The Creative Act A Way of Being

<p><b>THE <i>SUNDAY TIMES </i>BESTSELLER</b><br><b>THE <i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER</b><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023</b><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE FOYLES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023</b><br><br>Many famed music producers are known for a particular sound that has its day and then ages out. 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.<br><br>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.<br><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 distils 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.</p>