Make Time for Creativity : Finding Space for Your Most Meaningful Work (A Self-Guide)

A guided journal for exploring how to fit creativity and meaning into everyday life The first in a series of three guided journals dedicated to living a creative life, Making Time for Creativity explores how we find space in our days to express ourselves, develop our talents, and do the things that matter. This journal provides a series of writing prompts on the themes of defining work-life balance, creating daily rituals, setting intentions, meeting goals, and taking time off from creativity. Working artists from all walks of life—musicians, authors, filmmakers, dancers, designers, and visual artists—offer their responses to these prompts, providing an inspiring framework for reflecting on how you can use your own time meaningfully. In Making Time for Creativity, Brandon Stosuy, the cofounder and editor in chief of The Creative Independent, a growing resource for creative people, taps into an incredible network of talent to provide diverse (and divergent) perspectives on how creativity can be prioritized amid all the other demands on our time.

Part artistic retreat, part guide to living a creative life

Venture into a space that intimately discusses how to find time to express yourself and develop your talents. Author Brandon Stosuy (co-founder of The Creative Independent) taps into a diverse network of working artists to provide perspective on how creativity can be prioritized among the other demands on your time. Posing a series of questions on the themes of defining work-life balance, forming daily rituals, setting intentions, meeting goals, and taking time off from creativity, this book provides an inspiring framework for building your own creative process and using your time meaningfully.

Includes quotes by: Hanif Abdurraqib, Matthew Barney, David Byrne, Vernon Chatman, Cynthia Daignault, Sadie Dupuis, Tina Roth Eisenberg, Josh Fadem, Haley Fohr, Brooks Ginnan, Sasha Hecht, Hermione Hoby, Chelsea Hodson, Jenny Hval, Matthew Day Jackson, Elaine Kahn, Emma Kohlmann, Prem Krishnamurthy, R. O. Kwon, Dorothea Lasky, Sigrid Lauren, Shanekia McIntosh, Mitski, Eileen Myles, Henry Rollins, JD Samson, Sufjan Stevens, Lavender Suarez, Jia Tolentino, Amelia Trask, Justin Vernon, Clive Smith, and Chariot Wish