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The Creative Act
Rick Rubin
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Producer · Creative Thinker
Rick Rubin.
“Living life as an artist is a practice. You are either engaging in the practice or you’re not.”
Record producer who co-founded Def Jam Recordings and later led American Recordings, working with artists from the Beastie Boys to Johnny Cash. In The Creative Act he distills decades in the studio into a guide to living creatively.
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- Malibu, California
- Known for
- Def Jam · American Recordings
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- The Creative Act
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A way of being
The Creative Act
Rick Rubin
Creativity · 2023
The Creative Act
A way of being
Drawing on decades in the studio, Rick Rubin writes about creativity as a way of living rather than a job title. Short, meditative chapters on awareness, experimenting and letting the work lead.
Three big ideas
- Everyone is a creatorCreativity isn’t reserved for artists. It’s a way of moving through the world.
- Pay attentionAwareness is the raw material. The more closely you notice, the more there is to work with.
- Play before judgingGather and experiment freely first. Edit and decide later.
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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — Rick Rubin: jasontheexploder · CC BY 3.0 (cropped) · Austin Kleon: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Elizabeth Gilbert: Erik Charlton · CC BY 2.0 (cropped)