The Creative Act: A Way of Being will be ‘a book about what to do make a great work of art’ and ‘a book about how to be’
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Rick Rubin, founder of Def Jam Records and the most highly regarded
music producer of his time, has announced his first book.
The Creative Act: A Way of Being is a non-fiction work about creativity. “I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art,” said Rubin in a statement. “Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be.”