A Life in the Arts (Inner Work Book) [Paperback]

Eric Maisel (Author)

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From Library Journal

Maisel has applied his training and experience as a therapist to the problems encountered by artists and performers. Here, he addresses many of these problems, including the idea of talent, the artist's personality, creative blocks, and aloneness. Most striking are his self-help ameliorative strategies for coping. While his book is not for everyone, it should be required reading for anyone considering a major and/or career in the arts. In fact, Maisel's "artist's ten commandments," a recapitulation of important themes, have a certain universality. Recommended for academic theater or creative arts collections.
Jon P. Cobes, Learning Resources Ctr., Central Wyoming Coll., Riverton
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 244 pages
• Publisher: Tarcher (May 4, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874777666
• ISBN-13: 978-0874777666
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #636,357 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, March 20, 2000

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Ed Hooks, Acting for Animators (chicago, Il United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Life in the Arts (Inner Work Book) (Paperback)

I think I have become Maisel's best publicity agent since I have told every musician that I work with that they MUST get this book. Just having someone lay out for me the behaviors and personality traits that make up an artistic personality has taken a great load off my psyche. I've just finished the recording of my new CD and A LIFE IN THE ARTS was my bible during the incredible internal battles that I went through in pushin myself to the limit on this project. Great!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How to live with rejection, frustration and even success, December 19, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: A Life in the Arts (Inner Work Book) (Paperback)

Eric Maisel encapsulates the tribulations of living within the artist's world, and provides common sense, practical, easy to follow exercises for the reader. These exercises give us an intimate understanding of our own frailties, and thus help us to face these, to accept them, and to overcome them. The intelligent person's guide to developing and maintaining one's creative self.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Valuable Tool, March 20, 2000

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a reader from CA - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Life in the Arts (Inner Work Book) (Paperback)

I have just finished reading A LIFE IN THE ARTS for the second time. Maisel's book has become an indispensable companion and has helped me to look at reality and to accept certain compromises, at the same time keeping my mission in full focus and never undermining my integrity. It is a great rarity when I am able to identify or relate to a book as I have to this one. A LIFE IN THE ARTS is a wonderful work of art.