There is no such thing as being done with an artistic life. Frustrations and rewards exist at all levels on the path.
Julia CameronAt root, a pearl is a 'disturbance' a beauty caused by something that isn't supposed to be there, about which something needs to be done. It is the interruption of equilibrium that creates beauty. Beauty is a response to provocation, to intrusion. ... The pearl's beauty is made as a result of insult.
Julia CameronArtistic anorexia & sexual avoidance have the same root fears โ fear of intimacy, fear of exposure, fear of failureโ.
Julia Cameron