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A review by tobin_elliott
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
informative
fast-paced
5.0
Wow.
I know a lot of reviewers are slagging the hell out of this book, but here's what I'll say...
This book, while thick, has very brief slices of all aspects of the creative process and, to me, no one has ever better captured precisely how I work when I create. Honestly, at times it felt as though Rubin was in my head and had observed the stages and aspects of my creative process, then translated it into this book.
As well, I can say that I had a fairly severe crisis of creativity, literally questioning whether I should keep going, about a month ago.
And this book, Rubin's observations and illustrations and explanations? Yeah, it went a long way in bringing me back to faith in myself and how I do things.
Does he hit a couple of sour notes along the way? Yes. But is that also part of the creative process too. I choose to ignore those, and focus on the other 99% of this book, because what he offers is wonderful.
I know a lot of reviewers are slagging the hell out of this book, but here's what I'll say...
This book, while thick, has very brief slices of all aspects of the creative process and, to me, no one has ever better captured precisely how I work when I create. Honestly, at times it felt as though Rubin was in my head and had observed the stages and aspects of my creative process, then translated it into this book.
As well, I can say that I had a fairly severe crisis of creativity, literally questioning whether I should keep going, about a month ago.
And this book, Rubin's observations and illustrations and explanations? Yeah, it went a long way in bringing me back to faith in myself and how I do things.
Does he hit a couple of sour notes along the way? Yes. But is that also part of the creative process too. I choose to ignore those, and focus on the other 99% of this book, because what he offers is wonderful.