#the creative act - a way of being

[aibidil]

"The object isn't to make art, / it's to be in that wonderful state / which makes art inevitable." —Robert Henri

#art #creativity #robert henri #this is from the epigraph of #the creative act a way of being #by #rick rubin #I'm just starting it but it's slammed me with this already #writing

[stillsofherlife]

been so stressed with work lately that i feel like losing touch with who i deeply am and all the things that brought me joy. Days like these I know if I don’t go back to my habit of reading another breakdown will come and my sanity will surely be at stake.

I can’t finish a single book in more than two months but still flipping through a few pages here and there (an excuse yes–the lighting in my temp bedroom is horrible). I jumped back and forth between different books (my tendency which is mostly based on the mood that week), re-read the first few chapters of The Voyage Out three times (had only read her diaries and letters only) and thank goodness I started to grasp the plot better now. Bought Circe today (a sensation few years ago), potentially to be a favourite read since I grew up listening and reading stories of Greek mythology.

time to dive back and let it carry me away (reality is dreadful, we all know that well).

#books and reading #bookblr #i read #currently reading #moodboard #books #the voyage out #virginia woolf #circe #madeline miller #rick rubin #the creative act a way of being

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

i only just found your au and i need everyone to have a happy ending so badly im gonna cry ;-; sally is gonna be so freakin upset when she wakes up for real and sees she decimated barnaby.

oh, Barnaby already has his arm stitched back on when she wakes up! and really, even if he didn't, that'd be the Least of her worries. she wakes up into a Real nightmare - partially of her (unintentional) making

#happy endings... well... yes and no. depends on what act you look at #act one? no! actually things get So Much Worse in an entirely festive new way! #act two? eh! sorta! its more bittersweet than anything #act three and four blend into each other so much that three doesn't have an 'ending' #but the final act - act four... well. who's to say! im still workshopping what i want to happen #but i do know it's still gonna have at Least a bittersweet tinge to it #wh lights out au #rambles from the bog #there are consequences and not everyone Makes It. i dont like stories where everything wraps up perfectly fine #even if it hurts! i like it when things hurt in a good way. those stories where the ending is overall positive #but Enough Happened that its just... its an ache. looking at where someone used to be. you know? #my favorite shows and books and fics have ended with me smiling while sobbing bc it yes it Hurts but it was So Fucking Good #and while i wouldnt be able to handle rewatching/rereading due to Emotional Damage... #i think of them fondly and often and theyre Important to me #perfectly happy endings just rub me wrong. it always feels like there's something Missing despite it all being idyllic #i cant let my own stories - original or aus or whatever - have that kind of end #so if thats what people are hoping for! you've come to the wrong person and the wrong au! #i like to be kind but that rarely extends to my creative works! #i like it messy and painful and bittersweet and i like to be Ruthless with my creations with no compromise #sometimes characters need to fight. or leave. or die. or make serious mistakes. etc. #but anyway! anyway.... #i will say that there isn't a happy ending for Everyone. and for others it's... complicated. again - bittersweet

[maddy-ferguson]

#me

#this is what the average person on tumblr is missing. what i meant when i said the average person on tumblr should see misogynistic men talk #on the internet regularly they would benefit from that #not incels or andrew tate guys. normal guys #in november #and like i say: brf slt #i remember in 2016 when i was just getting into feminism as like a thing of the present the big thing on french twitter was for guys to say #meuf = pute: girl = whore. they would just say this. 24/7. not even a creative way to be misogynistic. but i was like oh! #then when girls would talk about getting harassed they would be like you made this up you're too ugly a film directed by quentin #tarantino etc. i think one of the most frustrating things they do is say no boy has ever sexually harassed a girl in middle school because #all they thought about at that age (that age being. from 11 to 15) was football and video games like OH MY GOD we were literally there #i mean no there's worse a lot worse but it's one of the most annoying ones like how are you all coming together to collectively #gaslight us #i could give more examples but it's not that interesting just these people HATE US!!!!!! #it's never just one or two guys or even ten or even twenty it's SO MANY PEOPLE just united by their hatred of women...heartwarming #in a way #but whatever i know people are awful on the internet or whatever but these people exist irl i'm pretty sure. im just not blissfully unaware #i'm sure that's nice. it's probably a bliss even. frustrating for normal people who have to interact with that though #or maybe not for normal people misogyny is a very widespread thing idk if you know this...frustrating for me! #like why does seeing frankly misogynistic tweets kinda not bother me as much as seeing posts that act like misogyny isn't a thing. at least #they're honest!!!!! #like it does feel very bad. but i'm used to it. kind of

