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Creativity, says award-winning director/choreographer Tharp, is not restricted to artists: anyone can harness and replenish creativity with routine and discipline. Forget "natural genius." Good work habits and preparation for creativity, complete with rituals, whether they be playing music while painting or carrying one's coffee outdoors to write, are the keys to maximizing creative potential, not only for artistic expression but also for problem solving, being innovative at work, and good parenting. A working environment that is habit-forming is the goal, Tharp continues, one that fits your "creative DNA," that which innately makes up your particular "focal length," the pull between involvement and detachment. In an age of multitasking, Tharp urges readers to give up "distraction." This is a multifaceted resource complete with exercises (written, visual, and physical), questionnaires, and interesting anecdotes that's sure to win Tharp many new fans, as much for her obvious talent as a self-help guru as for her own extraordinary creativity. Whitney Scott
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If this guide to creativity is as insouciant and quirky as Tharp's dances, it should be really fun reading.
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I was attracted to this book because I like to get ideas for how to improve my writing from reading about what others use to feed their creative efforts. I have been an admirer of Twyla Tharp's for a long time, and feel slightly connected to her by having attended the same high school after she graduated and knowing her twin brothers and sister there.
The Creative Habit is a remarkable book on creative activities that anyone involved in dance, music, painting, sculpting, writing or theater will find very relevant. If you have a good imagination, you will also be able to extend the concepts here to other fields that require creativity such as business.
Where most books on creativity focus on helping you get into a brief creative groove, Ms. Tharp's work focuses on having that groove all the time in your life. Her book is informed by not only her own very creative career . . . but also by extensive contact with other creative people and having read about how others have created in the past. I found her to be the best read person on creativity whose writing I have seen.
Some of the issues she addresses include how to get started ("I Walk into a White Room"), preparation processes ("Rituals of Preparation"), your creative perspective ("Your Creative DNA"), drawing on your experiences ("Harness Your Memory"), getting your research and organized ("Before You Can Think out of the Box, You Have to Start with a Box"), finding inspiration when you have none ("Scratching"), taking advantage of the unexpected ("Accidents Will Happen"), having a clear idea of what you are trying to create ("Spine"), becoming competent in the necessary disciplines ("Skill"), dealing with stalls ("Ruts and Grooves"), learning from setbacks ("An 'A' in Failure"), and building on what you have done before to be more creative ("The Long Run"). Each chapter has exercises, many of which were new to me. I found the idea of either moving or thinking about moving to add new dimensions to my understanding of creative problems I am trying to solve now.
I felt tremendously validated to find that most of my writing habits are identical to Ms. Tharp's ones for choreography. I even keep boxes full of material for projects I'm working on.
The material in the book on how she switched from being a choreographer who could dance all of her roles to one who had to use others to dance those roles was especially interesting. Few works on creativity talk about how to shift from doing to enabling others to do as part of your creativity.
I was impressed that she disciplines more hours of her day than I do. That made me realize that I have room to improve in my creative habits . . . and inspired me to want to improve. That was a great gift.
If you want to be more creative in your profession, I strongly urge you to read and apply this book. It will make an enormous difference in the long run!
Thanks you, Ms. Tharp! Please take another bow!!
The Creative Habit is a remarkable book on creative activities that anyone involved in dance, music, painting, sculpting, writing or theater will find very relevant. If you have a good imagination, you will also be able to extend the concepts here to other fields that require creativity such as business.
Where most books on creativity focus on helping you get into a brief creative groove, Ms. Tharp's work focuses on having that groove all the time in your life. Her book is informed by not only her own very creative career . . . but also by extensive contact with other creative people and having read about how others have created in the past. I found her to be the best read person on creativity whose writing I have seen.
Some of the issues she addresses include how to get started ("I Walk into a White Room"), preparation processes ("Rituals of Preparation"), your creative perspective ("Your Creative DNA"), drawing on your experiences ("Harness Your Memory"), getting your research and organized ("Before You Can Think out of the Box, You Have to Start with a Box"), finding inspiration when you have none ("Scratching"), taking advantage of the unexpected ("Accidents Will Happen"), having a clear idea of what you are trying to create ("Spine"), becoming competent in the necessary disciplines ("Skill"), dealing with stalls ("Ruts and Grooves"), learning from setbacks ("An 'A' in Failure"), and building on what you have done before to be more creative ("The Long Run"). Each chapter has exercises, many of which were new to me. I found the idea of either moving or thinking about moving to add new dimensions to my understanding of creative problems I am trying to solve now.
