The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use
It for Life by Twyla Tharp
Tharp Speaks To The Creative Process In All Artists And Writers
All it takes to make creativity a part of your life is the willingness to make it
a habit. It is the product of preparation and effort, and is within reach of
everyone. Whether you are a painter, musician, businessperson, or simply
an individual yearning to put your creativity to use, The Creative Habit
provides you with thirty-two practical exercises based on the lessons Twyla
Tharp has learned in her remarkable thirty-five-year career.In Wheres Your
Pencil? Tharp reminds you to observe the world -- and get it down on
paper. In Coins and Chaos, she gives you an easy way to restore order
and peace. In Do a Verb, she turns your mind and body into coworkers. In
Build a Bridge to the Next Day, she shows you how to clean the clutter
from your mind overnight.Tharp leads you through the painful first steps of
scratching for ideas, finding the spine of your work, and getting out of ruts
and into productive grooves. The wide-open realm of possibilities can be
energizing, and Twyla Tharp explains how to take a deep breath and
begin...
Personal Review: The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
by Twyla Tharp

I use this text for an English composition, level two, class, to inform
discussion and trigger freewriting that informs more formal assignments. It
works especially well for my students and me, as we are members of an
art, design and film school community. For instance, what Tharp has to say
about fear speaks to a universal character snafu/struggle in the writing and
artistic process. Her use of personal and historical vignettes to hammer her
points engages the reader/artist/writer in effective ways. Nevertheless,
whether or not you are an "out" or "closeted" writer, artist, dancer,
musician--or anything of the sort--this volume will speak volumes to your
venture--and I would have to say, to everyone's venture. Additionally, its
fresh and intriguing layout/design invite the reader to stay for more--just as
Tharp's raw, honest assessments compel the reader/artist to self-
motivation.
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