The Creative Habit  (English, Paperback, Tharp Twyla)

This work of nonfiction is about how people think they are meeting with the end of creativity, could get back to the most productive and imaginative spell, just by practicing and working on certain necessary personal areas in life.

Summary of the book

In The Creative Habit, the author Twyla Tharp provides the readers with some of the most practical and efficient ways of improving their creativity and originality. It is about how people can get back to a vigorous and joy filled rhythm of life by practicing some exercises and putting in genuine effort to achieve it. More than thirty such exercises in the book help readers to realize the author’s assertion that creativity is not a boon from heavens and Gods, but is something that could be acquired with sheer effort and determination. These exercises help in making our senses more receptive to things happening around us. They inspire us to perceive things differently, help for a better and sounder coordination of the mind and the body, aid to attain a more peaceful state of mind. Keen awareness of the inner self, optimism and an organized way of life could help in realizing what the book has to offer to us.

About Twyla Tharp

Twyla was born in Indiana, United States. She is a dancer, author and is currently working as a choreographer in New York City. She has also authored The Collaborative Habit: Life Lessons for Working Together, Movin' Out: Vocal Selections and Push Comes to Shove among other books.