The Creative Act: A Way of Being

<b>From the legendary music producer, a master 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.<br>"A gorgeous and inspiring work of art on creation, creativity, the work of the artist. It will gladden the hearts of writers and artists everywhere, and get them working again with a new sense of meaning and direction. A stunning accomplishment.&rdquo;&#160;&mdash;Anne Lamott</b><br>&ldquo;<i>I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be.&rdquo; &mdash;Rick Rubin</i><br>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&rsquo;t, he has learned that being an artist isn&rsquo;t about your specific output, it&rsquo;s about your relationship to the world. Creativity has a place in everyone&rsquo;s life, and everyone can make that place larger. In fact, there are few more important responsibilities.<br><i>The Creative Act</i> 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&rsquo;s work into a luminous reading experience that puts the power to create moments&mdash;and lifetimes&mdash;of exhilaration and transcendence within closer reach for all of us.