Your Life As Art (Paperback)

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"The most profound yet practical book I've read on creating the life you want to live." -- Joan Jenkinson, VisionTV, December, 2002

You'll love Fritz.... the closest thing to a Renaissance Man since the Renaissance... groundbreaking..... an accessible genius... -- Networking Times, January 2004

Product Description

This book is about creating your life just as the artist creates a painting, a composer writes a symphony, or the poet writes a poem. Robert Fritz further develops his special insights that he introduced in his best selling book The Path of Least Resistance. In Your Life As Art, Fritz shows the relationship among the mechanics, the orientation, and the depth of the human spirit within the creative process, and how your life itself can be made like a work of art. Your Life As Art breaks new ground, shakes up the status quo, and, at once, is common sense and revolutionary insight that can change the way you understand the dynamics of your life-building process.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Newfane Press; 1 edition (December 4, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972553606
• ISBN-13: 978-0972553605
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #53,329 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quite simply, Robert Fritz's masterpiece, January 15, 2003

By	Mike Scott (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews

As a long time fan of Robert Fritz's books, I come by my eager anticipation for this new release quite naturally.

You see, I've been caught up in a pattern for the past few years that goes something like this: Robert Fritz releases a new book - I then read it and digest it - then I apply his teachings and as a result, my life experience becomes significantly altered for the better. With each of his four previous books, I have been blessed to see my pattern repeat itself over and over again.

From each book to the next, Robert Fritz introduced me to new facets of the art and science of developing my creative process, whether applying it to my personal life, my professional life or my organizational life.

And now, with Your Life As Art, Robert Fritz stretches my understanding of the creative process even further. He ties the key ideas and principles from his previous work together with his new ideas into one clear and compelling central theme.

You do not need to have read any of Robert's previous books in order to enter the fascinating universe of this new one. It is highly readable to both novice and seasoned readers alike.

I feel my life being transformed and enriched yet again. What a thankful pattern I have. Thank you, Robert!

42 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Your Life As An Engineering Project, January 18, 2005

By	Pioneer Reader - See all my reviews

My disappointment with this book began before completing the first page. His reference to the creative process as a an "operational practice" was the first indication that this book would be geared to readers of more linear, structured makeup than myself. "Mechanized," "systematic," "measurable," were words I tired of reading. I hadn't seen so many boxes and flow charts since working on my undergraduate business degree.

I loved The Path Of Least Resistance. That book I have reread about every five years, (which means I have read it five times at least and yes, he does make a point about looking at your life cycles.) Each time I have read it, I would again benefit from his organic analogies and his frequent quotes from famous people in music, literature, and politics. His humor and light touch make the read like a talk with a good friend. There are lines from that book that I have permantly etched into my consciousness and I now share them with my two musical children (who incidently are both composers).

In a nutshell, if you are a random abstract thinker who prefers literature to business abstracts, stick with Path of Least Resistance. It is truly a pearl. In fact, now that I have finally finished slogging through "Your life as Art", I am going to reread The Path Of Least Resistance.

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Different Universe, March 26, 2003

By	W. White (California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Using what I've learned from reading all of Robert Fritz's books, and especially Your Life as Art, I've seen changes that are nothing short of phenomenal with clients in my psychiatry practice, and in my own life. After years in therapy trying to "fix themselves," often without success, I hear clients newly introduced to this work say, "Oh! You mean creating what matters in my life is what it's about!?!" It often doesn't take them long to put this into practice, with gratifying results.