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Bad Artist: Creating in a Productivity-Obsessed World

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Availability:In StockContributor:Nellwyn Lampert (Editor), Pamela Oakley (Editor), Christian Smith (Editor)Publish date:2024-10-15Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Touchwood EditionsISBN-13:9781990071256ISBN-10:1990071252UPC:9781990071256Book Category:Art, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Individual Artists, Women Artists, Creative AbilityBook Topic:EssaysSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCPA11PRWF

The perfect antidote to the toxicity of the current productivity narrative, this collection of essays on creativity features 21 Canadian and international writers, providing warmth, support, camaraderie, and empathy.


In a world that worships productivity, creating for art's sake is seen as romantic and nearly indefensible. For anyone who has ever struggled to honour their artistic impulses, Bad Artist offers an antidote to this toxic productivity narrative. This collection of essays features 21 Canadian and international writers from a breadth of backgrounds and experiences whose lives are not always proscribed by predictable work schedules or reliable support systems. They fit creating into the cracks of their lives, and through their stories show us all how to keep creating--not producing.

As artists, many of whom have faced systemic barriers, the collection's contributors offer pragmatic reflections on resisting the culture of productivity, reminding us that creativity can take many forms. Taken together, the essays present a comprehensive rumination on creativity in late capitalism, providing warmth, support, camaraderie, and empathy. It's The Paris Review meets the Billfold's "Doing Money" with a generous dash of the friend who knows you're an artist even on the days when you're not so sure.


Language:EnglishPublisher:Touchwood EditionsISBN-13:9781990071256ISBN-10:1990071252UPC:9781990071256Book Category:Art, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Individual Artists, Women Artists, Creative AbilityBook Topic:EssaysSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCPA11PRWF
Publisher: Touchwood Editions

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