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Exploring the daily obstacles and rituals of women who are artists, composers, sculptors, scientists, filmmakers, and performers.
Utterly fascinating . . . This book is the ultimate retort to the flaneurs who dream about the novel/screenplay/painting they would create if only they had the time
I just can't recommend this book enough
A trove of entertaining anecdote and thought-provoking comparison
A chance to see what great lives look like when the triumphs, dramas, disruptions and divorces have been all but boiled away. It will fascinate anyone who wonders how a day might best be spent, especially those who have wondered of their artistic heroes, as a baffled Colette once did of George Sand: how the devil did they manage?
Mason Currey has carefully compiled the daily habits and personal foibles of 161 great writers, artists, scientists and thinkers, including one who stood on his head to cure creative block. By the end of this book, our carpet-glue habit looks normal
A fascinating little book
Mason Currey was born in Pennsylvania, and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Asheville. His first book, Daily Rituals: How Great Minds Make Time, Find Inspiration, and Get to Work was published in 2013. Currey’s writing has appeared in Slate, Metropolis, and Print. He lives in Los Angeles.