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