I felt tremendously validated to find that most of my writing habits are identical to Ms. Tharp's ones for choreography. I even keep boxes full of material for projects I'm working on.
The material in the book on how she switched from being a choreographer who could dance all of her roles to one who had to use others to dance those roles was especially interesting. Few works on creativity talk about how to shift from doing to enabling others to do as part of your creativity.
I was impressed that she disciplines more hours of her day than I do. That made me realize that I have room to improve in my creative habits . . . and inspired me to want to improve. That was a great gift.
If you want to be more creative in your profession, I strongly urge you to read and apply this book. It will make an enormous difference in the long run!
Thanks you, Ms. Tharp! Please take another bow!!
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Auf dieses Buch bin ich vor einigen Wochen beim Stöbern auf einer amerikanischen Website aufmerksam geworden: Die Autorin ist eine bekannte Choreografin in den USA, die auf internationalen Bühnen, für Fernsehen und Kino und Musicals tätig ist.
"The Creative Habit" ist kein typischer Ratgeber, der theoretisch an die Sache herangeht, sondern es ist ein praktisches, manchmal philosophisch angehauchtes Buch, in dem die Autorin aus ihrem eigenen Alltag und über ihre Gewohnheiten erzählt und daraus "Regeln" und Anstöße für die eigene Kreatitivät ableitet. Jedes Kapitel enthält außerdem eine Handvoll Übungen, die der Leser für sich selbst ausprobieren kann, um in jeder Phase des kreativen Prozesses loszulegen beziehungsweise neue Sichtweisen zu gewinnen.
Mir gefällt besonders gut, dass Disziplin dabei eine wesentliche Rolle zugeteilt bekommt. Kreatitivät ist eben nicht nur die berühmte Muse, die küsst oder auch nicht, sondern es steckt viel Fleiß und Übung drin.
Da die Autorin Choreografin ist, sind die Beispiele auch immer aus der künstlerischen Ecke: So erfährt man beispielsweise, dass Fred Astaire extrem hart arbeitete und stundenlang vor dem Spiegel übte, damit das Endergebnis so aussah, als wäre es völlig locker und würde keinerlei Anstrengung erfordern. Oder die Autorin beschreibt, wie sie jeden Tag im Morgengrauen erst einmal für zwei Stunden ins Fitnessstudio fährt: Sie steht auf, nimmt sich ein Taxi und macht Sport. Die Gewohnheit dabei ist für sie nicht das Sporteln, sondern das Taxi! In dem Moment, wo sie im Taxi sitzt und dem Fahrer die Adresse des Fitnessstudios nennt, ist klar, dass jetzt erstmal Sport angesagt ist.
Das Buch ist leider nur auf Englisch erhältlich.
Inhalt: I walk into a White Room - Rituals of Preparation - Your Creative DANN - Harness Your Memory - Before You Can Think out of the Box, You Have to Start with a Box - Scratching - Accidents Will Happen - Spine - Skill - Ruts and Grooves - An "A" in Failure - The Long Run.
Ich empfehle das Buch allen, die sich auch für Kunst interessieren: Viele der Beispiele sind natürlich aus dem Arbeitsalltag der Autorin und befassen sich mit Musik, Tanz und Choreografie. Auch wenn die Tipps im Buch davon unabhängig sind, ist das Buch doch vom künstlerischen Blickwinkel sehr durchdrungen und spricht schwerpunktmäßig Leute an, die künstlerisch tätig sind.
"The Creative Habit" ist kein typischer Ratgeber, der theoretisch an die Sache herangeht, sondern es ist ein praktisches, manchmal philosophisch angehauchtes Buch, in dem die Autorin aus ihrem eigenen Alltag und über ihre Gewohnheiten erzählt und daraus "Regeln" und Anstöße für die eigene Kreatitivät ableitet. Jedes Kapitel enthält außerdem eine Handvoll Übungen, die der Leser für sich selbst ausprobieren kann, um in jeder Phase des kreativen Prozesses loszulegen beziehungsweise neue Sichtweisen zu gewinnen.
Mir gefällt besonders gut, dass Disziplin dabei eine wesentliche Rolle zugeteilt bekommt. Kreatitivät ist eben nicht nur die berühmte Muse, die küsst oder auch nicht, sondern es steckt viel Fleiß und Übung drin.
