The Creative ACT: A Way of Being

 
　　許多音樂製作人以擁有標誌性的風格為人所知，Rick Rubin卻以與眾不同的特點聞名──這位傳奇製作人曾參與嗆辣紅椒、愛黛兒、Jay-Z等眾多風格迥異歌手的專輯製作，他擅長打造激發創意、潛力的空間，讓音樂人能夠盡情展現自身特質、突破自我限制，揮灑出最獨特亮麗的色彩。
 
　　這些年來，當Rick Rubin深入思索創意的泉源，他發現作為一位藝術家，重點並非你所創造出的作品是如何獨特，而是你如何與世界建立連結。每個人的生活裡都存在著發揮創意的空間，而人人都能付出努力，拓展這個空間。
 
　　本書集合一切生產創意的可能性和經驗，濃縮一位創意製作人畢生的智慧，為讀者指引一條成為藝術家的道路，人人都有資格踏入這趟旅程，感受創作所帶來的力量。(文/博客來編譯)

The #1 New York Times bestseller.

＂A gorgeous and inspiring work of art on creation, creativity, the work of the artist. It will gladden the hearts of writers and artists everywhere, and get them working again with a new sense of meaning and direction. A stunning accomplishment.＂ --Anne Lamott

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the 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 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. Over the years, as he has thought deeply about where creativity comes from and where it doesn’t, he has learned that being an artist isn’t 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 place larger. In fact, there are few more important responsibilities.

The Creative Act is a beautiful and generous course of study that illuminates the path of the artist as a road we all can follow. It distills the wisdom gleaned from a lifetime’s work into a luminous reading experience that puts the power to create moments--and lifetimes--of exhilaration and transcendence within closer reach for all of us.

Rick Rubin is a nine-time GRAMMY-winning producer, named one of the ＂100 Most Influential People in the World＂ by TIME and ＂The most successful producer in any genre＂ by Rolling Stone. He has collaborated with artists from Tom Petty to Adele, Johnny Cash to Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys to Slayer, Kanye West to The Strokes, System of a Down to Jay-Z.