About this episode
The episode discusses the philosophy of being an artist as presented in Rick Rubin's book 'The Creative Act'.
Discussing the first few chapters of "The Creative Act" by Rick Rubin. The book is on the philosophy of being an artist, but is written in a way to make it clear that we are all fundamentally artistic as human beings as we all play a part in shaping reality, even by merely observing it.
People in this episode
Host: River M Kanies
Topics covered
- creativity
- artistic philosophy
- human experience
- observation
- reality shaping
Keywords
- creativity
- Rick Rubin
- art
- philosophy
- human beings
- reality
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Creative Act
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