"The object isn’t to make art,

it’s to be in that wonderful state

which makes art inevitable."

—Robert Henri

Love this book by legendary music producer Rick Rubin.

He set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be.

Here's some quotes that resonated deeply from 'The Creative Act — A Way of Being'.

"We are all translators for messages the universe is broadcasting. The best artists tend to be the ones with the most sensitive antennae to draw in the energy resonating at a particular moment."

"How do we pick up on a signal that can neither be heard nor be defined? The answer is not to look for it. Nor do we attempt to predict or analyze our way into it. Instead, we create an open space that allows it. A space so free of the normal overpacked condition of our minds that it functions as a vacuum."

"It may be helpful to think of Source as a cloud.

Clouds never truly disappear. They change form. They turn into rain and become part of the ocean, and then evaporate and return to being clouds.

The same is true of art.

Art is a circulation of energetic ideas. What makes them appear new is that they’re combining differently each time they come back. No two clouds are the same."

"No matter what tools you use to create,

the true instrument is you.

And through you,

the universe that surrounds us

all comes into focus."

When are you in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable? 🌀