An Interview with Julia Cameron – Life Lessons Julia Cameron has been an active artist for more than four decades. She is the author of more than forty books, fiction, and nonfiction, including such bestselling works on the creative process as The Artist’s Way, Walking in This World, and Finding Water. A novelist, playwright, songwriter, and poet, she has multiple credits in theater, film, and television. She divides her time between Manhattan and the high desert of New Mexico. OMTIMES: What prompted you to write Life Lessons? JULIA CAMERON: Life Lessons was born out of my experience with living alone and seeking spiritual comfort. It could fairly be said that although I wrote the book for others, I also wrote it for myself. I live alone, up the mountain from central Santa Fe. The occasional bear, coyote or deer make up my visitors. Although I am frequently in touch by telephone with my friends from New York, it is still lonely. My Santa Fe friendships are blossoming, but “drop by” friendships are few and far between. When it snows, which is often, I find myself snowbound. The drifts around my house make visiting impossible, and so I face many a lonely night with prayer as my companion. My writing room holds octagonal windows looking into the woods. By day the room is cheerful, filled with light. By night, the room is dark, and as I peer through the glass, I spot flora and fauna, but no human being. It was on a snowy winter’s night when I felt particularly isolated that it came to me to write Life Lessons. I wanted comfort, and I realized that spiritual comfort was what I was seeking. Curled in my large leather writing chair, I set pen to page. Words floated easily as I...

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