The Most Inspiring Book I’ve Read about Creative Work & Overcoming Fear.
Erin McMorrow para elephantjournal I came across this book sometime in the middle of my dissertation—knee-deep in that place where I couldn’t turn back, but I couldn’t see the light at the end of the tunnel. It wasn’t a gift. I found it referenced in some other respected work. It’s a short read, but a doozy—165 pages of punch-me-in-the-gut life-changing awesomeness. Once I knew it, I couldn’t un-know it. It’s “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles ,” written by Steven Pressfield. I’ve purchased it several times because I keep giving copies away when I think it may change someone’s life. And I pick it up and refer to it often. One of my favorite passages is “The Unlived Life:” “Most of us have two lives. The life we live and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance. Have you ever brought home a treadmill and let it gather dust in the attic? Ever quit a diet, a course of yoga, a meditation prac...