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.
"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.” —Anne Lamott
“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.” —Rick Rubin
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’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 distills 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.
