Book Discussion: “The Creative Act: a Way of Being” by Rick Rubin

Join our book club discussion of “The Creative Act” by Rick Rubin. We'll explore how to use the book's practical approach to building creativity in all our lives. Come prepared to share your experiences and insights!

"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.

'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. 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. Over the years, as he has thought deeply about where creativity comes from, he has learned that being an artist isn’t about your specific output, but about your relationship to the world. Creativity has a place in everyone’s life, and everyone can make that place larger.

The Creative Act 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."

—From Penguin Random House

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