The Creative Act
A Way of Being
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Rick Rubin
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Rick Rubin
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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.
©2023 Rick Rubin (P)2023 Canongate BooksCritic Reviews
"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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- Ayush shah
- 03-02-23
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Lovely and amazing way of art to live a creative life in such a world
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- reshmi
- 15-04-23
Thoroughly enjoyed!
If you plan to pick up any one book on creativity, let it be this one. Listening to Rubin's narration is like listening to poetry recited by a Zen monk. The experience was itself an act of meditation.
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- Sudeep
- 10-11-24
Really well designed book and motivating
I new to audible and The Creative Act: A Way of Being is my first audio book and it really motivated me to move forward as a artist or in general.
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- Titan
- 21-03-23
Amazing book!
Amazing book! This book is about going there, going there often, and being there longer!
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- Yeshvantha
- 20-06-24
Great book and wonderful info
Best book to learn and evolve yourself….. better way to lead once life…. This is the one of the important titles to have in very one’s library….. great read and great insights….,, learn, unlearn, and relearn…..happy listening …….important book to have in every one’s library
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- Vishwesh Jirgale
- 27-12-23
Thoughtful and actionable
Simple points explained very well. I loved the meditation bells in between the chapters.I used audiobook as companion to my hardcover as there is just too much to highlight
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- Kale salad
- 07-08-24
Absolute masterpiece
I think everybody should listen to this book.
I mean EVERYBODY!!!
This is one of the most intuitive understanding of the creative process I have ever read in one book.
It covers a vast umbrella of creative workflows and doesn’t feel like a book written by a music producer. It’s much more than that. Much much more.
An out and out masterpiece 🙌
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