Big Magic: How to Live a Creative Life, and Let Go of Your Fear Summary

27 Jan Big Magic: How to Live a Creative Life, and Let Go of Your Fear Summary

Everyone wants to live their best life in this world. But many people do not know where to start. What does it mean to live a creative life and how can you start living such a life from today itself? If all these questions will be in your mind, then definitely read this book once. In this, you will get every information that will help you to live a creative life. This book will help you to overcome your every fear and live a best life.

Who should read this summary? Who will learn from this summary?

Aspiring artist

Business Owners

Structures

Artists

About author of the book Big Magic

Elizabeth Gilbert is an author who has written 10 popular books. People like to read their books a lot. She works as a journalist for the New York Times and a few other firms in New York. His first book came in 2000. After that, many other books were also published. His most famous book is “Eat, Pre and Love” which is a best seller book. Gilbert has also written many new short stories and notable articles.

Introduction

Why is it that some people have achieved so much in their life while some people have nothing? So are these people special who have everything? What do these people do that they cannot do with each other? Which type of person are you from it? Are you bold and fearless? Maybe ? Are you living your best life? Why are you not able to achieve what you want in life? What is stopping you? 

Most of us will probably be those who are not living a creative life. By creative we do not mean to be a great artist. Rather it means that you have courage. Dare to do something new, start your own business venture, do skateboarding even at the age of forty, get your own book published, that is to do what you want.

We probably remain unaware of this, but there is a treasure hidden inside us, ie our talent, and most of our talent remains hidden because we cannot live our creative life. Another reason for this is that many times we trust the wrong people, due to which our creativity is lost somewhere. So first ask yourself “are the right people whom you trust? 

We also give up hope because we feel that if we tolerate pain then only our work will be appreciated. And this is the reason that many artists commit suicide or waste their lives. But this book is your ultimate guide which will help you live a creative life.

The stories given inside this book inspires us a lot. And we also got to learn that do not trust people on everything, it will only harm us. It is not necessary that everyone gives us good advice. You do not need anyone’s approval to live a creative life. The thing you want is present inside you. Actually, creative living does not mean that we have to do something very big, very great. 

Even small things can make us happy, can make us feel a satisfaction and can make us a different identity. So Are You Ready To Start A Creative Life? Are you ready to get out of your fear and ready for a life changing journey? Well, if yes then understand that you are starting from the right time and right place.

courage

One man was Jack Gilbert, who was not quite famous but was a great poet. He was born in 1925 in Pittsburgh. At that time, many people in Pittsburgh worked in factories and industries. So Jack Poor grew up between the smoke and the noise that came out of the factories. When Jack grew, he too started working in a factory and steel mills. But Jack loved Poetry. 

From childhood, he dreamed of becoming a big poet. Jack had strong feeling about Poetry in him, Jack considered him well. He was very talented, his written poems were really beautiful. Overall, Jack had all the things that are in the great people.

Jack published his first collection in 1969. His collection received the Yale Younger Poets Prize, which was considered to be quite prestige. Later, he also received the Pulitzer Awards due to his Poem collection. Poems written by Jack was amazing. His audience used to draw towards him. Apart from this, he was also quite handsome, Vogue magazine also took some photos of him. Jack had many chances to be famous. But it suddenly disappeared. 

He could not handle the fame. Like a celebrity, he was fed up with being in the eyes of people day and night and all the noise. Later, when he asked the region, he said, “I don’t feel excited to be famous anymore.

It becomes quite monotonous, it wants to be unique and different every day of its life ”. Gilbert had decided that Europe is fine for him. And he went to Greece and lived in a secluded place above the mountains. In the relaxed and peaceful environment there, he could think about many things. And after two years, he again got his collection of poems published. And once again her Poems managed to win the readers’ heart. Jack wanted to live his life like this. A relaxed life away from appearances and noise.

After a while that he would see everyone, put his masterpiece in front of people and then disappeared. Later Jack disseminated that if he would do the teaching job, he went to University of Tennessee, Knoxville and became a lecturer. Whatever he taught, he always remembered it. And he was a remarkable and extraordinary man. People even thought that he had come from some other world. He used to say to his students “Live the creative life because this is the only way that will give us the strength to survive in this world”.

Jack’s main goal was to anchorage his students to live from Brewery. He always said that until we become Braves, we will never find greatness in ourselves. Jack had specifically spoken to one of his students “There is a treasure trove hidden in the depths inside you, and to bring it out, you must have so much braviness in it that this world can see your strengths”.

