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Published by Diana Editorial · Arts · ISBN 9788411191067

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Music producer Rick Rubin, who has worked with artists such as Johnny Cash, Adele, Black Sabbath and Jay-Z, gathers what he has learned about creativity: where it comes from, how to look after it and how to shed one's own expectations. He arranges it in 78 short "areas of thought" and argues that being an artist has more to do with how one relates to the world than with any particular result.

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For musicians, writers, designers and anyone who makes something creative or wants to start, whatever their field. Its tone is more reflective and spiritual than that of a technical manual, though it includes practical advice.
Why people still read it
Writers and creators such as Anne Lamott, Matt Haig, Jony Ive and J. J. Abrams have recommended it, and Haig compared it to Stephen King's On Writing.

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