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The creative act : a way of being / Rick Rubin, with Neil Strauss.

Rubin, Rick, (author.). Strauss, Neil, (author.).

Summary:

"Many famed music producers are known for a particular sound that has its day. Rick Rubin is known for something else: creating a space where artists of all different genres and traditions can home in on who they really are and what they really offer. He has made a practice of helping people transcend their self-imposed expectations in order to reconnect with a state of innocence from which the surprising becomes inevitable. Over the years, as he has thought deeply about where creativity comes from and where it doesn't, he has learned that being an artist isn't about your specific output, it's about your relationship to the world. Creativity has a place in everyone's life, and everyone can make that place larger. In fact, there are few more important responsibilities. The Creative Act is a beautiful and generous course of study that illuminates the path of the artist as a road we all can follow. It distills the wisdom gleaned from a lifetime's work into a luminous reading experience that puts the power to create moments--and lifetimes--of exhilaration and transcendence within closer reach for all of us."-- Publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 9780593652886
ISBN: 0593652886
Physical Description: 404 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2023.
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Everyone is a creator -- Tuning in -- Source of creativity -- Awareness -- Vessel and the filter -- Unseen -- Look for clues -- Practice -- Submerge (the great works) -- Nature as teacher -- Nothing is static -- Look inward -- Memories and the subconscious -- It's always there -- Setting -- Self-doubt -- Make it up -- Distraction -- Collaboration -- Intention -- Rules -- Opposite is true -- Listening -- Patience -- Beginner's mind -- Inspiration -- Habits -- Seeds -- Experimentation -- Try everything -- Crafting -- Momentum -- Point of view -- Breaking the sameness -- Completion -- Abundant mindset -- Experimenter and the finisher -- Temporary rules -- Greatness -- Success -- Connected detachment (possibility) -- Ecstatic -- Point of reference -- Non-competition -- Essence -- Apocrypha -- Tuning out (undermining voices) -- Self-awareness -- Right before our eyes -- A whisper out of time -- Expect a surprise -- Great expectations -- Openness -- Surrounding the lightning bolt -- 24/7 (staying in it) -- Spontaneity (special moments) -- How to choose -- Shades and degrees -- Implications (purpose) -- Freedom -- Possessed -- What works for you (believing) -- Adaptation -- Translation -- Clean slate -- Context -- Energy (in the work) -- Ending to start anew (regeneration) -- Play -- Art habit (sangha) -- Prism of self -- Let it be -- Cooperation -- Sincerity dilemma -- Gatekeeper -- Why make art? -- Harmony -- What we tell ourselves.