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Real Artists Don’t Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age by Jeff Goins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I enjoyed this book. The gives us a mix of historical and modern real-life stories that challenge conventional perceptions. He aims at the stereotype of the starving artist and demonstrates the image is not true today and was not true to reality yesterday. Not only does he explode the myth of the starving artist but also provides examples and ideas for how to create and be paid in the New Renaissance.
Goins starts by addressing the mind-set. So often the way we think limits us in unnecessary ways. He goes on to address understanding the market and then finishes with money. This isn’t a book about getting rich. It is about making a living in order to continue to create.
I found the book challenging and inspiring in different ways and Goins provoked a lot of thought. If you are someone who does, or wants to, produce creative content, I highly recommend this read. You don’t have to read books like this with a materialist worldview. As Christians, we should always maintain a biblical worldview and think through what we read in those terms. You won’t find everything compatible, but it can still be helpful.