{"product_id":"the-vein-of-gold-isbn-9780874778793","title":"The Vein of Gold","description":"In the \u003cb\u003eVein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart\u003c\/b\u003e, Julia Cameron, author of \u003cb\u003eThe Artist's Way\u003c\/b\u003e, draws from her remarkable teaching experience to help readers reach out into ever-broadening creative horizons. As in \u003cb\u003eThe Artist's Way\u003c\/b\u003e, she combines eloquent essays with playful and imaginative experiential exercises to make \u003cb\u003eThe Vein of Gold\u003c\/b\u003e an extraordinary book of learning-through-doing. Inspiring essays on the creative process and more than one hundred engaging and energizing tasks involve the reader in \"inner play,\" leading to authentic growth, renewal, and healing.The Vein of GoldAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSetting Out\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Your Backpack: The Basic Tools\u003cbr\u003eMorning Pages\u003cbr\u003eWhy by Hand?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Morning Pages\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArtist Dates\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Do a Weekly Artist Date\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClusters: Your Traveling Companions\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Cluster List\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYour Mode of Transportation: Walking\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Walk Daily\u003cbr\u003eTask: Walk an Hour-Long Walk Weekly\u003cbr\u003eTask: Walk Prayerfully\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Gateway: Entering the Imagic-Nation\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Manifesting—Enter Your Imagic-Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCreativity Commitment\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Kingdom of Story\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Narrative Time Line\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Filling in Notes\u003cbr\u003eTask: Post a Sign on Your Mirror\u003cbr\u003eTask: Contact Someone and Commit\u003cbr\u003eTask: Do Your Narrative Time Line\u003cbr\u003eTask: Filling in Blanks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Cups\": The Key to Self-Disclosure\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: List Five Secrets\u003cbr\u003eTask: Make a Narrative Time Line Photo Album for Yourself\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWords Do It\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Alchemy—Converting Dross to Gold\u003cbr\u003eTask: Post Your Golden Words Where You Can See Them\u003cbr\u003eTask: Kill a Creative Monster\u003cbr\u003eTask: Celebrate a Creative Champion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Wizard of Words\u003cbr\u003eSecret Selves\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Name Five Secret Selves\u003cbr\u003eTask: What's in Those Closets?\u003cbr\u003eTask: What Would Your Life be Like?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCinema Self\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Cinema Self\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Vein of Gold\u003cbr\u003eTechnique One: Favorite Films\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: The Vein of Gold Quiz\u003cbr\u003eTask: Binge Reading\u003cbr\u003eTask: Grab-Bag Collage\u003cbr\u003eTask: Matching\u003cbr\u003eTask: Write Up Your Findings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert's Field Report\u003cbr\u003eBreaking Camp\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Kingdom of Sight\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSight\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Time Capsule Collage\u003cbr\u003eTask: Create a Treasure Map\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColor\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: \"Fabricate\" a More Colorful Life\u003cbr\u003eTask: Speculate on a Different Spectrum: Try On Colors You \"Never\" Wear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoll\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Make a Creativity Doll\u003cbr\u003eTask: Make a Creativity Monster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBasic Black: The Mystique—and Mistake—of the Suffering Artist\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Dress as a Serious Artist\u003cbr\u003eTask: Dress Like You Might Be Having Fun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCracking\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Look at It This Way—On the One Hand . . . On the Other . . .\u003cbr\u003eTask: Mirror, Mirror: Apply a Facial Mask\u003cbr\u003eTask: Face It: Make a Power Mask\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBreaking Camp\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Kingdom of Sound\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSound\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Sing a Spirit Song\u003cbr\u003eTask: Lullaby\u003cbr\u003eTask: Washing with Sound\u003cbr\u003eTask: Forming a Sound Round\u003cbr\u003eTask: Songlines\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSilence\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Silence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSafety\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Building a Sound Shield\u003cbr\u003eTask: A Sense of Safety\u003cbr\u003eTask: Playing It Safe\u003cbr\u003eTask: Expanding Your Light Through Sound\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBreaking Camp\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Kingdom of Attitude\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Paydirt in Pay-tience\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Patience\u003cbr\u003eTask: Use \"Just a Little\" Patience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCourage\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Dance a Power Dance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaby Steps\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Playing House\u003cbr\u003eTask: List Every Place You Have Ever Lived\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoredom\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Do Something That Has Been Done Before\u003cbr\u003eTask: Oh, All Right! Make Something Unique\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTime\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: I Never Have Time to . . .