Da die Autorin Choreografin ist, sind die Beispiele auch immer aus der künstlerischen Ecke: So erfährt man beispielsweise, dass Fred Astaire extrem hart arbeitete und stundenlang vor dem Spiegel übte, damit das Endergebnis so aussah, als wäre es völlig locker und würde keinerlei Anstrengung erfordern. Oder die Autorin beschreibt, wie sie jeden Tag im Morgengrauen erst einmal für zwei Stunden ins Fitnessstudio fährt: Sie steht auf, nimmt sich ein Taxi und macht Sport. Die Gewohnheit dabei ist für sie nicht das Sporteln, sondern das Taxi! In dem Moment, wo sie im Taxi sitzt und dem Fahrer die Adresse des Fitnessstudios nennt, ist klar, dass jetzt erstmal Sport angesagt ist.
Das Buch ist leider nur auf Englisch erhältlich.
Inhalt: I walk into a White Room - Rituals of Preparation - Your Creative DANN - Harness Your Memory - Before You Can Think out of the Box, You Have to Start with a Box - Scratching - Accidents Will Happen - Spine - Skill - Ruts and Grooves - An "A" in Failure - The Long Run.
Ich empfehle das Buch allen, die sich auch für Kunst interessieren: Viele der Beispiele sind natürlich aus dem Arbeitsalltag der Autorin und befassen sich mit Musik, Tanz und Choreografie. Auch wenn die Tipps im Buch davon unabhängig sind, ist das Buch doch vom künstlerischen Blickwinkel sehr durchdrungen und spricht schwerpunktmäßig Leute an, die künstlerisch tätig sind.
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Make it a habit.
23. Oktober 2003
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Twyla Tharp's new book, The Creative Habit, is
1. Practical and straightforward, two attributes to be expected from a dancer. Dancers wrestle daily with the obstinacies of the flesh. It's not about smoke and mirrors. It's about hard work and commitment, the "habit" of showing up to do the work and developing one's creativity in the process.
2. Literary and literate. Tharp quotes the Bible, Dostoyevsky, Mozart, and many other greats of the Western Canon to illustrate her points and show that the struggle to be creative is nothing new and that great artists have fought the same battles as anyone who strives to create.
3. Accessible. There's no mystery or theory of genius here other than the habit of work. Tharp constantly makes the point that we have to establish habits for our creative pursuits or the work will not get done and the creativity will have no place to manifest.
4. Myth Busting. Mozart didn't get his musical genius from On High; in fact, he worked his fingers into early deformity from practicing so much. Not that Tharp proposes hurting oneself in the creative quest. She's merely making the point that practice is supreme, not sitting around waiting for the muse to make an appearance. Her choice of Mozart is historical, but I've heard similar about Michael Jordan. When other ball players were out doing whatever, Jordan was on the court practicing his shots.
5. Encouraging. One of America's greatest choreographers shares her demons with us, so we know our fears aren't "special," and no, they won't go away with success, so stop with the "if only." Wrestling demons is just part of the process; it comes with the territory.
I love the layout of this book: an airy, elegant use of color, font, and white space, which parallels the visual of her stage work. Tharp is very generous in sharing details of her work regimen and her methods for getting things done. Obviously it works for her. The good news is that because her methods are so practical, they can work for others, too.
Tharp uses photos very sparingly in this book, so if you're looking for a photo history of her career or her company, this isn't the book. She focuses on the Creative Habit and she doesn't make herself or her work the center of the story; she draws on the experience and history of many well-known artistic giants and a few lesser known artists as well.
If you want to create or you're interested in the creative process, don't wait for the paperback. I've seen many books on creativity, but this is by far the most practical and accessible one I've read. Tharp knows that it takes hard work and good habits to create something tangible, and she doesn't waste our precious time on mystical mumbo jumbo or some magical "way" of the artist. It's the work, folks.
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Excellent Guide to Mastering the Creative Life
30. September 2003
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
This is an excellent guide to mastering the creative life for any creative professional (or as Tharp suggests, it's for any personal creativity as well). Full of great anecdotes, excellent quotes, usable activities and exercises, and most importantly, full of advice and questions that make the reader reassess their goals and their career. The book is thin and some pages occasionally have larger text for emphasis, but don't let that deceive you. It's a vast storehouse of knowledge: ranging from Mozart, to Dostoevsky, to childhood photographs, to how to keep your creative activities organized and so on and so forth. Tharp reminds me of Hemingway in her ability to get to the point, she doesn't stray, and yet her brief topics are fulfilling as starting points for your own exploration into what works for each individual artist. Books like this keep me going strong when I'm flagging.
