Books To Nurture Your Creative Self
5 reads to keep on hand to combat self-doubt, creative slumps, and for an instant pick-me-up.
You ever find a book that you love so much, you end up carrying it around like Linus and his blue blanket? You feel lost without it because of how comforting it is. Every time you crack the spine it seems to answer a burning question you’ve had, or provide some sort of comfort you didn’t realize you needed. Well, that’s what these books are for me…
BIG MAGIC: CREATIVE LIVING BEYOND FEAR by Elizabeth Gilbert
No matter what your creative discipline, this books urges you to be your most child-like self as it breaks down attitudes and thinking patterns that keep us from authentically accessing our creativity. Gilbert uses her own experiences as a writer to show ways in which we can lean into the weirdness within us and turn it into a creative superpower.
THE CREATIVE ACT: A WAY OF BEING by Rick Rubin
If you’re mildly familiar with Rick Rubin’s work as a music producer, then you’re aware that he’s not a producer in the typical sense, but more of a creative shaman. This book reads the way you’d imagine a recording session with Rubin would go as it has words of wisdom about living a happy life, practices to access your creativity, and ways to follow your creative nudges and intuition.
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