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Creative Resilience: Reclaiming Your Power as an Artist
By Erica Ginsberg
The roller coaster of the creative process can be both exhilarating and exhausting, but it is a lot more manageable when you know you are not alone.
Whether a paid profession, a side hustle, or a leisure activity, creative pursuits can bring joy and meaning to the lives of artists and audiences. They also bring with them a host of challenges for creators – of motivation, confidence, blocks, and the realities of rejection. Creative Resilience provides guidance for anyone navigating these challenges from those who have been there.
The book includes relatable real-world examples from creatives across a number of different disciplines, ages, and stages of their careers, including dancers, musicians, writers, painters, and filmmakers who were interviewed specifically for the book. The author also draws on her own experiences and challenges as an artist and arts administrator, and uses a mix of humor, linguistic reframing, and reflective exercises to provide readers a jumping-off point to cover many challenges of the creative process and creative life.
Book Details
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"Sometimes letting go and being willing to be ordinary is just the push you need to
be your best as an artist. Let mediocrity be your muse and you will become
better and better."
"The opposite of success is apathy."
"Instead of thinking about "finding our passion," we really should think about it as "harnessing our passion." -
Creative process and struggle
Imposter syndrome
Motivation and discipline
Failure and rejection
Artistic identity -
"This book should be required reading for anyone who struggles with procrastination in their
creative pursuits! " -PMC
"A Wonderful and thoughtful look at the creative process...truly a gem." -JG