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Seeking Wisdom: A Spiritual Path to Creative Connection (St. Martin’s Essentials, January 2022) by Julia Cameron

Thirty years after her first book, (TarcherPerigree, 1992), changed the way countless writers thought about creativity, Julia Cameron turns her attention to the concept of creative prayer. Starting with a secular appeal to experiment with open-mindedness, Cameron tells the story of how prayer, particularly Morning Pages, Artist Dates, and Walks. In her new book she shares a mindful collection of prayer practices that can open a writer’s “creative soul,” regardless of personal beliefs or religious practices. Through prayers of petition, gratitude, creativity, and others, writers are invited to step more fully into their creative practice. Billed as a “six-week program,” should appeal to any fan of Cameron’s earlier nonfiction.

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