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Creative Thursday: Everyday Inspiration To Grow Your Creative Practice (2012)

by Marisa Anne Cummings(Favorite Author)

3.63 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1440320993 (ISBN13: 9781440320996)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

North Light Books

review 1: After showing up extremely early for an appointment, I found this in the waiting room, apparently left by another patron. I read it in less than 45 minutes, so that will give you an idea how fast a read it is. I sort of feel badly for giving this two stars, especially since the author is trying so hard to be positive and encouraging, but "it was OK" pretty much sums up how I felt about it. I will give it this, the author's illustrations and photos are adorable. A little of them go a long way for me, but I only kept reading because of the illustrations (and because I had 45 minutes to kill and my other options were sports magazines and AARP.) There just wasn't anything particularly inspiring or new in the content. After the first chapter of "OMG! I'M ACTUALLY WRITING A... more WHOLE BOOK!" with liberal sprinkles of "check out my blog!" and "I own a company!" what's left is pretty much a short checklist including things like "breathe" and some aimless, chatty rambling about how she loves doing art even when she doesn't feel inspired. It really comes off more like listening to a very talkative hyper friend give herself a pep talk than a book. It's not bad, it's just not much of anything.
review 2: In a nutshell: how to get out of a creative rut/how to start being creative dailyNotes: Very lacking. The poor book design made it hard to read even more so when coupled with the poor writing. Much of the topics were re-written in later pages as if stating a new idea when really it was just reworded and the underlying theme was just repurposed. Seemed like the book was just a way for author to showcase her (cute) paintings and name drop her blog on every page. Returning this boon ASAP. less

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