Make Time for Creativity Finding Space for Your Most Meaningful Work (A Self-Guide and Tool Kit)

Part artistic retreat, part guide to living a creative life

Venture into a space that intimately discusses how to find time to express yourself and develop your talents. Author Brandon Stosuy (co-founder of The Creative Independent) taps into a diverse network of working artists to provide perspective on how creativity can be prioritized among the other demands on your time. Posing a series of questions on the themes of defining work-life balance, forming daily rituals, setting intentions, meeting goals, and taking time off from creativity, this book provides an inspiring framework for building your own creative process and using your time meaningfully.

Includes quotes by: Hanif Abdurraqib, Matthew Barney, David Byrne, Vernon Chatman, Cynthia Daignault, Sadie Dupuis, Tina Roth Eisenberg, Josh Fadem, Haley Fohr, Brooks Ginnan, Sasha Hecht, Hermione Hoby, Chelsea Hodson, Jenny Hval, Matthew Day Jackson, Elaine Kahn, Emma Kohlmann, Prem Krishnamurthy, R. O. Kwon, Dorothea Lasky, Sigrid Lauren, Shanekia McIntosh, Mitski, Eileen Myles, Henry Rollins, JD Samson, Sufjan Stevens, Lavender Suarez, Jia Tolentino, Amelia Trask, Justin Vernon, Clive Smith, and Chariot Wish

Brandon Stosuy is the cofounder and editor in chief at The Creative Independent, the cofounder of the annual Basilica SoundScape festival in Hudson, New York, the cofounder of Zone 6 Artist Management and Gallery, and has been a music curator at both the Broad Museum in Los Angeles and MoMA PS1 in New York City. In addition to Make Time for Creativity, Stay Inspired, and How to Fail Successfully, he is the author of two children’s books, Music Is . . . and We Are Music.