Welcome to my Notion Hub for the Artist’s Way, a 12-week, self-led guide to creative awakening! You should find this guide intuitive and at most, only require a few scrap papers for drawing some weeks. All your reading, tasks, and journaling needs are inside.

Everything that you find here is taken directly from Julia Cameron’s book, The Artist’s Way, and is not my own intellectual property.

How to use the guide

The book is broken into weekly focuses, exercises, tasks, and check-ins. This guide is the same. The main components of the book (reading, tasks, exercises) are all here, grouped by week.

Before you get started on your journey, in the upper right corner select the duplicate symbol between the 🔍 and the … and duplicate the page. If you miss this step, you will not be able to use the workbook.

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Open the week you are starting and you’ll find the reading, a place to take notes, your tasks and exercises for the week, and a place to log all your morning pages. Week 1 has the most guidance to get you accustomed to using this workbook.

Introduction: Reading

Week 1: Recovering a sense of safety

Week 2: Recovering a sense of Identity

Week 3: Recovering a sense of Power

Week 4: Recovering a sense of Integrity

Week 5: Recovering a sense of Possibility

Week 6: Recovering a sense of Abundance

Week 7: Recovering a sense of Connection

Week 8: Recovering a sense of Strength

Week 9: Recovering a sense of Compassion

Week 10: Recovering a sense of Self-Protection

Week 11: Recovering a sense of Autonomy

Week 12: Recovering a sense of Faith

Epilogue

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My only ask in exchange for this free workbook is that you leave feedback. At any point in your journey, complete this 6-question feedback form here:

https://pythqp4t255.typeform.com/to/kLp2Emm4

Resources

Order the book here from a local (to me) black-owned book shop.

View the entire book in PDF here. This is my source for all the chapters in your individual weeks.

Reddit Artist’s Way group. Doing this with other people is HIGHLY recommended!!

Super special database