Books for Creatives:
These books have given me profound creative inspiration and contain invaluable gems of wisdom for those seeking to live a more creative life:
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
This is a must for anyone who wants to live a more creative life. It contains great exercises and reflections and is such a practical guide to implement habits, mindsets and lifestyle shifts to boost creativity and joy in your every day life.
Culture Care: Reconnecting with Beauty for Our Common Life by Makoto Fujimura
I highly recommend it to all artists and supporters of the arts. I was so moved by the description of culture as not a territory to be won but a garden to steward with care in which we become generative and feed our culture's soul with beauty, creativity, and generosity.
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Feeling stuck, unmotivated, constantly procrastinating? This book is for you. It introduced to me on a deeper level of the idea of “resistance” we all experience as creatives and how to overcome these barriers.
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
This is the book on creativity I keep coming back to. Anytime I’m in a creative rut, doubting my path or needing inspiration, I always flip through the pages of this book and stumble across a gem of wisdom I needed to hear. This book is such a gift.
Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
This is such a delightful read. It truly helped me understand the concept that “nothing is original” and opened my eyes to the inspiration all around us.
Feck Perfuction by James Victore
This book contains so much practical wisdom and is a must read for all struggling to find their voice, confidence, purpose and path as a creative.
Your Blue Flame by Jennifer Fulwiler
A true gem I read during Spring 2020, when I needed it most. This book will help you discover and more fully live out your “blue flame,” your personal passion. The perfect book for anyone in a funk or feeling lost in their purpose.