El Acto de Crear / The Creative Act: A Way of Being - by Rick Rubin (Paperback)

About the Book

"Great music producers are often recognized for a unique sound that only they are capable of achieving. Rick Rubin is known for that and for something more: for knowing how to create a space in which artists of different genres and traditions reconnect with their deep identity and with what they really have to offer the world. Rubin has made practice of his drive to help people transcend self-imposed expectations and reconnect with a state of innocence in which the surprising becomes inevitable. Over the years, Rubin has thought a lot about where creativity comes from: where it comes from and where it doesn't, and has learned that being an artist depends not so much on a particular outcome, but on how we relate to the world. Creativity has a place in everyone's life and we can all make that space bigger. In fact, there are few human responsibilities that are more important than that The act of creating is a beautiful and generous course that illuminates the artist's path as a route we can all follow. This book distills the wisdom gathered from a lifetime's work and turns it into a luminous reading experience that has the power to create moments--and lives--of joy and transcendence within everyone's reach"--

Book Synopsis

Del legendario productor musical, un maestro en el arte de ayudar a los demás a conectar con las fuentes de su propia creatividad, llega un libro maravillosamente fraguado a lo largo de muchos años con una visión profunda de la creatividad y de la vida dirigida todo el mundo.

«Me propuse a mí mismo escribir un libro acerca de cómo crear una gran obra de arte. En lugar de eso, se reveló como un libro acerca de cómo Ser.»

Los grandes productores musicales suelen ser reconocidos por un sonido único que solo ellos son capaces de lograr. Rick Rubin es conocido por eso y por algo más: por saber crear un espacio en el que artistas de diferentes géneros y tradiciones se reencuentran con su identidad profunda y con aquello que realmente tienen que ofrecer al mundo. Rubin ha convertido en una práctica su impulso de ayudar a las personas para que trasciendan expectativas autoimpuestas y reconecten con un estado de inocencia en el que lo sorprendente se convierte en inevitable. A lo largo de los años, Rubin ha pensado mucho en el origen de la creatividad: de dónde viene y de dónde no, y ha aprendido que ser artista no depende tanto de un resultado en concreto, sino de cómo nos relacionamos con el mundo. La creatividad tiene un lugar en la vida de todas las personas y todos podemos hacer ese espacio más grande. De hecho, hay pocas responsabilidades humanas que sean más importantes que esa.

El acto de crear es un curso bello y generoso que ilumina el camino del artista como una ruta que todos podemos seguir. Este libro destila la sabiduría recogida durante el trabajo de toda una vida y la convierte en una luminosa experiencia de lectura que tiene el poder de crear momentos --y vidas-- de gozo y trascendencia al alcance de todo el mundo.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

From the legendary music producer, a master in the art of helping others connect with the sources of their own creativity, comes a book wonderfully forged over many years with a profound insight into creativity and life aimed at everyone.

"I set out to write a book about how to create a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself as a book about how to Be."

Great music producers are often recognized for a unique sound that only they are capable of achieving. Rick Rubin is known for that and for something more: for knowing how to create a space in which artists of different genres and traditions reconnect with their deep identity and with what they really have to offer the world. Rubin has made practice of his drive to help people transcend self-imposed expectations and reconnect with a state of innocence in which the surprising becomes inevitable. Over the years, Rubin has thought a lot about where creativity comes from: where it comes from and where it doesn't, and has learned that being an artist depends not so much on a particular outcome, but on how we relate to the world. Creativity has a place in everyone's life and we can all make that space bigger. In fact, there are few human responsibilities that are more important than that.

The act of creating is a beautiful and generous course that illuminates the artist's path as a route we can all follow. This book distills the wisdom gathered from a lifetime's work and turns it into a luminous reading experience that has the power to create moments--and lives--of joy and transcendence within everyone's reach.