It's time to penetrate deep into the creative process. These are my extensive excavation notes on Rick Rubin's book, which is more meditative than instructive; more philosophic than analytic; more silent than deadly. It's the kind of book you pull off the shelf when you've hit a creative block so that Rick Rubin can whisper the names of his favorite fruit into your ear.
Steven Pressfield on Tetragrammaton
Tarot and the Law of Cycles by Mitch Horowitz
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
The Victorian Internet episode
Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
The Outsider by Colin Wilson
Getting Things Done by David Allen
“When Dove Cry” by Prince
The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
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EX - The Creative Act (2023) Rick Rubin