These books are comforting and encouraging - old friends I revisit throughout my life when I need a little boost of creativity. There are a few new additions as well.
Sections
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General Creativity
Writing
Story Telling
Drawing
Productivity
General Creativity
Resistance is the enemy and the muse shows up when we are consistent.
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner ...
Everyone is an artist and creativity is a spiritual pursuit.
The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition by Julia Cameron, Paperback
Showing up everyday is the only way. You have to take your work seriously and step up.
Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life's Work
A new addition, but the best How-To for Creativity I've read
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin, Hardcover
A follow-up to The Artists Way, it revisits a lot of the same ideas, but adds the element of integrating a simple memoir.
The Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart by Julia Cameron ...
Short and sweet, but sometimes just the boost that is needed
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
Another short and sweet one with more than enough inspiration
Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
This one comes with illustrations that speak to the kid in me
Find Your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic
I haven’t read this one yet, but it is next on my reading list.
The Creative Ambush - by Matteo Di Pascale (Paperback)
I have a love-hate relationship with this one. But it is in the rotation.
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Paperback) by Elizabeth Gilbert
This is another one on my reading list.
The Creative Habit - by Twyla Tharp (Paperback)
Writing
Writing made simple, and approached as a zen mediation practice.
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg ...
Writing as a meditative practice.
Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life - Natalie Goldberg
This one has been on my shelf for a long time and people I trust love it, but so far I have not read it.
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott, Paperback
Story Telling
Not specifically about art and creativity, but it includes the idea that artists are the heroes of our time, which I like.
A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living
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The essence of most stories
The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work
Drawing
Drawing is seeing. It is crazy how much better one can get at drawing practicing the lessons in this book.
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive, 4th Edition
Productivity
Not specifically about creativity, but comforting in the same way when it comes to productivity
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
I haven't actually read this one yet, but it is next on the list!
Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You|Hardcover
