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Art & Fear
- Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
- By: David Bayles, Ted Orland
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 317
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 263
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 256
Art & Fear explores the way art gets made, the reasons it often doesn't get made, and the nature of the difficulties that cause so many artists to give up along the way. This is a book about what it feels like to sit in your studio or classroom, at your wheel or keyboard, easel or camera, trying to do the work you need to do. It is about committing your future to your own hands, placing free will above predestination, choice above chance. It is about finding your own work.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Valuable insight from experienced artists
- By Jane on 07-06-16
- Art & Fear
- Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
- By: David Bayles, Ted Orland
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
Such an honest take.
Reviewed: 11-11-24
This book is a gift. As an artist beset by all the questions it accurately raise, I found myself glued to this. For non creative this will give you a fantastic view through the window and maybe a little pause to look inside, too.
More than that, I found it a call to arms. A reminder that only you, at this particular accident in time can ‘describe’ how you see the world. Helping us all.
Highly recommend.
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Novelist as a Vocation
- By: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Kotaro Watanabe
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Haruki Murakami's myriad fans will be delighted by this unique look into the mind of a master storyteller. In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author and famously reclusive writer shares with listeners what he thinks about being a novelist; his thoughts on the role of the novel in our society; his own origins as a writer; and his musings on the sparks of creativity that inspire other writers, artists, and musicians.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Decent non-fiction, partially ruined by reader
- By max on 17-01-23
- Novelist as a Vocation
- By: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Kotaro Watanabe
In praise of creativity
Reviewed: 22-12-23
Since and during listening to this I have started drawing again. Uncannily, developing drawings I did 30 years ago.
Open and insightful on the acceptance of creativity as it is experienced by Haruki Murakami himself. It felt so familiar.
I’m left feeling thankful and in some way comforted.
Recommended with thanks.
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The Body Keeps the Score
- Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma
- By: Bessel van der Kolk
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3,727
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,105
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3,085
In this audiobook, Dr Bessel van der Kolk offers a new paradigm for effectively treating traumatic stress. Neither talking nor drug therapies have proven entirely satisfactory. With stories of his own work and those of specialists around the globe, The Body Keeps the Score sheds new light on the routes away from trauma - which lie in the regulation and syncing of body and mind, using sport, drama, yoga, mindfulness, meditation and other routes to equilibrium.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good advice but hard to relate to
- By Deborah on 11-07-20
- The Body Keeps the Score
- Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma
- By: Bessel van der Kolk
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Uncomfortable and compelling
Reviewed: 05-09-23
Great reminder of how utterly similar we are. At root we do better if our own are strong and healthy. No routes at unhealthy systems badly affect what growth there may be. Trauma as the #1 health/social issue? Difficult not to agree with the analysis and conclusions. Thank you for sharing.
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Coming Up for Air
- Penguin Modern Classics
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Daniel Rigby
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 100
George Orwell's paean to the end of an idyllic era in British history, Coming Up for Air is a poignant account of one man's attempt to recapture childhood innocence as war looms on the horizon. George Bowling, 45, mortgaged, married with children, is an insurance salesman with an expanding waistline, a new set of false teeth - and a desperate desire to escape his dreary life. He fears modern times - since, in 1939, the Second World War is imminent - foreseeing food queues, soldiers, secret police and tyranny.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love this book
- By enrique on 21-12-22
- Coming Up for Air
- Penguin Modern Classics
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Daniel Rigby
Love this book
Reviewed: 21-12-22
Writing this review in late December 2022.
Orwell’s narrative flow is enthralling. The sense of bewilderment of the middle aged protagonist, George Bowling between the wars and between both and death seem uncannily pertinent to our time.
The magic of youthful optimism is as deftly described as the horror of older aged acceptance.
An essay on the importance of paying attention to one’s gut feeling of what’s important.
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