An Audience of One
Reclaiming Creativity for Its Own Sake
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An Audience of One
Narrated by:
Srinivas Rao
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Srinivas Rao
About this listen
Creating for your own pleasure--whether you're writing a novel, composing songs, or painting a landscape--can seem pointless. It's tempting to focus on pursuing money and fame, rather than the process itself. But as Srini Rao warns, creating then turns into a chore that can harm your self-esteem and suck the pleasure out of life, rather than being a source of joy.
Rao, host of the podcast The Unmistakable Creative, argues that we should counter this thinking by intentionally creating art for ourselves alone--an audience of one. In this book he shares the fascinating true stories of creatives who took this path, along with actionable tips and the research of creativity experts. You'll learn, for example:
By playing to an audience of one, we can find more happiness, increased productivity, and a greater sense of community.
It's an honest, intelligent, sincere, heart-felt and practical look at how we lose focus on what matters in our creative pursuits and how we can access inspiration and flow again.
I would especially recommend this to anyone who struggles with feelings of overwhelm, comparison or thinking there's too many people doing what you do and you don't want to contribute to the noise.
This book has given me the gentle nudge I needed to remember how it felt to create when I was a child and I had nothing to gain or prove! I just did it because I wanted to.
Service to the world is important but I think often the greatest way we sabotage our efforts is by creating for the wrong reasons and losing our personal connection to the fun, joy and magic of what we do along the way.
This book is a power-punch reminder that your best art happens when you're present in the process and doing it because YOU want to!
Big thanks to the author. Your work has inspires me to get to work on my craft.
Must read for creatives who've lost the spark!
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