Writing by hand

“Writing by hand will show us True North.” Julia Cameron

Part of my journey towards a daily art practice has included ‘morning pages’, the longhand freeform get-everything-out-of-your-brain writing exercise made famous by Julia Cameron in The Artist’s Way.

As I was reading through the book of hers about creative pilgrimage called The Vein of Gold, these quotes about morning pages – specifically about writing by hand – were jumping off the page at me!! Here they are scripted alongside an earthy-orange compass.