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The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life Paperback - 2006
by Twyla Tharp
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This inspiring, encouraging guide will show every reader--from the author facing a bad case of writer's block, to the business person looking to secure a deal--how to achieve his or her fullest creative potential.
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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...
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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Readers largely praised Twyla Tharp’s The Creative Habit for its pragmatic, habit-based approach to creativity, noting concrete routines, start-up rituals, and exercises that translate across disciplines and boost focus and output. Many singled out ideas like using simple cues to begin work, “muscle memory,” project “spines,” and structured planning. Critics, however, took issue with a stern, sometimes hectoring tone, perceived elitism and privilege, a male-centric canon of examples, and a focus that can feel more memoir than manual. Overall, it’s viewed as a disciplined framework for sustaining creativity that rewards flexible, selective reading.
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- Title The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
- Author Twyla Tharp
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Simon & Schuster, U.S.A.
- Publication date 2006-01-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780743235273 / 0743235274
- Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 9.05 x 7.01 x 0.62 in (22.99 x 17.81 x 1.57 cm)
- Category Self-Help
- Library of Congress subjects Creative ability, Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005285389
- Dewey Decimal Code 153.35
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- New York Times, 02/05/2006, Page 24
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