• The Creative Act 📚
• by Rick Rubin
• Publication date: 2023-01-17
• Read: Feb 1, 2025

As a long time fan of a lot of the music that Rick Rubin has produced I was really curious about his take on creativity and the pursuit of making art. And there were a lot of interesting bits in there. I found his views on the pressure to make something that will be popular and how to approach experimentation really interesting. And also the contrast of emphasizing the more structured parts like note taking and practicing was very interesting. Overall I think the book could’ve been a lot shorter as some parts felt repetitive in some ways. And of course it mostly leaves out the challenges of making a living with art. But I still overall enjoyed the book.