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Preface

Introduction

Create. Boogie. Soar.

SECTION 1: Battling Your Inner Salieri

WEEK 1: Shine

WEEK 2: Know Thy Enemy

WEEK 3: Nike Was Right

WEEK 4: You Already Know How

WEEK 5: Dare to Be Mediocre

WEEK 6: Fear and Insecurity, Be Gone! I’ve Got Brilliance to Create.

WEEK 7: Baby Steps

WEEK 8: Summoning the Muses

WEEK 9: Finding Time

WEEK 10: D.I.A.

WEEK 11: Get Down and Dirty

WEEK 12: Artist, Heal Thyself

WEEK 13: Invasion of the Body Snatchers

SECTION 2: Tapping the Divine

WEEK 14: “It’s Everywhere, it’s Everywhere.”

WEEK 15: You Say You Want a Revolution

WEEK 16: The Real Gifts of Creativity

WEEK 17: The G Word

WEEK 18: Art Diviners

WEEK 19: Write Your Own Bible

WEEK 20: Listening to Your Own Voice

WEEK 21: Glory to God

WEEK 22: Once Upon a Time

SECTION 3: Kill Bill

WEEK 23: Myth #1: To Make Art, You Need Money

WEEK 24: Myth #2: To Make Art, You Need the Approval of a Publisher, a Recording Company, an Art Gallery, Etc.

WEEK 25: Myth #3: Doing Art Isn’t a Real Job

WEEK 26: Myth #4: Real Artists Have Learned to “Do It Right” in Art School

WEEK 27: Myth #5: True Artists Are Geniuses

WEEK 28: Myth #6: Artists Are Much More Talented Than Me: Where We Further Demystify the Artist

WEEK 29: Myth #7: Doing Art Requires Unending Sacrifice

WEEK 30: Myth #8: Artists Are Weirdos, Nothing Like You and Me

WEEK 31: Myth #9: Certain Conditions Must Be in Place to Create Art

SECTION 4: Generating Creative Capital (or, Why You Should Tell Netflix Where to Go)

WEEK 32: Power of the Purple Crayon

WEEK 33: Ya Gotta Believe

WEEK 34: Following Bread Crumbs

WEEK 35: Oh, the Thinks You Can Think

WEEK 36: Pet Rocks, Nuts, and Duct Tape

WEEK 37: Creative Accomplices

WEEK 38: The Pearl of Failure

WEEK 39: Getting Jiggy with It

WEEK 40: Yes and . . .

WEEK 41: Pool Toys

SECTION 5: Uplifting the World

WEEK 42: Put It in a Song

WEEK 43: Working on Behalf of the Healing of the World

WEEK 44: Create or Die

WEEK 45: What Does the Universe Want to Say Through You?

WEEK 46: Inner Wild Child

WEEK 47: Courage

WEEK 48: Tea for Two

WEEK 49: A Little Help from Our Friends

WEEK 50: A Proud Tribe

WEEK 51: Celebrating Life

WEEK 52: The Only Book That Will Change Your Life Is the One You Write Yourself

Afterword

Acknowledgments

About the Author