85. Creativity Under Pressure: Mason Currey (Author of "Daily Rituals" and "Daily Rituals: Women at Work")

After a long sabbatical of procrastination, I have returned to finish our trilogy on creativity. In today’s episode, I sit down with Mason Currey, the author of Daily Rituals and Daily Rituals: Women at Work. We tackle one of my leading questions about creativity - how to create when it feels like the world is swallowing you!

Topics-

• Why and how Mason Currey wrote Daily Rituals
• Getting addicted to art
• How to maximize creative energy 
• Habits - the key to creativity
• What we can learn from great artists' creative process
• How creators balance life and art
• Has the creative process changed over the centuries?
• The importance of ruthless routines 
• How tiny increments build great works (even when life is busy)
• What books have had an impact on Mr. Currey
• What advice Mr. Currey has for teenagers
• The Writer's high

Resources-

• Daily Rituals - https://amzn.to/3KtQmQl
• Daily Rituals: Women at Work - https://amzn.to/3s5Zx34
• The Diaries of Franz Kafka, 1910-1923 (The Schocken Kafka Library) - https://amzn.to/3vTDWw8
• The Metamorphosis - https://amzn.to/3LCq006

Mason Currey is the author of the Daily Rituals books, featuring brief profiles of the day-to-day working lives of more than 300 great creative minds. He's currently working on a new book and writing Subtle Maneuvers, a newsletter about the ups and downs of the creative process. He lives in Los Angeles.

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