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A review by jingbei
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
The book reads like a scripture written by and for artists. Purely for the purpose of making art and nothing else.
It’s hard to comment on the book as a whole, there’s some through lines but it felt more like a collection of ideas. Some ideas and metaphors were mentioned multiple times so it’s quite easy to ready any chapter as the first and will make sense.
It’s more fair rate the book by chapters. Although most were interesting, some do crossover to the realm of potencies. And just a very personal gripe, I didn’t like when the author mentioned when he was working with a certain artist and tried some methods, for some reason I found that very pompous and whenever it happens I do roll my eyes a little.
But some chapters are truly inspiring, I can say I gained many second winds and ideas during the readings. It’s like a meditation.
I found this point in the book quite profound: art is treated as divinity, and it needs to be passed through unfiltered. The only responsibility for an artist is the quality of the art and absolute nothing else.
Overall, pretty good, and I’m glad I read it.
It’s hard to comment on the book as a whole, there’s some through lines but it felt more like a collection of ideas. Some ideas and metaphors were mentioned multiple times so it’s quite easy to ready any chapter as the first and will make sense.
It’s more fair rate the book by chapters. Although most were interesting, some do crossover to the realm of potencies. And just a very personal gripe, I didn’t like when the author mentioned when he was working with a certain artist and tried some methods, for some reason I found that very pompous and whenever it happens I do roll my eyes a little.
But some chapters are truly inspiring, I can say I gained many second winds and ideas during the readings. It’s like a meditation.
I found this point in the book quite profound: art is treated as divinity, and it needs to be passed through unfiltered. The only responsibility for an artist is the quality of the art and absolute nothing else.
Overall, pretty good, and I’m glad I read it.