Floor Sample

Floor Sample is a memoir in which Julia Cameron looks back on her life. She writes about her early work as a writer for Rolling Stone magazine, her marriage to Martin Scorsese, and her painful experiences with alcohol and Hollywood. She reflects on how these experiences fed her own art and her ability to help others pursue their creative dreams. She also tells how she came to be a central figure in the creative recovery movement. She calls her life a floor sample of everything she teaches about creativity.

Why You Should Read?

• Follow the author from her early years writing for Rolling Stone magazine to her marriage to Martin Scorsese.
• Understand how her struggles with alcohol and Hollywood shaped her art, as she tells it in her own words.
• Discover the circumstances the author describes that led her to become a central figure in the creative recovery movement.
• Learn why she sees her own life as a floor sample for what she teaches about creativity.

About the Author

Julia Cameron was born on March 4, 1948, and works in many creative fields. She is an American who has worked as a teacher, artist, poet, filmmaker, composer and journalist. Her best known book is The Artist's Way, from 1992. She has also written short stories, essays, novels, plays, musicals and screenplays.