Actually there is some treasure hidden inside all of us, which we are unaware of. Just as miners reach the depths of the land in search of treasure, we must also look into the depths inside us. And this treasure can be found only when we live the creative life. You may be thinking that creative life means only art or any artistic work. But no, it is not so. Rather it means defeating your fears and living a best and most adventures life.

We all are afraid of something in life. We are afraid of being rejected, we are afraid of losing, no one is afraid of making fun of us. Because we do not want to try, do not believe in ourselves, just keep thinking what people will say. Everyone feels fear, fear and fear. Fear is boring. Why? Because fear is not a new thing, a coward does not get any reward. We have so much that we can give to this world, we can do good to people. There is so much talent in us, so many dreams that can change our life.

But this boring fear stops every time. So what is its treatment? Being brave is our only option. Well, fear is not a bad thing. Infact, if not afraid, then a person enters such a forest and becomes a lion-bear victim. But the second type of fear that what people will say, we should throw it out of our lives. Our creativity attracts fear. If you become inventive or innovative then fear will remain with your creativity. Fear is also a part of life. But don’t be afraid to let it dominate us.

Whatever we want to do, we cannot do it out of fear. We are guests in this world for a few days. So why not live your life as we want. An interesting, adventure-filled amazing life. Do not let fear control you. Why? Because you have that potential, you can and you should. This is the creative living where we can fulfill our dreams without fear.

 TRUST

Little Brother wants to become an artist, a painter, so he went to France after collecting all his savings. He wanted to get lost in the glamorous life of Paris. The younger brother did not have much money, so he was living a simple life. He was always busy in painting, traveling in museums and traveling. He became antisocial with one type. He did not like to talk to many people. One day in the afternoon, he met some fancy aristocrats in a café and they started talking among themselves. Aristocrats liked that they invited him for a weekend party.

This party was held in a Castle in Loire Valley where rich and fancy people come. He told Little Brother that some very rich and famous people of Europe are also going to attend this party. There will also be masquerade ball dance in the party, then the appropriate dress is to come. Little brother was very excited. He painstakingly ready his costume, he wanted to look the best in the party. He searched all over Paris in search of clothes for his costume. On the weekend, he hired a car and set out for the party. But as soon as he got inside the venue, he got his mistake realization. Aristocrats did not tell him that the theme of the party is medieval court.

Little Brother’s costume was a lobster that did not match the party theme anywhere. He was very ashamed. He felt like leaving the party. But then he realized that with how hard he has prepared this costume, his mind changed. He decided that he will enjoy the party no matter what happens. Everyone there was watching him with surprise, one even asked “What have you become?” So he said “court lobster”. Everyone started laughing.

Everyone felt that big and soon everyone got mixed up with him and became the star of the Little Brother Party. She even got a chance to dance with the Queen of Belgium. Little Brother overturned the contest. but how? Because he had confidence in himself. People were laughing at him, but he was roaming the party with great pride. The artist inside him gave him courage. He was definitely unfit in the party, but he presented himself very well. So it is a lesson to appreciate the inner qualities and live your life regardless of anyone.

Believe in yourself so much that you can go to any party with a raised head. What happened if you failed? To be embarrassed, There is no need to apologize. More than the pleasure of achieving your daydreams, you will get more inspiration from the disbursement of your fellers. Because victory only gives us happiness, but defeat teaches us a lot. Katie Arnold Ratliff is a writer. But once he did not write anything for many years. Why? His professor told him that unless you feel pain, your writing will not die. You will be able to write well only when the pain will feel”

And Katy tied the knot with her professor. She used to respect him a lot, so his statement was quite valuable for Katy. But Katy should not trust him that much because her logic stopped Katy from writing. Katy loved writing. Writing it made one feel happy and satisfying. But he soon realized that the professor’s advice was wrong.

Katy started writing again, she wrote a book which became a big hit. But if she does not trust anyone blindly, then it does not take much time to show her creativity. There are many people whose story is similar to Katy. So much of the creativity inside them gets wasted by coming in the wrong people. To be creative, you do not have to go through a painful process, it is necessary. Do not think that the work that is not hurting you, has no value. Trusting pain is wrong. Too much pen also starts killing the person inside.

So who should we trust? On pen or on love? On whom to trust, only you will dissect it. What is the reason that so many great artists have committed suicide and there are many other moving ghosts. Why? Because he too made a mistake, he wasted his time on wrong things, giving value only to pen and traveling. Have you ever thought that the one above will give you such creativity that ruins you? If we believe that our inspiration is somewhere near then we will never feel lonely.