[silenthillbunni]

the problem with my neighbor being an upperclass 19yr old incel is that he thinks he is in the right and trying to reason w him like a normal person doesnt work ://

#i actually left him a note a while ago #and i did research and read forums and stuff and i wrote what other ppl suggested #but even if that note was not aggressive at all.. this incel seemed to only get mad and has acted even worse after 🙄 #i wish i was a psycho and didnt have avpd bc then i could scare him but im too anxious to just talk to him lol #i wish i was creative and could come up w ways i could mess w him and make his life insufferable #without it being illegal or smth that can get me in trouble lol T-T but im just like #wow i wanna smash his face in w a hammer !!!! if i do that tho... jail!!!!! :((

[firein-thesky]

i’m sorry i haven’t answered asks or been very present!! i’m gonna try to answer some tomorrow and sunday!!

#and then i think i’m gonna take a lil tentative hiatus #not bc of anything on here #my life is just very busy right now in both positive and negative ways! #i’m gonna be applying for creative writing and acting mfa programs #and i just need to focus there right now!! #i miss being more active and writing fun fic 💔 #but my career and life has gotta come first you know!! #if anyone has any advice for applying to mfas i’d gladly take it lol #cielo rambles!

[luvring]

i totally get being annoyed/frustrated w x reader writers not adding read mores or tagging properly but hating on them Just Because they write x reader is craazyyy to me like what is inherently wrong w that. u can say u think a lot is written poorly but that has nothing to do w the basic act of writing x reader fics

#💬nia.rambles #x reader #// Rant !!!! #im doing my best to use the 'x reader' tag now / keeping off other tags etc etc but like #JUST for the Act of writing x reader . as if that is such a horrible stupid baffling thing #also. the thing abt being poorly written #like . theres a lot of writing out there that u can consider poorly written. #and in basically any other circumstance id see way more support for beginner writers / writing what makes u happy / etc #just. not here i guess. #like i GET the read mores and tagging. every time i see someone not add a read more i get annoyed #i used to use the main tags btw so My Bad srsly. i get it. its understandable #but like. mannn. u guys hold a lot of illogical levels of hatred in ur hearts i simply dont see the point of #esp if ur fine w ocs or play dating sims/done an optional romance route or have daydreamed abt a fictional chara etc #u r One Maybe Two steps away from the x reader community. at some point u have Understood/Stepped inside. some of u are LITERALLY in it #smth as simple as making hcs abt how a chara would react to smth is literally x reader behaviour like. jesus. let people be happy #also theres so many genuinely good x reader fics. like theres so many skilled creative ppl in this community #sorry if u never experienced nor will experience that. 2nd person pov can b difficult but pays off if done well imo #i dont usually take the aggression towards x reader to heart but it has definitely ruined my day before LOL

[doinbetter]

2024 priorities

minimalism - focus only on the essentials in every part of your life! quality > quantity

peace / anxiety management - learn to live fully in the present, without worrying on the past or future. find healthier ways to cope with anxiety - yoga, sleep, warm showers / foot soaks, redirection. prioritize your peace by removing stressors from your life, whether through problem-solving or detachment.

community - open yourself up to new or deepening relationships. find ways to serve your community! get out of the house more. visit new places and revisit your favorites. become a regular!

#note to MYSELF #i also have a goal to “be hot” but that literally just means caring for my appearance and acting in ways that i find attractive #Like keeping up w hobbies / being creative / committing to your goals

[tekutiger]

Listening without prejudice is how we grow and learn as people. More often than not, there are no right answers, just different perspectives. The more perspectives we can learn to see, the greater our understanding becomes. Our filter can begin to more accurately approach what truly is, rather than a narrow sliver interpreted through our bias.

― Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

#quote #quotes #book quotes #rick rubin #spilled ink #writing #literature #creativity #artists #content creators #listening #perspectives #The Creative Act: A Way of Being

[olexxx]

hiii lex i am curious if you have any ideas on what the toon maitlands would look like/what they could add to the show/what their role would be? i’ve never watched the cartoon (in part because they aren’t in it /lh) but i’d love to hear your input :3

i have thought about it previously, but if im honest i could never come up with a good idea/design for them, since cartoon seems to be such a seperate media from everything else

while theres some continuation and reoccuring characters, basically no one has a backstory there, not to say that we cant just make things up, im just having trouble weaving their lore into the cartoon

#it almost feels like the cartoon replaced maitlands with jaques and ginger. squints #i even thought of them being still alive in the cartoon and being one of the neighbors? #idk its just. so hard. im not having any creative thoughts on the matter. #episode idea: #the ep where doomy falls in love fucking annoys me because of the way lydia acted there so #instead of that she sees maitlands having such a good relationship and thats the focus of her admiration #does that make sense? #probably not im tired #ask olex #friends tag

