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# The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning

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- **What is this?** The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning by steven pressfield
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    The Path Carries Both Light & Darkness
  

*by T***R on Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2018*

"It is not an overstatement, I believe, to declare that the artist's role is to lead the human race back to Eden." --Steven PressfieldOk, this one is a little more airy than Turning Pro or War of Art. If I had to put them in Order, I'd start with Turning Pro, then War of Art, then this. Artist's Journey is about the etherial & eternal challenges all artists have reaching into the metaphorical "box", pulling out something, putting their own effort & soul into it, & suffering what may come when they bring it into the world. Turning Pro is tactical, War of Art is strategic--but this is wholly philosophical.Three metaphors in the book stuck with me--this idea of returning people to their original state of innocence & understanding through the work. Think about fighting war to achieve peace--sounds like it shouldn't make sense, but there are those who gunwork & war is their art. The second metaphor is this idea of the two worlds an artist operates in: The material & immaterial. Artists grab inspiration & purity from one world, grounded it in this one for others to appreciate & enjoy.Finally--this idea of the inner daimon. The belief you have a calling, you've always had a calling. And you life running away from that is a distraction & danger. Ultimately, you have to submit to the daimon. Or you don't & you never live your life to it's fullest intent or extent. That's huge--but imagine the artists & the experts we venerate. Hitchcock was involved in creating over 60 movies. Elon Musk wants to end our dependence to oil & send us to Mars. But not the big names--my father taught middle school PE for 30 years. His devotion to education definitely led to my path in instructional design. We say those who face the journey are heroes. They're not--they're doing what they no other choice but to do.This book explains why spiritually & philosophically. Our work needs us as much as we need to bring it into the world.There's a great David Mamet quote on this too: The problem with any dramatist, especially ones doing it a long, long time, is you want to get these guys out of your head. You just want them to stop talking to you.

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    A series of provacative meditations
  

*by J***A on Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2018*

If Pressfield’s 'Turning Pro' is your book for your Monday through Friday, when you put on your hardhat and pick up your pen or your brush or your chisel, 'The Artist’s Journey' is your book for your Sabbath, when you set down the tools of your trade and reflect, not on the How, but the Why. This Why comes not from you (even through it may seem to) but from a Source beyond you. You will be reminded of what you did not know but had suspected, in a hopeful moment—that to make art is a sacred act, yes because it connects the artist with the divine but also because it connects other to Other. And if all that sounds too esoteric or complex, take the more straightforward admonition from Pressfield: “Put your ass where your heart wants to be.”

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    Spoke to my creative soul
  

*by C***S on Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2018*

Like many who have read this book, it felt like Steven was talking directly to me. I sometimes have a hard time balancing my desire for business success with my desire for artful success. I could not put this book down. I had to immediately purchase his other books. I started reading this book on the plane traveling to New York to see the US Open of Tennis. We were also going to be taking in some Broadway shows. Every Broadway show I see sparks my creative desires to be fully invested in creativity. I sometimes struggle with how to take up this path, which is why the book spoke to me at just the right time. If you have that burning desire in you, that desperate need to be on a creative quest, this book is a must read for you. I myself left my small upstate New York village of Caledonia and headed for Hollywood. I left my five-year career with the Livingston County Sheriff's Department, to head west and join the L.A. Sheriff's Department, knowing deep in my soul I needed to be in L.A. to fulfill my desires for success in comedy and acting. Now retired from the Sheriff's Department, I now need to hone my focus on my creative goals. Cop, writer, comedian, producer, actor, I find myself with too many targets, and not enough lifetimes to fulfill too many dreams. If this resonates with you in any way, you will have many questions answered in this book.

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