Elizabeth Gilbert's 2015 meditation on creative living — arguing that ideas are entities seeking human collaborators, that fear is inevitable in creative work but shouldn't be in the driver's seat, and that creativity should be pursued for its own sake rather than for career or validation.
Creates a permission structure for creative work without perfectionism — Big Magic's core message (make the thing because it wants to be made, not because it will be successful) addresses the psychological blocks that prevent people from creating.
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