“This won­der­ful book came to me at a time when I was expe­ri­enc­ing a painful and des­per­ate dis­con­nec­tion from my work as a sculp­tor. I took the fast track with the book and read it in 4 days. My resis­tance, fear, uncer­tainty, grief, etc. has mirac­u­lously resolved. I have begun a new and extremely sat­is­fy­ing body of work, and I’m filled with new cre­ative energy in all aspects of my life. It was the right book at the right time for me. My hope is that it may that for you. I will always be grate­ful to Eric Maisel for writ­ing this book!” – Mary Bradley

“Since cre­ativ­ity usu­ally reveals itself in small doses (and because most cre­ative folks have short atten­tion spans), I’m drawn to creativity-related books that stick to the point and offer bite-size morsels of mate­ri­als. By pre­sent­ing his con­tent in a sequen­tial, year­long plan, Maisel gives the reader digestible, easy-to-access inspi­ra­tion and exer­cises for higher cre­ativ­ity and fresh ideas. Too many books force the reader to dig for the nuggets in vol­umes of nar­ra­tive. Maisel’s Cre­ativ­ity Book keeps the reader doing rather than dig­ging!” – Sam Har­ri­son

“Maisel con­sis­tently chal­lenges the artist to be true to his/her artis­tic self in all his books, and this is no excep­tion. The Cre­ativ­ity Book tar­gets the artist who has achieved a higher degree of self-knowledge and accep­tance. He asks the reader to choose a Dream early in the year, which will be accom­plished as the year unfolds. Each week high­lights an aspect of liv­ing as a cre­ative being, and includes exer­cises to clear the way to liv­ing more fully.

“Maisel has a no-holds-barred style that doesn’t per­mit excuses, whin­ing, or hedg­ing. His mes­sage is sim­ple: one must actively pur­sue the muse at all times, and embrace her when she appears. You don’t HAVE to do any of the exer­cises, although he’d like you to do them all. He makes it clear, how­ever, that choos­ing not to do the exer­cises is also a clear state­ment of your degree of com­mit­ment to your Dream, which ulti­mately boils down to art.

“If you’re look­ing for cod­dling, this is the wrong book. But if you’re ready to be gen­tly but firmly led to cre­ate as you know you can, Maisel leaves you with a fuller, more sat­is­fy­ing rela­tion­ship with your artis­tic self.” – M. Smith

 

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