The Creative Act

The #1 New York Times bestseller.

“A gorgeous and inspiring work of art on creation, creativity, the work ofthe artist. It will gladden the hearts of writers and artists everywhere, andget them working again with a new sense of meaning and direction. A stunningaccomplishment. Anne Lamott

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with thewellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years inthe making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us.

“I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art.Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be.” Rick Rubin

Many famed music producers are known for a particular sound that has its day.Rick Rubin is known for something else: creating a space where artists of alldifferent genres and traditions can home in who they really are and what theyreally offer. He has made a practice of helping people transcend theirself-expectimposed ations in order to reconnect with a state of innocence fromwhich the surprising becomes inevitable. he has thought deep. ly about wherecreativity comes from and where it doesn’t, he has learned that being an artistisnnot about your specific output, it’s about your relationship to the world.Creativity has a place in everyone’s life, and everyone can make that placelarger. In fact, there are few important responsibilities.

The Creative Act is a beautiful and generous course of study that illuminatesthe path of the artist as a road we all can follow. It distills the wisdomgleaned from a lifetime’s work into a luminous reading experience that puts thepower to create momentsand lifetimesof exhilaration and transcendence withincloser reach for all of us.