\u003cbr\u003eTask: I Never Take Time to . . .\u003cbr\u003eTask: Stay Up Late and Read a Book\u003cbr\u003eTask: A Stitch in Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContainment\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Creative Snipers\u003cbr\u003eTask: Believing Mirrors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGetting Current\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Getting Current\u003cbr\u003eTask: Get Current in Your Household\u003cbr\u003eTask: Get Current in Your Spiritual House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBreaking Camp\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Kingdom of Relationship\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEquality\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Write a Positive Prayer\u003cbr\u003eTask: Illuminate Your Prayer\u003cbr\u003eTask: The Blame Game, Round One—Events\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Voluntary Victim\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: The Blame Game, Round Two—People\u003cbr\u003eTask: Play a Little\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere Does It Hurt?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Taking Back Your Power\u003cbr\u003eTask: Relationship Collage\u003cbr\u003eTask: Abundance Collage\u003cbr\u003eTask: Counting Coup\u003cbr\u003eTask: Who's Got the Gold?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBatteries\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Assault on Being a Battery\u003cbr\u003eTask: Write Your \"Shadow Résumé\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObsession\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Obsessions (Past Tense)\u003cbr\u003eTask: Obsessions (Present Tense)\u003cbr\u003eTask: Snap Out of It\u003cbr\u003eTask: Get On with It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBreaking Camp\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Kingdom of Spirituality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eName That God\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Recall Your Childhood God\u003cbr\u003eTask: Invent a Creativity God\u003cbr\u003eTask: Invent a Creativity Totem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGuidance\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Clearing a Clearing\u003cbr\u003eTask: Spend One Evening in Silence—of All Kinds\u003cbr\u003eTask: Write a Spirituality Cup\u003cbr\u003eTask: Create a Deck of Spirituality Cards\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpiritual Experience\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Open the Door\u003cbr\u003eTask: It's a Wide World After All\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSaying \"Thank You\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Accepting Gifts\u003cbr\u003eTask: Synchronicity Notepad\u003cbr\u003eTask: The God jar\u003cbr\u003eTask: Accepting Help\u003cbr\u003eTask: Watch Your Tongue\u003cbr\u003eTask: Walk Prayerfully Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBreaking Camp\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Kingdom of Possibility\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePassion\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Task: Valentine to Your Past\u003cbr\u003eTask: Valentine to Your Present\u003cbr\u003eTask: List 100 Things That You, Personally, LOVE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRisk\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Taking Your Life into Your Own Hands\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCeilings\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTask: Remembering the Possible Dreams\u003cbr\u003eTask: Playing at Dreams\u003cbr\u003eTask: I Trust Myself Dance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBreaking Camp\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTribal Rules\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArtist's Tribal Rules\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Guide for Starting Creative Clusters\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArtist's Way\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVein of Gold\u003c\/i\u003e Glossary of Tools\u003cbr\u003eDiscography\u003cbr\u003e\"Pop\"ography\u003cbr\u003eFilmography\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\"Avalon\"\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e“For those seeking the wellspring of creativity, this book, like its predecessor, is a solid gold diving rod.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for THE ARTIST'S WAY....\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eTHE ARTIST’S WAY\u003c\/b\u003e by Julia Cameron is not exclusively about writing—it is about discovering and developing the artist within whether a painter, poet, screenwriter or musician—but it is a \u003ci\u003elot\u003c\/i\u003e about writing. If you have always wanted to pursue a creative dream, have always wanted to play and create with words or paints, this book will gently get you started and help you learn all kinds of paying-attention techniques; and that, after all, is what being an artist is all about. It’s about learning to pay attention.