[dustedmagazine]

Rick Rubin (with Neil Strauss) — The Creative Act: A Way of Being (Canongate)

Mega-producer and record label magnate Rick Rubin brings us his first book (co-written with Neil Strauss), The Creative Act: A Way of Being. At 404 pages, the book is a surprisingly breezy read, giving some insight into how Rubin approaches the art of being creative. Which for him boils down to a way of being. Those looking for juicy anecdotes about recording sessions with Johnny Cash, LL Cool J, Slayer, The Red Hot Chili Peppers or any of the other innumerable artists Rubin has worked with will be disappointed. But for those curious about the modus operandi behind one of the most influential record producers of the last 50 years, and how this might relate to one's own life, The Creative Act: A Way of Being could prove useful.

Admittedly, I was at first skeptical when the book caught my eye in a bookstore window. I was like, That Rick Rubin, the producer?  Well, why shouldn't an immensely successful record producer know something about creativity? It was more the framing of this knowledge as a way of being that caused a brief spate of disbelief on my part. Growing up in Los Angeles (The Land of Fruits and Nuts, as my hard-scrabble relatives in South Boston referred to California in general) I was used to seeing books from dime-store gurus. Edgar Cayce, Ram Dass and Timothy Leary paperbacks lined my mother's bookshelves. I had girlfriends who went to Golden Dawn temples, friends who dragged me along to channeling sessions for some deity from Venus. It was hard for me to take any of this very seriously.

Maybe it was the extreme disconnect between Rubin's commercial background and his espoused role as a seer that pushed me over the edge and caused me to buy the book. The opening quote from American artist Robert Henri sets the tone for what follows: The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable. The book therefore provides less a toolbox for working on one's life than a series of vignettes where Rubin extrapolates on various contingencies related to achieving a state of mind and spirit where creativity is possible. Some of these topics include, Listening, Self-Doubt, Non-Competition, Freedom, Inspiration and Awareness. Basically anything which Rubin feels has pertained to his creative process is included in this book.

Ironically, what came more to mind while reading this was not Rick Rubin's background but the German artist Joseph Beuys' famous dictum, Everyone is an artist (Jeder Mensch ist ein Künstler). Unlike Rubin, Beuys did not frame his belief as much in the context of a spiritual journey, but like Rubin he did see himself as a kind of shaman or teacher who could lead society onward to a new — and more positive — direction by unleashing the creative possibilities each person innately possessed but perhaps did not know they had. For Beuys, this would later morph into a concept of social sculpture, where the creative state in each person would further society as a productive, forward-thinking organism.

This would also be the gist of Rubin's book. He's not trying to tell us how to make a better record, write a more catchy song, more successfully promote an artist's career (although all these things are mentioned tangentially throughout the book) but to help people realize their own unique creative strengths in the hopes of steering society in a less self-destructive direction. Though the main text and sprinkling of aphorisms scattered liberally throughout the book often verged for me on a kind of treacly sweetness, in the end I came away feeling that Rubin had really made a sincere attempt to show people the way to something they might not have realized they'd had all along.

The most inspiring take-away from the book would be this sense that even in a person's everyday life there is this great wellspring of energy to approach the most mundane tasks from a creative standpoint. That being creative doesn't necessarily mean creating something, making some beautiful object. It's about a state of mind where creativity equates with a way of existence, of approaching life with an awareness that will put one in a place where they can reconnect to a life energy which, at the very least, will lead one to experiencing a more personally fulfilling existence.

All this being said, the book also includes many concrete examples of how to circumvent creative dilemmas and meltdowns, whether this be in the recording studio or just trying to make it through a workday. Though Rubin seldom mentions people he's collaborated with by name in the book, he gives numerous examples of how he works in the studio — not necessarily microphone placement or which effects he used, but more how he guided various recording artists on an inspirational or spiritual level to realize their full creative potential. And in this context the book moves beyond its often sentimental, esoteric trappings to provide some real-world advice for people, whatever their vocation in life, to find a new way of being.

Jason Kahn

#rick rubin #neal strauss #the creative act: a way of being #canongate #jason kahn #bookreview #dusted magazine #creativity

[mantisgodsdomain]

"oh, yeah," we think, "we could probably cross this over into Li nked Uni verse if we actually draw out the canon for long enough, smacking different versions of the same character into each other is always fun especially when it has the potential for massive cultural differences and shit like running into things where the thing that has been forgotten has significance beyond the things that are remembered. Hey, we should probably check the comic in order to comply with the six-month rule, we don't think we ever finished-"

We return from the reference images. We have remembered why we didn't finish looking into the base comic.

