibited. Why financial professionals benefit so much from morning pages and how to apply the method without clashing with the rigor of the sector.

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Brian Chesky and other founders advocate morning writing practices very similar to morning pages. Why founders need The Artist

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Julia Cameron talks about God on almost every page. If you are an atheist or agnostic, the method still works: you just have to translate it. Useful substitutions, why morning pages work without a religious framework and what to keep.

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Social networks and The Artist

Julia Cameron proposes a week of 'reading deprivation'. Does it apply to Instagram, TikTok and X? Honest analysis: why networks erode creativity, what the method says and a partial detox model that does work.

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Julia Cameron defends paper and handwriting. Does that mean that the ebook is not useful for making The Artist

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Comparison between doing The Artist

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How Minimalism Powers Julia Cameron

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Appointment with the artist in Lime: 20 creative spaces

20 places in Lime for your weekly appointment with the artist: from MALI to Ravine, from Miraflores to the El Virrey bookstore, from the Mario Vargas Llosa House Museum to the boardwalk facing the Pacific. Creative guide by districts.

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How morning pages erode imposter syndrome

How morning pages help with imposter syndrome: The psychological mechanics of feeling like a fraud, why daily writing erodes it, and how it compares to cognitive behavioral therapy. Honest analysis of Cameron

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Top 10 Notebooks for Morning Pages (2026)

Honest guide to the 10 best notebooks for writing morning pages in 2026: from budget to premium. What to look for in paper, size and binding to write three pages by hand each morning without getting frustrated.

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Frida Kahlo

The last ten years of her life, Frida Kahlo filled a diary with free writing, drawings and uncensored color. That notebook is a stunning example of what Julia Cameron would call decades later morning pages.

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The best pens for writing a lot without pain

If you write morning pages by hand every day, the pen matters more than you think. Guide to the best pens for long writing without fatigue: gel, roller, ball and feather, which really takes care of your hand.

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Maya Angelou: a hotel room just to create

Maya Angelou rented a hotel room just to write: she arrived at six thirty in the morning and worked on yellow notebooks until the afternoon. Their ritual is a radical version of protecting creative space taught by Julia Cameron.

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Tara Brach: radical acceptance against the inner critic

Psychologist and meditation teacher Tara Brach teaches radical acceptance and the RAIN method to embrace what we feel without judging it. Applied to creativity, it is one of the most powerful tools against the blockage and inner critic that Julia Cameron describes.

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Rick Rubin and the Artist

Rick Rubin produced records by Johnny Cash, Adele, Beastie Boys and Red Hot Chili Peppers without playing an instrument. Her book The Creation coincides almost point by point with Julia Cameron

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flow describes the optimal state of concentration; The Artist

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Atomic Habits by James Clear and The Artist

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The body as an obstacle and as a way. How to apply Julia Cameron

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How to apply morning pages and appointment with the artist to photography: the photographic expedition, visual annotation and recovery of the blocked creative eye.

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Morning pages against the paper blockade and appointments with the artist to feed intuition. Julia Cameron

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morning pages against empathy burnout and appointments with the artist to recharge. Julia Cameron

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morning pages against kitchen burnout and appointments with the artist in markets to recover creativity. Julia Cameron

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morning pages to unlock the poetic voice and appointments with the artist in bookstores and nature. Julia Cameron

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Method and practice

Recovering creativity in adult life

You didn't lose her. You kept it in a drawer. As a child you drew without asking permission. No one taught you to be creative — you were creative because no one had taught you not to be.

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Grief for lost creativity

Recovering creativity means mourning the years you spent without it. The five phases of creative grief and why sadness is a good sign.

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The 12-week course is the most in-depth way to work on all of this: daily practices, exercises, reflections and tracking your progress.

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Appointment with the artist in Barcelona — 100 places + 20 profound monuments + 10 clusters

Posts dedicated to the main monuments of Barcelona as appointments with the artist. Each one with a photo, story, operating tips and connection to Cameron's method.

Clusters · By neighborhood or category