Make Time for Creativity
Finding Space for Your Most Meaningful Work (A Self-Guide)
Format:Diary or journal
Publisher:Abrams
Published:8th Sep '20
£11.99
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A guided journal for exploring how to fit creativity and meaning into everyday life, with prompts, advice, and quotes from working artists across various disciplines
A guided journal for exploring how to fit creativity and meaning into everyday life
The first in a series of three guided journals dedicated to living a creative life, Making Time for Creativity explores how we find space in our days to express ourselves, develop our talents, and do the things that matter. This journal provides a series of writing prompts on the themes of defining work-life balance, creating daily rituals, setting intentions, meeting goals, and taking time off from creativity. Working artists from all walks of life—musicians, authors, filmmakers, dancers, designers, and visual artists—offer their responses to these prompts, providing an inspiring framework for reflecting on how you can use your own time meaningfully. In Making Time for Creativity, Brandon Stosuy, the cofounder and editor in chief of The Creative Independent, a growing resource for creative people, taps into an incredible network of talent to provide diverse (and divergent) perspectives on how creativity can be prioritized amid all the other demands on our time.
Brandon Stosuy has built so many platforms for others to explore their curiosities, and I would be beyond eager to see his own words and curiosities leaping off of the page. -- Hanif Abdurraqib * poet and author of Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest *
The Creative Independent, co-founded and edited by Brandon, is what I actually read when I want to know how other artists really work, what they feel, how they live, in more specific and intimate language than I'd ever get from any other press outlet. This has been vital in my otherwise very isolated and unique life as a working artist. I'm certain Brandon’s book will satisfy a similar need as TCI does for me, not just for artists, but for anyone who is trying to make something out of nothing, even when no one else around seems to need or want what you do. -- Mitski * award-winning musician *
Nineteen years ago Brandon Stosuy was the first professional writer (and only for a while) to articulate what it was I was trying to do emotionally with my songwriting. He also turned me on to a bunch of ways to do it better. He’s been a sort of beacon of encouragement and motivation for me every since. Brandon is really the only writer I still care about impressing. Everyone should be so lucky to have someone this wise and kind and honest around them. This book will give everyone the guidance and advice I’ve been getting for a long time. -- Matt Berninger * lead vocalist for the Grammy-winning band, The National *
Brandon Stosuy doesn’t just know the culture inside out. He is the culture. -- Ed Park * journalist, editor, and author of the novel Personal Days *
In the filtered, branded, faux-authenticized, click-bitten, hyper-performative hellscape we call modern life, Brandon Stosuy’s DIY ethos, spirit of integrity and curatorial creativity are a beacon of uncancellable light. We need his voice everywhere. -- Melissa Broder * author of So Sad Today and The Pisces *
Brandon Stosuy is a powerhouse of creativity. He has navigated a sometimes cruel world, where the spirit of the new is often maligned, and approached this negativity with both otherworldly grace and humor. Over his extensive career, he has made so many important spaces for writers, musicians, and artists, and his story is one of hope, freedom, and change. His book is sure to be worshipped for many years to come. May it nourish your own inner creative independence! -- Dorothea Lasky * mostly recently author of Milk and Animal, and co-author of Astro Poets: Your Guides to the Zodiac *
ISBN: 9781419746536
Dimensions: 210mm x 148mm x 16mm
Weight: 350g
144 pages