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Artist's way of discipline
17. November 2004
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Inevitably any self-help creativity book will be compared to Julia Cameron's block-buster, The Artist's Way. Those who liked Cameron will find similarities here, but also differences. I will be recommmending both for my career change and business consulting clients.
Cameron directly uses "spirituality" throughout her book, with references to "God," who, she says, can be broadly defined. She appeals to images and emotion.
Tharp goes directly to action. She's strictly verbal: no cute sayings, no quotations all over the page. She's as unadorned as the Nike swish and just as straightforward: "Just do it" could be her motto.
Her own life seems starkly disciplined. Lots of people get up before dawn (they must not have dogs -- mine demands a walk right away) but Tharp actually gives up movies while she's working on a project. Not just movies, but videos as well. Too distracting, she says.
The key to art, she says, is practice. Dancers start with class, whether they're stars or corps members. Painters prepare their material. Practice harder, she says, but with "purpose." And practice what's difficult. We tend to practice only what we do well. I think not only of dancers, but of basketball players like Cynthia Cooper, who practiced left-handed dribbling and three-point shots for hours.
My favorite part of Tharp's book was her discussion of ruts. A rut can be associated iwth bad timing, a bad idea, bad luck, most likely because you don't realize you have changed and the world has changed.
Her advice foro a typical artist problem - when to stop tinkering - is straightforward: When you feel that you have straightened out a messy room, stop! Otherwise, keep working.
While I enjoyed Tharp and recommend the book to everyone, I believe it's targeted to people who are already committed to making a living through creativity. Some people have an innate sense of what sells while others struggle with unread manuscripts and unseen artwork.
I would read The Creative Habit as a set of ideals, a philosophy rather than a prescription. For example, to get out of a rut, Tharp recommends, "Challenge your assumptions." This is not easy, as few people recognize their own assumptions. And as for acting on challenges...well, that's a whole new world!
Finally, as a career consultant, I am reminded that much of our world favors commercialism over creativity. Jobs often reward those who stay quietly in their boxes, rather than going outside the box. Once your creativity awakens, it's easy to become frustrated because there's no place to carry it out. But for most people, the creative life can bring its own rewards. And a daily practice session (if you know how to create a purposeful practice session) can surprise you.
-- Cathy Goodwin (.com)
Cameron directly uses "spirituality" throughout her book, with references to "God," who, she says, can be broadly defined. She appeals to images and emotion.
Tharp goes directly to action. She's strictly verbal: no cute sayings, no quotations all over the page. She's as unadorned as the Nike swish and just as straightforward: "Just do it" could be her motto.
Her own life seems starkly disciplined. Lots of people get up before dawn (they must not have dogs -- mine demands a walk right away) but Tharp actually gives up movies while she's working on a project. Not just movies, but videos as well. Too distracting, she says.
The key to art, she says, is practice. Dancers start with class, whether they're stars or corps members. Painters prepare their material. Practice harder, she says, but with "purpose." And practice what's difficult. We tend to practice only what we do well. I think not only of dancers, but of basketball players like Cynthia Cooper, who practiced left-handed dribbling and three-point shots for hours.
My favorite part of Tharp's book was her discussion of ruts. A rut can be associated iwth bad timing, a bad idea, bad luck, most likely because you don't realize you have changed and the world has changed.
Her advice foro a typical artist problem - when to stop tinkering - is straightforward: When you feel that you have straightened out a messy room, stop! Otherwise, keep working.
While I enjoyed Tharp and recommend the book to everyone, I believe it's targeted to people who are already committed to making a living through creativity. Some people have an innate sense of what sells while others struggle with unread manuscripts and unseen artwork.
I would read The Creative Habit as a set of ideals, a philosophy rather than a prescription. For example, to get out of a rut, Tharp recommends, "Challenge your assumptions." This is not easy, as few people recognize their own assumptions. And as for acting on challenges...well, that's a whole new world!
Finally, as a career consultant, I am reminded that much of our world favors commercialism over creativity. Jobs often reward those who stay quietly in their boxes, rather than going outside the box. Once your creativity awakens, it's easy to become frustrated because there's no place to carry it out. But for most people, the creative life can bring its own rewards. And a daily practice session (if you know how to create a purposeful practice session) can surprise you.
-- Cathy Goodwin (.com)
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