When you trust in inspiration, she also trusts you. But sometimes we also get inspired by some misunderstanding. If you are a person of this type, then raise a helpful misunderstanding. Take a stubbornness that the desire to become creativity lies in your DNA. Your creativity will remain the same and will always be with you. So no matter how bad the situation is, you should be sure that your creativity will be present in you forever. So the more you trust yourself, the more you will become creative.

courage

One man was Jack Gilbert, who was not quite famous but was a great poet. He was born in 1925 in Pittsburgh. At that time, many people in Pittsburgh worked in factories and industries. So Jack Poor grew up between the smoke and the noise that came out of the factories. When Jack grew, he too started working in a factory and steel mills. But Jack loved Poetry. From childhood, he dreamed of becoming a big poet. Jack had strong feeling about Poetry in him, Jack considered him well. He was very talented, his written poems were really beautiful. Overall, Jack had all the things that are in the great people.

Jack published his first collection in 1969. His collection received the Yale Younger Poets Prize, which was considered to be quite prestige. Later, he also received the Pulitzer Awards due to his Poem collection. Poems written by Jack was amazing. His audience used to draw towards him. Apart from this, he was also quite handsome, Vogue magazine also took some photos of him. Jack had many chances to be famous. But it suddenly disappeared. He could not handle the fame. Like a celebrity, he was fed up with being in the eyes of people day and night and all the noise. Later, when he asked the region, he said, “I don’t feel excited to be famous anymore.

It becomes quite monotonous, it wants to be unique and different every day of its life ”. Gilbert had decided that Europe is fine for him. And he went to Greece and lived in a secluded place above the mountains. In the relaxed and peaceful environment there, he could think about many things. And after two years, he again got his collection of poems published. And once again her Poems managed to win the readers’ heart. Jack wanted to live his life like this. A relaxed life away from appearances and noise.

After some time he started that he would come in everyone’s eyes, put his masterpiece in front of people and then disappear. Later Jack disseminated that if he would do the teaching job, he went to University of Tennessee, Knoxville and became a lecturer. Whatever he taught, he always remembered it. And he was a remarkable and extraordinary man. People even thought that he had come from some other world. He used to say to his students “Live the creative life because this is the only way that will give us the strength to survive in this world”.

Jack’s main goal was to anchorage his students to live from Brewery. He always said that until we become Braves, we will never find greatness in ourselves. Jack had specifically spoken to one of his students, “There is a treasure trove hidden in the depths inside you and to bring it out is so much inside youIt should be a romance that this world can see your strengths ”.

Actually there is some treasure hidden inside all of us, which we are unaware of. Just as miners reach the depths of the land in search of treasure, we must also look into the depths inside us. And this treasure can be found only when we live the creative life. You may be thinking that creative life means only art or any artistic work. But no, it is not so. Rather it means defeating your fears and living a best and most adventures life.

We all are afraid of something in life. We are afraid of being rejected, we are afraid of losing, no one is afraid of making fun of us. Because we do not want to try, do not believe in ourselves, just keep thinking what people will say. Everyone feels fear, fear and fear. Fear is boring. Why? Because fear is not a new thing, a coward does not get any reward. We have so much that we can give to this world, we can do good to people. There is so much talent in us, so many dreams that can change our life.

But this boring fear stops every time. So what is its treatment? Being brave is our only option. Well, fear is not a bad thing. Infact, if not afraid, then a person enters such a forest and becomes a lion-bear victim. But the second type of fear that what people will say, we should throw it out of our lives. Our creativity attracts fear. If you become inventive or innovative then fear will remain with your creativity. Fear is also a part of life. But don’t be afraid to let it dominate us.

Whatever we want to do, we cannot do it out of fear. We are guests in this world for a few days. So why not live your life as we want. An interesting, adventure-filled amazing life. Do not let fear control you. Why? Because you have that potential, you can and you should. This is the creative living where we can fulfill our dreams without fear.

PERMISSION

It is in your hands to take the decision of living the creative life, so it does not matter what you thought and used to do before. No matter how strict or rules your parents have been, whether they always think what people will say. If you have been taught to sit quietly, what has to happen will happen by itself, then forget this thing. Everyone is creative. Creativity has been in this world ever since our ancestors have lived on this earth.

The history of art is more than four thousand years old. Talking about art, art is a divers subject. Why? Because there is a magic inside everyone, something special and precious. You already have creativity, just need to release it. As long as you are alive, you will remain creative. There is no limit to any special class of creativity society. It is present inside all of us. And this is the permission you want. Creativity inside you is the ticket for which you can start your creative life from today.

