Diaundra's TL;DR - The Creative Act 👩🏽‍🎨

9 things I learned reading 'The Creative Act' - by Rick Rubin

Book takeaways 

• Living as an artist = a state of being. It’s a state of active awareness 

• The universe is only as big as our perception. When we broaden our awareness, we broaden our universe 

• Afraid to share your art? Which desire is stronger: the desire to share or the desire to protect yourself? The choice is yours 

• “Level up your taste.” Consume quality, consume intentionally. ALL the time. “The way we do anything is the way we do everything”

• There is a difference between doubting the work and doubting yourself

• True “intention” requires a full alignment of oneself. You must align conscious and unconscious beliefs, capabilities, and actions 

• Learn from children. “The impossible only becomes accessible when experience has not taught us limits.” 

• Discipline = freedom. The less occupied you are having to “think” about life the more you can “feel” art 

• “Making the simple complicated is commonplace. Making the complicated simple, that’s creativity” 

I’d love to hear what y’all are reading. DM me with any reactions or suggestions on IG or TikTok. For a full list of all my 2023 reads & what i’ll be reading next check out my ‘Table of Contents’.

Till next time, be blessed. 💕

With love,

Diaundra