#we speak #negative chatter #moving one level of fandomization away from og LU to merely use them as inspiration for bootleg LU with more base game inspiration #we forgot why we had the author blocked. we remember now #we probably wont elaborate further on this because we keep a firm policy of not publically shit talking folk at random #we just kinda got Unexpectedly Sandblasted by them being weird abt furries&otherkin in a random twi light reference post #we are censoring this so it does not go into their tag btw! no one likes random shit talk and this is just us being vaguely pissy #the wording is vague enough that they feel like theyre like. they dont mean to imply they DISLIKE this group #they just find them strange and offputting and they strongly dislike that they project anything onto A Character #as we do not control their life and theres nothing we can do to force them to Not be uncomfortable or act Strange towards a group #all we can really do is like. scrunge up at an attitude we find it VERY difficult to mesh with and go our separate ways #the multitude of takes on these characters and the way that their fandom is so creative about them and produces so many different Ideas #is very fun! and we heavily enjoy reading it sometimes! however we cannot enjoy the base comic #because though we know that the author likely didnt intend it to come off like that and we know accusations of hate would be FAR too strong #we cannot shake the feeling that we are the sort of thing that they would look upon as a deeply offputting aberration #and they merely avoid voicing that out of a mix of manners and a wish to not get into discourse while hundreds of people are watching #so it is best to keep our distance where we don't have to be uncomfortable at the subtle bias that will pervade through all art #and they dont have to get grated against in ways that may negatively impact things from us having little shame in our existence #which is to say theres like a solid chance that the bias is not malicious and is in fact just like. lingering cultural bias type shit #however we arent gonna deal with that and us being a huge obnoxious weirdo might be liable to push them against us via abrasion #being exposed to smth more often can very easily actively push you against that thing by virtue of dislike of the people who like it #and though our individual action may not mean much in the scheme of things it will do less harm to both of us if we back the hell off #give that shit some time to soak without being prodded at too hard and hopefully someone else will be able to open the conversation better #because with bias especially you CANNOT break it down with one or two discussions #and you very much have to have the person with the bias willing to step back and examine that pattern of bias and unravel it #because if you go up at people like “this is WRONG and heres why” theyre far more likely to get defensive and feel attacked #and then double down because they feel attacked and don't want to give in to people who have been Nothing But Rude To Them #its a pattern of thought that can be a real bitch to deal with and we really arent capable of the subtle approach it requires to break thro #anyways. where were we. oh yeah we forgot why we blocked someone and now we're making a tumblr post about it

[simptasia]

before televisions and computers, we had books. before books we had paintings and drawings. before paintings and drawings, we had verbal storytelling. now we have all of these things at once

aren't we so very fucking lucky!

#humans will invent amazing things and then a section of humans will dunk on other humans for using said amazing things #also stories are millions of ways to express the sheer beauty and rawness of our very souls #in ways that involving the act of creation. the ache of creativity #we yearn to create with such a need that we clearly inherited from god himself! made in his image indeed #the human capacity for story telling is a gift #i have no doubts there are other sapient beings in the universe who do it too #but right now. on this planet. creativity is so our hat #i can't reduce humanity to one word but i can do a few and ''creative'' and ''imaginative'' is two of 'em #the others would be ''determined'' ''stubborn'' ''reckless'' ''loyal'' and ''insane''. oh and ''inventive'' duh #inventive is much like creative but i gotta shout out to how inventive humans are because thats Our Thing #other animals have like strength and speed and we have our juicy powerful brains #thinking up very specific machines and chemical combinations #guys we're so fucking cool. you ever notice that

[d-i-x-i-t]

Sometimes disengaging is the best way to engage.

Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being (p. 87)

#Rick Rubin #Rick Rubin quote #the creative act #a way of being #creativity

[kurokoros]

something something it’s kind of fucked up that the narrative punishes Steve for assuming Nancy cheated on him, had Steve change for/because of Nancy, and abandon his (not actually that terrible) friends for Nancy, only for S2 to come along and reveal that Nancy only settled for Steve because Jonathan didn’t ask her out fast enough, and then she actually does cheat on Steve with Jonathan and

#also I'm not saying that because steve changed he deserves nancy because she's some kind of prize #so just jot that down #i just think it's a little fucked up that the narrative made nancy THE ONLY THING steve had in S2 #because the show acts like he didn't have any other friends aside from tommy and carol even though he's popular and on 3 sport teams #and then she literally went and did the thing that steve was the bad guy for assuming happened the season prior #what was the point duffers? what was the point in getting them back together in the first place? #there were more creative ways to include steve in the first half of S2 that didn't involve him being nancy's boyfriend #give him characterization outside his love interests dammit #stranger thoughts

[huyouallure]