3.82 AVERAGE


This book may be enlightening to some, but I could not get past the usurpation of eastern ideologies by Rubin and the meh to bad writing. Just couldn’t continue. 

Boring. Never finishes an idea or links one with another. 
reflective fast-paced
informative inspiring medium-paced

This is a rather short book and I raced through it in 3 days.  I need to reread and take at least a month to ponder it better.  Extremely dense with information and idea.

not my cup of tea i fear
fast-paced

A little on the nose at times, but an easy read with some occasional gems

white people perceptions of art in art making books checklist: 

  • random “there was a guy who…” stories, plus points if they’re randomly from the global south 
  • “consuming art is better than reading the icky wicky newsss” ahh sentiments. apolitical engagements with art and culture. art and politics don’t live separately - think verbatim theatre, newspaper theatre, even collaging. 
  • “are u familiar with the Buddhist concept of xxx” pseudo spiritualism. I can give props to Julie Cameron for actually being explicit about the spirituality that she experienced being catholic 

while there are some beautiful passages that deeply resonate and empathise with the artist, overall, it belongs in the realm of "the artists way" hall of books because of how deeply entrenched whiteness is in these art making approaches 

turns out rick rubin is a weirdo racist
inspiring reflective fast-paced

every artist has to read this in their life- as early as possible really 

Good but took a long time to get through this… has some good lines but I think I liked his interview discussing this book more than the book itself