Creative Resilience

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The roller coaster of the creative process can be both exhilarating and exhausting but it is a lot more manageable when you know you are not alone</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Creative pursuits-whether a paid profession a side hustle or a leisure activity-can bring joy and meaning to the lives of artists and audiences. But they also bring challenges of motivation confidence blocks and the realities of rejection. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Creative Resilience</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> provides guidance for anyone navigating these challenges from those who have been there.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Author Erica Ginsberg includes relatable real-world examples from creatives across disciplines ages and stages of their careers including dancers musicians writers painters and filmmakers interviewed specifically for </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Creative Resilience</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. The author cites her experiences as an artist and arts administrator along with a mix of humor linguistic reframing and reflective exercises to give readers tools to manage aspects of the creative process and creative life including time management dealing with creative blocks procrastination self-confidence and many other such challenges. </span></p>