Eileen is a mother, her children have grown up. She does her own business which is going well. She is a well-behaved lady. But Eileen has a hobby, loves to get her tattooed. The same thing comes in her mind as soon as she wakes up in the morning, “I want to get tattooed” Now you may ask her “What type of tattoo?” So she will tell you “I don’t know, when I get the tattoo done then I will disguise it or from the tattoo maker Ask Lungi ”. Now you will think that Eileen should not act like children at this age. But when she was asked by him, she simply smiled and said, “We are all guests in this world for a few days. So why don’t I fulfill all my hobbies before I die? “

So this is the eject point of our life. As long as we are alive, then we enjoy our every moment. Everything will end one day, so why not live your life openly, a creative life. So there should be a strong sense in us, to live our life in our own way. That is, you want to get what you desire. It is not like that where you feel your right over everything. Only those things that you really enjoy.

It is difficult to get out of your comfort zone without creative entitlement. Doubting on our own, fearing that we are of no use. In our mind, a voice constantly resonates. We are of no use, we cannot do anything ‘. Creative entitlement means that we respond to this voice of our mind and say that there is a power inside us’. Perhaps you will be afraid to think that other people have also done this work. But actually you have done the rest of the work.

There were many writers who dared to write on themes that Shakespeare had explored before them. The work that you have done before. If you try them, there is no harm. It is also possible that you hate others. If you do it in such an authentic way, then it will become original by itself. When you go to school, what you learn there, how much you learn depends on many things. But the most depends on how committed and dedicated you are.

One of the greatest painters in the world was a teacher in the big famous university. But he did not have any advanced degree. His dedication to painting made him a master of this art. Once an Indian filmmaker wrote a letter to his role model. He wrote a letterHe mentioned all the feelings, pain and discomfort. He had a lot of money. His role model, who was a German director, wrote his letter, “Stop complaining”. The world is not your debtor. This may sound a bit rood and discouraging, but it is a bitter truth.

If you want a creative life then don’t complain. If you are not successful in your creativity, then the world will not stop. No one will be harmed except you. Because you are doing this not for others but for yourself.

PERSISTENCE

We all have a dream. Some people keep a dream in their heart from childhood. But one thing needs to be understood that dreams have no age. You can fulfill your dreams in any age. Whether you are 20 or 90, there is no age limit to live a creative life.

An Old Lady was ‘Winfred’ in the 1990s. On his 90th birthday, Winfred held a wild party. He had friendship with people of all ages. Some of his friends were even 20 years old. She spent her entire life roaming around the world with her scientist husband. However, his Hajband was no longer in this world. So one day someone asked Winfred, “Which is the best book you have read till now?”, Then the friend said that he does not remember any book because every book he read, he felt important .. Yes but ten years Earlier, she had read a book which changed her life.

Just think, a 90 year old woman is telling you that a book changed her life when she was 80 years old? Our life can also be changed when we want. You can start your creative life even in the old age. When we try to achieve something repeatedly, but we cannot do it, there is a great frustration. Many people give up thinking that maybe this thing is not in their luck.

Great Poet Seamus Heaney once said that you cannot write or expose such a Poem that it will be the best or the greatest Poem. It takes time to be great. Every good thing takes time to mature. Your creativity is a reminder for you that teaches you to improve continuously. Living a creative life is a work in itself. And your biggest responsibility is to handle your appointments and frustrations. Because it is not your setbox but part of your journey.

No one becomes successful overnight. Or cannot make successful achievements one after the other. So this is what we have to learn, to manage the gap between success and disbursement. Life is like a sandwich. Now no matter how much the sandwich is useless, you will definitely like it. Just as women dare to have children despite morning sickness and vomiting and are pregnant, even when you are skateboarding, you already know that you can fall or be badly injured. But you do not stop trying.

We take risks everyday in our life. So how much risk you can take for something depends on the extent to which you want to get that thing. There was a writer who was starting his writing. Although his writing could not be published anywhere. He always used to complain that he has to make a career in writing. But nothing was happening as he thought. He had become quite frustrated. He wanted to make his life like a sandwich that has all his favorite things. But it only seemed that writing was not his passion. He cannot take both sides of the coin. Even if everything ends but some people still do not give up? Why?

Because their passion gives them courage. Have you ever seen a person who, despite doing a full-time job, takes care of the family and can make time for his lover? So maybe this person would meet his lover during his lunch time. That is, whatever free time he gets, he wins it for himself. Because for someone you love, you take some time or the other. And on such occasions your creativity is released. You do not need any perfect time or place to find your happiness. Perhaps you are wasting time by running behind perfection.

