Publisher's Synopsis
Many famed music producers are known for a particular sound that has its day and then ages out. Rick Rubin is known for something else: creating a space where artists of all different genres and traditions can home in on who they really are and what they really offer. He has made a practice of helping people transcend their self-imposed expectations in order to reconnect with a state of innocence from which the surprising becomes inevitable.
He has learned over the years that being an artist isn't just about what you produce; rather, it's about where creativity comes from and where it doesn't. It concerns your connection to the outside world. Everyone has a place for creativity in their lives, and anyone can expand that place. In fact, there are few duties that are more significant. The Creative Act is a beautiful and generous curriculum that reveals the artist's path as a path we can all follow. It distills the knowledge accumulated over a lifetime into a dazzling reading experience, bringing the power to create moments-and lifetimes-of exhilaration and transcendence closer to our collective grasp.
