Creativity Sucks, Phil Hansen
Creativity Sucks, Phil Hansen
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Creativity Sucks
And 30 Other Things I've Learned while Living a Weird, Amazing, Crazy, Creative Life

Author: Phil Hansen

Narrator: Keith McCarthy

Unabridged: 3 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 10/20/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

An essential guide for artists of all levels, on how to live and work as a creative, from a popular artist and TED speaker.

When we're kids, our parents tell us that being creative is fun, fun, fun. But when you decide to turn art into your career, whether that's painting, writing, drawing, or sculpting Edgar Allan Poe out of earthworms, that's when things get tough. Let's be honest. Creativity isn't always fun. It's also hard work.

In this insightful and heartfelt guide, artist and speaker Phil Hansen shares his hard-won wisdom from the frontlines of life as a professional creative. Paired with his edgy art, Hansen provides advice for the difficult moments--the slumps, the creative blocks, the times when something you love doesn't resonate with the world--and gives you the pep talk you need to get through the tough times. He also shares helpful tips on how to put yourself in the prime creative mindset, how to build a support system, and how to create art that sells.

This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF of illustrations from the book.

About The Author

Phil Hansen is a multimedia artist and keynote speaker whose TED Talk, "Embrace the Shake," has been viewed nearly 3 million times. He speaks to major international corporations about enhancing creativity, and several of his YouTube videos have garnered millions of views each. His art makes use of unconventional materials, including wine, mud, fire, and hamburger grease.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Geri on April 25, 2021

Easy reading and a few new ways to look at things were presented for me. Hansen is a really creative artist and has done some really innovative things with his art - loved the worm art he created and videotaped of Edgar Allen Poe as live worms were set in Poe's face. I like how he draws the works he......more

Goodreads review by Sam on April 18, 2021

Hello fellow art friends, Have you feel that you are not creative enough, or you art is not good enough? Perhaps, you haven’t drawn in a few years, but feel intimidated. Or maybe, you feel lost and drowning at sea. Well I got a book for you. “Creativity Sucks” and how painfully it relate to some of u......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on August 14, 2022

I really enjoyed this book! I'm a fine artist, and read it with this in mind, although many creatives could find the advice very useful as well. I felt inspired and ready to go, ready to battle in roadblocks in my way. I'm not much of one to get creative block, but there were lots of stories from Phi......more

Goodreads review by Ciara on May 14, 2021

This book is truly truly a wonderful guide to creative professions & making art in a society that does not highly value or understand the art making process. Hansen does an incredible job of making a point, which you immediately want to refute and yell, “NO YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND!” and then before you......more

Goodreads review by Lacie Jo on March 11, 2024

I started this last March (which I didn’t realize) and took a break from it and finally sat down and consistently read a little bit every day until I finished it. I love the ideas he has in this book and so many takeaway points about creating your artistic boundaries while also setting limitations f......more