Hidden Artists: How to design and live a fulfilling life as an artist with or without a day job

by Alecness

Have you always had a vibe for one of the arts, but never seriously done anything about it? Maybe you tried, but felt discouraged by the difficulty and a lack of time and inspiration. You keep entertaining the idea that, one day, you’ll start doing something...But bogged down under all sorts of commitments, you feel like there is nothing exciting happening in your life to fuel your creativity. Hidden Artists is a holistic approach on how to design a life where creativity flows as a side product. But creativity is just one aspect of developing an artist mindset. It is also about being a lifelong learner, having mental toughness and physical resilience. The author gets his point across by combining concepts and routines from various fields such as sports, business, history and philosophy in service of your art. The form of art you do doesn’t matter. For the author, it’s songwriting, but it could be writing, painting, acting... Hidden Artists brings it all together in a step-by-step guide to living a fulfilling life as an artist—with or without a day job.

Genres: Nonfiction

134 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 8, 2018

Reviews

[Daniel Earl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing New

Though the book is well written and coherently put together, it doesn't offer anything new in terms of insight. The author does offer a number of books and TED Talks that have helped him and it may be more valuable to track those down.

[Angelica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for creative minds that are not utilizing their artistry in their daily work lives. His approach to creativity is very formulaic and somewhat corporate cold in its discipline but I'm sure effective for some.