The creative act a way of being
"From the legendary music producer, a savant at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book, many years in the making, that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us. "I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of a...
| Main Authors: | Rubin, Rick (Author), Strauss, Neil (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Penguin Press,
2023.
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Table of Contents:
- Everyone is a creator
- Tuning in
- The source of creativity
- Awareness
- The vessel and the filter
- The 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
- The opposite is true
- Listening
- Patience
- Beginner's mind
- Inspiration
- Habits
- Seeds
- Experimentation
- Try everything
- Crafting
- Momentum
- Point of view
- Breaking the sameness
- Completion
- The abundant mindset
- The experimenter and the finisher
- Temporary rules
- Greatness
- Success
- Connected detachment (possibility)
- The 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
- The possessed
- What works for you (believing)
- Adaptation
- Translation
- Clean slate
- Context
- The energy (in the work)
- Ending to start anew (regeneration)
- Play
- The art habit (sangha)
- The prism of self
- Let it be
- Cooperation
- The sincerity dilemma
- The gatekeeper
- Why make art?
- Harmony
- What we tell ourselves.