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The Creative Habit

Learn It and Use It for Life

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The Creative Habit

By: Twyla Tharp
Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
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Summary

All it takes to make creativity a part of your life is the willingness to make it a habit. It is the product of preparation and effort, and is within reach of everyone. Whether you are a painter, musician, businessperson, or simply an individual yearning to put your creativity to use, The Creative Habit provides you with 32 practical exercises based on the lessons Twyla Tharp has learned in her remarkable 35-year career.

In "Where's Your Pencil?" Tharp reminds you to observe the world - and get it down on paper. In "Coins and Chaos", she gives you an easy way to restore order and peace. In "Do a Verb", she turns your mind and body into coworkers. In "Build a Bridge to the Next Day", she shows you how to clean the clutter from your mind overnight.

Tharp leads you through the painful first steps of scratching for ideas, finding the spine of your work, and getting out of ruts and into productive grooves. The wide-open realm of possibilities can be energizing, and Twyla Tharp explains how to take a deep breath and begin....

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As a software engineer, it is really good to see how the artists do it.

Really really good

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Mainly a vehicle for Twyla to talk about herself. Some good bits but couldn't finish it.

Mainly a vehicle for Twyla to talk about herself.

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A thoroughly absorbed listen, Tharps voice filled with determination, a real spine strengenthing conversation, really useful for starting out in 2021

Tharp the well defined creator.

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a lot of things I can apply in life right now. great for creative or non creative jobs

amazing book

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I often reflect on my work and creative practice. I think it’s one of my strengths. But this book? This book taught me more about what I’m doing as well as what needs improvement.

And it’s not just about habit. It’s about the courage to start, the “scratch” of research, and the courage to let go.

I recommend this book to any creator in any creative discipline.

Taught me more about myself than reflection alone.

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