Big Magic: by Elizabeth Gilbert | Summary & Analysis: Creative Living Beyond Fear

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Big Magic is broken into six Courage, Enchantment, Permission, Persistence, Trust and Divinity. Gilbert wonders in the first, “Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you? . . . The hunt to uncover those jewels—that’s creative living.” If the creativity inside of you has not burrowed deeper than ever before upon hearing itself referred to as a treasure and jewels, it is more stalwart than mine. But Gilbert spends much of the book coaxing out even the shyest creativity with a kind of extended pep Creativity is inside all of us, it should be expressed, and it is not selfish or crazy or foolish to do so—it is, in fact, the best way to live a satisfying life. Gilbert’s advice reads like a positive fortune a nice surprise you will forget once the taste of won tons has faded from your mouth.

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16 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 30, 2015