If you run after perfection, you will never be able to fulfill your dreams because you will always be waiting for the perfect time. Are you persistent? Can you handle fellers with success? Until you become a persistent, you will not be able to live a creative life. Can you leave if you don’t want to? But remember, after a few years you come to know that nothing is happening in life, then you will have no choice but to continue.

 PERMISSION

It is in your hands to take the decision of living the creative life, so it does not matter what you thought and used to do before. No matter how strict or rules your parents have been, whether they always think what people will say. If you have been taught to sit quietly, what has to happen will happen by itself, then forget this thing. Everyone is creative. Creativity has been in this world ever since our ancestors have lived on this earth.

The history of art is more than four thousand years old. Talking about art, art is a divers subject. Why? Because there is a magic inside everyone, something special and precious. You already have creativity, just that, Needs to be released. As long as you are alive, you will remain creative. There is no limit to any special class of creativity society. It is present inside all of us. And this is the permission you want. Creativity inside you is the ticket for which you can start your creative life from today.

Eileen is a mother, her children have grown up. She does her own business which is going well. She is a well-behaved lady. But Eileen has a hobby, loves to get her tattooed. The same thing comes in her mind as soon as she wakes up in the morning, “I want to get tattooed” Now you may ask her “What type of tattoo?” So she will tell you “I don’t know, when I get the tattoo done then I will disguise it or from the tattoo maker Ask Lungi ”. Now you will think that Eileen should not act like children at this age. But when she was asked by him, she simply smiled and said, “We are all guests in this world for a few days. So why don’t I fulfill all my hobbies before I die? “

So this is the eject point of our life. As long as we are alive, then we enjoy our every moment. Everything will end one day, so why not live your life openly, a creative life. So there should be a strong sense in us, to live our life in our own way. That is, you want to get what you desire. It is not like that where you feel your right over everything. Only those things that you really enjoy.

It is difficult to get out of your comfort zone without creative entitlement. Doubting on our own, fearing that we are of no use. In our mind, a voice constantly resonates. We are of no use, we cannot do anything ‘. Creative entitlement means that we respond to this voice of our mind and say that there is a power inside us’. Perhaps you will be afraid to think that other people have also done this work. But actually you have done the rest of the work.

There were many writers who dared to write on themes that Shakespeare had explored before them. The work that you have done before. If you try them, there is no harm. It is also possible that you hate others. If you do it in such an authentic way, then it will become original by itself. When you go to school, what you learn there, how much you learn depends on many things. But the most depends on how committed and dedicated you are.

One of the greatest painters in the world was a teacher in the big famous university. But he did not have any advanced degree. His dedication to painting made him a master of this art. Once an Indian filmmaker wrote a letter to his role model. He mentioned all his feelings, pain and discomfort in the letter. He had a lot of money. His role model, who was a German director, wrote his letter, “Stop complaining”. The world is not your debtor. This may sound a bit rood and discouraging, but it is a bitter truth.

If you want a creative life then don’t complain. If you are not successful in your creativity, then the world will not stop. No one will be harmed except you. Because you are doing this not for others but for yourself.

CONCLUSION

In this book you learned what it means to live a creative life. You learned the importance of living a creative life and learned how we can start a creative life from today itself. This book teaches us the Importance of Curse, that is why it is important to be Brave in life. Talent treasure is hidden inside you, take it out. Only those who have courage and who do not care for people, can live a creative life.

We all have fear in life but believe it is nothing but fear is our only practice. Nobody ever rewards you for being a coward. Awards are given to those who dare to do something. Those who are afraid, their decisions are also very average type. Our fear is of two types. One that saves us from the dangers and the other that prevents us from living a creative life.

In this book you read what it is to live with your fear. You learned about Importance of Persistence. Creative life can be started at any time, rather than today. Your edge does not matter Whether you are young or old, your life will be completely changed. Everything seems difficult in the beginning. When we start living the creative life, we may have to face a lot of problems, but we have to adjust a little bit with these appointments and frustrations.

People who are afraid of losing can never fulfill their dreams. This book teaches us one more thing, if we trust the wrong people then our creativity can be wasted. Therefore, trust only yourself. Life is not a battleground where everything should be taken so seriously. If you have got this life to live then live it openly. Learn to live life towards a trickster who changes everything. Only a trickster can do real creativity.

In the last, we would like to remind you that do not ask permission from anyone to live a creative life. This is your life, live it as you wish. To live a creative life, it is enough that we all have creativity inside us. You learned how to develop creative entitlement here. So start living the creative life from today itself. Weight of any approval. Do not wait for the right time too, because this is the right time and do not waste your creativity by running after your originality. Be Brave, believe in yourself, explore your inner treasure, and start living a creative life from today itself.