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Creativity & Resilience

Big Magic

Elizabeth Gilbert · 2015

Creative living, beyond fear, with curiosity as the steering wheel.

Summary

Gilbert (Eat Pray Love) makes the case for creativity as a birthright, not a profession. Inspiration is treated almost as a living force that visits people willing to do the work; perfectionism, scarcity thinking, and 'I'm not a real artist' stories shoo it away. She asks readers to follow curiosity over passion (passion can feel paralyzing), and to make things for the joy of making, not for validation.

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