Big Magic

A friend commented that she was reading   Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear . I had read Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia  and enjoyed it so I thought I'd give Big Magic a try.  I don't think of myself as a creative person and it doesn't bother me a bit.   I'm just not the tortured artist type.  Her approach to dealing with creativity as if it were a living being, to be welcomed, nurtured, and not forced into a relationship was refreshing.  I've urged almost my entire family to read it.   I thought it was a bit vulgar at times ( call me a Victorian if you will), and didn't like her martyr/trickster analogy at all

It's an easy read with short chapters and many subsections in each chapter.  I think reading it inspired me to finally start on this blog.   In short, you don't have to be a creative person to enjoy this book.  I'd rate it a defininte B+