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Anne Lamott, Mademoiselle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“The premise of the book is that creativity and spirituality are the same thing, they come from the same place. And we were created to use this life to express our individuality, and that over the course of a lifetime that gets beaten out of us. [\u003cb\u003eTHE ARTIST’S WAY\u003c\/b\u003e] helped me put aside my fear and not worry about whether the record would be commercial.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Grammy award-winning singer Kathy Mattea\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Julia Cameron brings creativity and spirituality together with the same kind of step-by-step wisdom that Edgar Cayce encouraged. The result is spiritual creativity as a consistent and nourishing part of daily life.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Venture Inward\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“I never knew I was a visual artist until I read Julia Cameron’s \u003cb\u003eTHE ARTIST’S WAY\u003c\/b\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Jannene Behl in Artist’s Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Julia Cameron’s landmark book \u003cb\u003eTHE ARTIST’S WAY\u003c\/b\u003e helped me figure out who I really was as an adult, not so much as an artist but as a person. And award-winning journalist and poet, Cameron’s genius is that she doesn’t tell readers what they should do to achieve or who they should be—instead she creates a map for readers to start exploring these questions themselves.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Michael F. Melcher, Law Practice magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“This is not a self-help book in the normative sense. It is simply a powerful book that can challenge one to move into an entirely different state of personal expression and growth.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Nick Maddox, Deland Beacon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eTHE ARTIST’S WAY\u003c\/b\u003e (with its companion volume \u003cb\u003eTHE ARTIST’S WAY MORNING PAGES JOURNAL\u003c\/b\u003e) becomes a friend over time, not just a journal. Like a journal, it provokes spontaneous insights and solutions; beyond journaling, it establishes a process that is interactive and dynamic.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Theresa L. Crenshaw, M.D., San Diego Union-Tribune\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “If you really want to supercharge your writing, I recommend that you get a copy of Julia Cameron’s book \u003cb\u003eTHE ARTIST’S WAY\u003c\/b\u003e. I’m not a big fan of self-help books, but this book has changed my life for the better and restored my previously lagging creativity.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Jeffrey Bairstow, Laser Focus World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Working with the principle that creative expression is the natural direction of life, Cameron developed a three month program to recover creativity. \u003cb\u003eTHE ARTIST’S WAY\u003c\/b\u003e shows how to tap into the higher power that connects human creativity and the creative energies of the universe.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Mike Gossie, Scottsdale Tribune\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eTHE ARTIST’S WAY \u003c\/b\u003eis the seminal book on the subject of creativity and an invaluable guide to living the artistic life. Still as vital today—or perhaps even more so—than it was when it was first published in 1992, it is a provocative and inspiring work. Updated and expanded, it reframes \u003cb\u003eTHE ARTIST’S WAY\u003c\/b\u003e for a new century.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Branches of Light\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“THE ARTIST’S WAY has sold over 3 million copies since its publication in 1992. Cameron still teaches it because there is sustained demand for its thoughtful, spiritual approach to unblocking and nurturing creativity. It is, dare we say, timeless.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Nancy Colasurdo, FOXBusiness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Cameron \u003c\/b\u003ehas been an active artist for more than three decades. She is the author of more than thirty books, including such bestselling works on the creative process as \u003ci\u003eThe Artist’s Way\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWalking in This World\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFinding Water\u003c\/i\u003e. Also a novelist, playwright, songwriter, and poet, she has multiple credits in theater, film, and television, including an episode of \u003ci\u003eMiami Vice\u003c\/i\u003e, which featured Miles Davis, and \u003ci\u003eElvis and the Beauty Queen\u003c\/i\u003e, which starred Don Johnson. She was a writer on such movies as \u003ci\u003eTaxi Driver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York, New York\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Waltz\u003c\/i\u003e. She wrote, produced, and directed the award-winning independent feature film \u003ci\u003eGod's Will\u003c\/i\u003e, which premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival, and was selected by the London Film Festival, the Munich International Film Festival, and the Women in Film Festival, among others. In addition to making films, Cameron has taught film at such diverse places as Chicago Filmmakers, Northwestern University, and Columbia College. She is also an award-winning playwright, whose work has appeared on such well-known stages as the McCarter Theater at Princeton University and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.","brand":"Tarcher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304452215013,"sku":"NP9780874778793","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780874778793.jpg?v=1767742046","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-vein-of-gold-isbn-9780874778793","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}