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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Crowd, The Critic And The Muse: A Book For Creators
Michael Gungor
Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art
Stephen Nachmanovitch · 216 pages
The Artist's Way
Julia Cameron · 238 pages
The Artist's Way is the seminal book on the subject of creativity. An international bestseller, millions of readers have found it to be an invaluable guide to living the artist's life. Still as vital today-or perhaps even more so-than it was when it was first published one decade ago, it is a powerfully provocative and inspiring work. In a new introduction to the book, Julia Cameron reflects upon
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
Elizabeth Gilbert · 288 pages
Elizabeth Gilbert digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity, offering insights into the mysterious nature of inspiration. She asks us to embrace our curiosity and let go of needless suffering. She shows us how to tackle what we most love, and how to face down what we most fear. She discusses the attitudes, approaches, and habits we need i
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
Amanda Palmer · 336 pages
"Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking ... Even while Amanda is both celebrated and attacked for her fearlessness in asking for help, she finds that there are important things she cannot ask for ... Part manifesto, part revelation, this is the story of an artist struggling with the new rules of exchange in the twenty-first century"--Book jacket flap.
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
Marie Kondo · 208 pages
Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your house once, you'll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever. The KonMari Method, with its revolutionary category-by-category system, leads to lasting results. In fact, no
Think Like an Artist: . . . and Lead a More Creative, Productive Life
Will Gompertz · 208 pages
The Inner Game of Music
Barry Green, W. Timothy Gallwey · 248 pages
What It Is
Lynda Barry · 208 pages
***What It Is*** demonstrates a **tried-and-true creative method** that is playful, powerful and accessible to anyone with an inquisitive wish to write or remember. Bursting with full-colour drawings, comics and collages, autobiographical sections and ***gentle creative guidance***, each page is an invigorating example of exactly ***what it is: 'The ordinary is extraordinary'.*** Lynda Barry e
How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day
Michael J. Gelb · 322 pages
Michael Gelb's How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci is an inspiring and inventive guide that teaches readers how to develop their full potential, using the principles of Da Vincian thought identified by the author. Beginning with a brief historical biography of Da Vinci and an overview of the astounding advances made in the arts and sciences during the Renaissance, Gelb illustrates the seven fundam
The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery
Sarah Lewis · 259 pages
Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself
Sabrina Ward Harrison
The Art of Creative Thinking
Rod Judkins · 288 pages
"An inspiration-sparking look at creativity, featuring brief examples of artists, writers, and innovators who have broken the mold. In succinct and engaging entries, Rod Judkins, a lecturer at the world-famous Central Saint Martin's College of Art, collects inspiring examples of creative thinkers throughout history, showing how we can all learn from them to improve our lives and our work. The Art
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
Austin Kleon · 160 pages
When asked to talk to students at Broome Community College in upstate New York in the spring of 2011, Austin Kleon wrote a simple list often things he wished he'd heard when he was their age: 'Steal like an artist; Don't wait until you know who you are to start making things; Write the book you want to read; Use your hands; Side projects are important; Do good work and put it where people can see
Make Good Art
Neil Gaiman · 80 pages
In May 2012, bestselling author Neil Gaiman delivered the commencement address at Philadelphia's University of the Arts, in which he shared his thoughts about creativity, bravery, and strength. He encouraged the fledgling painters, musicians, writers, and dreamers to break rules and think outside the box. Most of all, he encouraged them to make good art. This book, designed by renowned graphic art
Who Killed Amanda Palmer?: A Collection of Photographic Evidence
Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman
Everybody's Fly: A Life of Art, Music, and Changing the Culture
Fab 5 Freddy · 336 pages
The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
Twyla Tharp · 256 pages
Silence
John Cage · 276 pages
Silence, A Year from Monday, M, Empty Words and X (in this order) form the five parts of a series of books in which Cage tries, as he says, "to find a way of writing which comes from ideas, is not about them, but which produces them." Often these writings include mesostics and essays created by subjecting the work of other writers to chance procedures using the I Ching (what Cage called "writing t
Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring
Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan · 48 pages
Tells the story behind the creation of "Appalachian Spring," describing Aaron Copland's composition and Martha Graham's intense choreography. This book tells the story behind the creation of the dance APPALACHIAN SPRING, describing Aaron Copland's composition and Martha Graham's choreography. The coauthor is Sandra Jordan.
Start Where You Are: A Journal for Self-Exploration
Meera Lee Patel · 128 pages
David Bowie Is...
Victoria Broackes, Geoffrey Marsh · 320 pages
David Bowie is a pioneering artist and performer whose career has spanned nearly 50 years and brought him international acclaim. He has sold over 140 million albums, and been cited as a major influence on contemporary artists and designers working across the creative arts.
The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music
Victor L. Wooten · 288 pages