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Summary: a great creative companion
Review: I got this book as a Christmas present just a couple days ago and I read through it in one night. At the time I was feeling very uncreative and needed some kind of inspiration. This is such an awesome book. If you go through some of the exercises, it really helps you to become more free with your art. Whatever your art is: drawing, music, writing... You learn how to lift up your attitude and self-esteem. This was what was making me procrastinate from writting short stories for a while. I had no self-esteem and thought that it wasn't worth doing because it wouldn't be good enough. And now I have confidence in writting again!
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Summary: A Book About Self, Not Self-Help
Review: I hate self-help books. I find them insulting, boring, and ridiculous. I first picked up Creative Companion in a little bookstore because the cover was so pretty. I wasn't in a great mood, and it looked mindless and fun. As I sat down and read the slim volume, I knew I would buy every book SARK had written. This is not a self-help book, it is an inspiration. It reminds us all of the creativity that we need only recognize in order to unlock. All of SARK's books are fantastic, but this one, being the first I had ever read, has a special place in my heart.
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Summary: A Book About Self, Not Self-Help
Review: I hate self-help books. I find them insulting, boring, and ridiculous. I first picked up Creative Companion in a little bookstore because the cover was so pretty. I wasn't in a great mood, and it looked mindless and fun. As I sat down and read the slim volume, I knew I would buy every book SARK had written. This is not a self-help book, it is an inspiration. It reminds us all of the creativity that we need only recognize in order to unlock. All of SARK's books are fantastic, but this one, being the first I had ever read, has a special place in my heart.
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Summary: A ponderous book
Review: I love SARK and have seen her speak but this was the first book of hers that I actually purchased. I loved it. I look forward to completely the exercises and places of examination that she creates in the book. When I read her work, I am brought to a place of self-reflection and learn so much more about myself.
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Summary: A ponderous book
Review: I love SARK and have seen her speak but this was the first book of hers that I actually purchased. I loved it. I look forward to completely the exercises and places of examination that she creates in the book. When I read her work, I am brought to a place of self-reflection and learn so much more about myself.
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Summary: Great, but buy it used
Review: I love SARK's work, that being said, I'd buy this book used.It has all the things that we associate SARK with, the handwriting, the color, the great ideas, the feel good smile we get when we put it down. However, for such a small, thin book I felt it wasn't worth the full price I paid for it.
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Summary: A tad disappointing
Review: I now own all of Sarks books. And this is the first one I haven't been all that happy with. In some respects I think it was a slap together job, since it lacks the vivid colour and awesome dialogue that has always lit a fire under me. 90% of the book is nothing but black and white. Which considering the subtitle "How to free your creative spirit" made me wonder where the push or inspiration for doing this, with this book was coming from. A few suggestion on page 17--How To Be Really Alive: Live juicy. Stamp out conformity. Stay in bed all day. Dream of gypsy wagons. Find snails making love. Develop an astounding love for books. Drink sunsets. Draw out your feelings. Amaze yourself. Be ridiculous. Stop worrying NOW. If not now then when? Make YES your favorite word. Marry yourself. Dry your clothes in the sun. Eat mangos (or peaches-me) naked. Keep toys in the bathtub (and beside drawer-me). Spin yourself dizzy. Hang upside down. Celebrate an old person. Transform negatives. Allow yourself to feel rich without money. Be who you truly are and the money will follow. You are always on your way to a miracle.
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Summary: It gave me a new motivation!
Review: I use this book to help keep me from getting bogged down in day-to-day life. It is a wonderful, uplifting, thought-provoking book. The best part is that it requires no commitments. I read a paragraph or maybe only a page at a time. I have really been frustrated with my job lately, and everytime the turkeys get me down and I sink into self-doubt, I pick up this book and it helps return the spring to my step! I am also enjoying Living Juicy by Sark - check it out!
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Summary: As usual, Sark's got it together.
Review: In a world full of rules, norms, and "no, you can't"'s, Sark has managed to stay in touch with what's really important...the INDIVIDUAL. While the Creative Companion is only a short read, it gets its point across and makes us think in the process. Read it, absorb it, and let it awaken in you that little whatever it is that's been forced into dormancy for way too long.
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Summary: Inspiring!
Review: My sister gave me this book many years ago when this book hit the shelves. It instantly turned me into a Sark fan. I own all of Sark's books and probably always will. For a female, the whimsical writing and artwork ignites and inspires my creative soul. They are great books to just flip open at any moment of any day. I tend to read them in bed, at the beach, or in a hammock. Cheryl Charming
author of Miss Charming's Book of Bar Amusements and Miss Charming's Book of Crazy Cocktails
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