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Rick Rubin

The Creative Act: A Way of Being

The Creative Act: A Way of Being

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Rick Rubin is known for 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 learned that being an artist isn't about specific output, but about relationship to the world. The Creative Act is a course of study that illuminates the path of the artist as a road we all can follow, distilling the wisdom gleaned from a lifetime's work into a luminous reading experience.

Format: Hardback
Length: 432 pages
Publication date: 17 January 2023
Publisher: Canongate Books



The Sunday Times Bestseller
The New York Times Bestseller
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2023
Shortlisted for the Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2023


Many renowned 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.


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.

Weight: 602g
Dimension: 224 x 160 x 39 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781838858636
Edition number: Main

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