Big Magic by Gilbert, Elizabeth -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Also by Elizabeth Gilbert Title Page Copyright Dedication Epigraph Contents Courage

Hidden Treasure Creative Living, Defined An Amplified Existence Scary, Scary, Scary Defending Your Weakness Fear Is Boring The Fear You Need and the Fear You Don’t Need The Road Trip Why It’s Worth It

Enchantment

An Idea Arrives How Ideas Work What Happens When You Say No What Happens When You Say Yes A Different Way An Idea Grows An Idea Gets Sidetracked An Idea Goes Away Wizardry WTF? A Little Perspective Ownership Multiple Discovery The Tiger’s Tail Hard Labor vs. Fairy Dust Pinned Beneath the Boulder Let It Come and Go A Dazzled Heart

Permission

Remove the Suggestion Box Your Permission Slip Decorate Yourself Entitlement Originality vs. Authenticity Motives Schooling Try This Instead Your Teachers The Fat Kids Werner Herzog Chimes In A Trick Pigeonholing Fun House Mirrors We Were Just a Band Radiation Canaries High Stakes vs. Low Stakes Tom Waits Chimes In The Central Paradox

Persistence

Taking Vows Learning A Caveat The Empty Bucket The Shit Sandwich Your Day Job Paint Your Ox Have an Affair Tristram Shandy Chimes In Fear in High Heels Marcus Aurelius Chimes In Nobody’s Thinking About You Done Is Better Than Good In Praise of Crooked Houses Success Career vs. Vocation Elk Talk The Beautiful Beast Lastly, This

Trust

Does It Love You? Worst Girlfriend Ever Addicted to Suffering A Cautionary Tale The Teaching of Pain Our Better Angels Choose What to Trust Stubborn Gladness Choose Your Delusion The Martyr vs. the Trickster Trickster Trust A Good Trickster Move Lighten Up It Ain’t Your Baby Passion vs. Curiosity Devotion to Inquisitiveness The Scavenger Hunt That’s Interesting Hungry Ghosts Do Something Else Paint Your Bicycle Fierce Trust Walk Proudly

Divinity

Accidental Grace In Conclusion

Acknowledgments