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Randomly I was awake late one night on a classic spiral of watching a million youtube videos, when I happened upon an interview with the artist Olivia Rodrigo. In the video she spoke so highly of this book that it left me intrigued. I studied music for most of my childhood and adolescent life. I even initially went to college for music before dropping out of that program. After that, I didn't touch my passion for almost a decade. This book is wonderful. As someone who knows what it's like to live a life away from your creative passions, this book was an extremely cathartic read. It takes such a lighthearted and whimsical approach to the idea of "creative living," which I feel is something most creatives need to do much more of. That is certainly the approach that has most often given me the ability to succeed in creative endeavors of all kinds. I also felt catharsis with the idea of making "bad art" just for the sake of fun. When I was younger I had all sorts of terrible creative projects with friends, and they were some of the most fun I've ever had. I think the most important message of the book is that, no matter who you are, if you are any sort of creative person, you should be creating. It's not about validation, or success, or even making something good. It is about having the privilege of being able to interact with the magic of ideas. It is one of the most beautiful things we can do as humans, no matter how trivial or silly a creative pursuit may be. I absolutely adored this book and would wholeheartedly recommend it to any other creative person.
i read this five years ago now, and it was cool to see how it still managed to impact me! i very much enjoy this book and suggest it to anyone who wants to enjoy their creativity, be inspired, or needs some motivation for their projects!
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I read non-fiction maybe once a year, but this one was worthwhile (and I've read it twice over the last several years). It was a very inspiring experience, especially as I read it after being laid off from a 'dream job' and not knowing how to begin dreaming again.
I wanted to like this book. I truly did. I mean Olivia Rodrigo called it life changing and a book she recommends to all her friends and I was sold. Oh man, this book was not for me.
I once heard someone describe the period of your life when you just hav graduated college as the time where you love the feeling of getting advice. This book is really for that demographic without realizing it. And nothing made me feel more like a real bonafide adult then not relating to that.
I for 56% of the way through before I straight up abandoned it. It was preachy, most of the content was on the extremes between incredible basic or like insanely complex. There are a lot of contradictions in the book and she acknowledges them like that will ease everything and we simply must accept it. I did not think of this book as a self help book until she called it a self help book mid-book and then I thought well maybe it is because I hate self help books.
I could see how this book benefits people… but like very much not me who I feel like the book targets as a self proclaimed creative. This is like a book you give you manager who killed off a sense of creativity bc his parents told him art is not a real job and to stop daydreaming so he went into accounting but it’s not his passion and you feel bad bc you can see he’s a creative but has no idea how to tap back into the part of himself he worked so hard to kill.
I once heard someone describe the period of your life when you just hav graduated college as the time where you love the feeling of getting advice. This book is really for that demographic without realizing it. And nothing made me feel more like a real bonafide adult then not relating to that.
I for 56% of the way through before I straight up abandoned it. It was preachy, most of the content was on the extremes between incredible basic or like insanely complex. There are a lot of contradictions in the book and she acknowledges them like that will ease everything and we simply must accept it. I did not think of this book as a self help book until she called it a self help book mid-book and then I thought well maybe it is because I hate self help books.
I could see how this book benefits people… but like very much not me who I feel like the book targets as a self proclaimed creative. This is like a book you give you manager who killed off a sense of creativity bc his parents told him art is not a real job and to stop daydreaming so he went into accounting but it’s not his passion and you feel bad bc you can see he’s a creative but has no idea how to tap back into the part of himself he worked so hard to kill.
A reread! Such a great little pick me up out of a creative slump.