
The Creative Habit
Learn It and Use It for Life
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Narrated by:
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Lauren Fortgang
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By:
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Twyla Tharp
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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Inspirational and Informative
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Useful advices
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The organization of the book is also fantastic and interactive - the first part of each chapter is more narrative and is followed by a series of (well-elaborated) 3-4 exercises that are interdisciplinary in nature but have proven to be/seem to be (I still have to try a lot of them out) quite useful.
It started to work its magic after chapter 2!
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Excellent
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Not just for dancers! Any creative!
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Ahhh…. Unexpectedly Fantastic!
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Nice but could have been more
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Too much name dropping and dancing references
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great book
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If you have any creative component to your work-life, you should listen to this book by Twyla Tharp. It's about facing the blank canvas of creativity and overcoming all of the distractions, fears, and roadblocks to getting creative work done.And a terrific narrator, too.
Highly recommended!
A much-needed shout-out to good habits
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