Yesterday, in our study of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way, we talked about Artist’s Brain’s ability to Paint with the Colors of the Wind and the need to write in the Language of the Birds. Today, I want to talk about Ray Bradbury, an American writer who did write in the Language of the Birds.

We’ll begin by re-reading page 13 of The Artist’s Way.

“Artist brain is our inventor, our child, our very own personal absent-minded professor. Artist brain says, “Hey! That is so neat!” It puts odd things together (boat equals wave and walker). It likes calling a speeding GTO a wild animal: “The black howling wolf pulled into the drive-in …” Artist brain is our creative, holistic brain. It thinks in patterns and shadings. It sees a fall forest and thinks: Wow! Leaf bouquet! Pretty! Gold-giltshimmery-earthskin-king’s-carpet! Artist brain is associative and freewheeling. It makes new connections, yoking together images to invoke meaning: like the Norse myths calling a boat “wave-horse.” In Star Wars, the name Skywalker is a lovely artist-brain flash.” Cameron, pg. 13.

Ray Bradbury was a master of writing by “….yoking together images to invoke meaning….

The Artist’s Way pg. 13

Juxtaposition in Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes

Write 3 Morning Pages. No Editing — Just Write. Let it Flow. Whatever Comes to your mind. Write. Remember: This is not Creative Writing, You Are Simply Emptying Your Mind.