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One of the world’s leading creative artists, choreographers, and creator of the smash-hit Broadway show, Movin’ Out, shares her secrets for developing and honing your creative talents—at once prescriptive and inspirational, a book to stand alongside The Artist’s Way and Bird by Bird. 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 thirty-two practical exercises based on the lessons Twyla Tharp has learned in her remarkable thirty-five-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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This book was a terrific read. I took it out of the library and immediately wanted to purchase it. I didn't get around to it and now I still want it but don't remember so much why I wanted it. But that is related to the main advice of the book: just do it.
Aside from just taking all the stupid crap out of our daily routine that prevents us there is a few other things, like knowing when to quit and when to keep going and knowing when to shut people out and when to get their advice.
I can't figure out why I wasn't wild about this book. Theme of creativity? Check. Lots of prompts? Check. Readable? Check.
So I really can't explain it. Maybe I'm just off a bit in my reading. In any case, for me, it was just meh.