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The Creative Act
- A Way of Being
- Narrated by: Rick Rubin
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
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2024 GRAMMY NOMINEE FOR BEST AUDIOBOOK
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE FOYLES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023
Many famed music producers are known for a particular sound that has its day and then ages out. 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 distils 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.
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"You'll probably read this extraordinary book four times. The first time, you'll gobble it up. The second time, you'll savour it. The third time, you'll take notes in the margins. But the fourth time, the fourth time it will be part of you as you create the work you were ready to ship." (Seth Godin)
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- Nicola
- 09-05-23
Inspiring and a game changer to kick start my book writing!
Rick nails the creative process here for me. He’s made it possible for me to pick up my pen again without the sense of overwhelm but with limitless possibilities to play, create and write in the stream of consciousness and know and trust the tug of direction.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-11-23
Eye Opener
Very well written with some very interesting views on being a creative, I really do see myself reading this book over and over again.
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- Stephanie S.
- 02-12-23
Beautiful
listen to it, buy the book first yourself & every creative you know. It is pure beauty for the creative soul.
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- Hannah Scott
- 01-04-24
Inspiring stories
Lovely to listen to. Uplifting, inspirational and motivational. Teaching you to listen out for inspiration, to trust yourself and the process.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-02-24
Great format
Love the format, short lessons to think about. A lot of life lessons that don't necessarily only apply to art.
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- CC
- 21-03-24
Amazing. Essential handbook
Essential for any creative to understand the process, let go, find joy, and make great art.
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- Caractacus
- 30-03-24
Inspirational
Packed with amazing revelations for anyone who is or has ever struggled to create not just art but anything
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- Michael J Dawson
- 28-01-23
Fascinated
I wish we could review reviews instead. As Seth Godin said it says more about the reviewer than the subject matter.
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- Mussy
- 22-01-23
A future classic
Quite possibly this book could become a future classic. Reminds me in some way of Stephen King’s On Writing but focused purely on the creative elements.
Got it on audiobook and loved the meditation bell between each chapter.
Immediately bought the hardback version for my eldest son who is a digital artist.
If anything, there’s almost too much content, certainly to read in the short time I did. I’m ordering the hardback and will read one section per day at the start of each day (78 in total).
It’s lovely.
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- Ms. J. Francis
- 02-05-23
I will need to listen to this multiple times
So many words of wisdom to absorb. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will be listening again.
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