Big Magic

Creative Living Beyond Fear

De: Elizabeth Gilbert

Narrado por: Elizabeth Gilbert

The instant number one New York Times best seller.

From the worldwide best-selling author of Eat Pray Love and City of Girls: The path to the vibrant, fulfilling life you’ve dreamed of.

People of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration and empowerment from Elizabeth Gilbert’s books for years. Now this beloved author digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity. With profound empathy and radiant generosity, she offers potent insights into the mysterious nature of inspiration. She asks us to embrace our curiosity and let go of needless suffering. She shows us how to tackle what we most love, and how to face down what we most fear. She discusses the attitudes, approaches, and habits we need in order to live our most creative lives.

Balancing between soulful spirituality and cheerful pragmatism, Gilbert encourages us to uncover the “strange jewels” that are hidden within each of us. Whether we are looking to write a book, make art, find new ways to address challenges in our work, embark on a dream long deferred, or simply infuse our everyday lives with more mindfulness and passion, Big Magic cracks open a world of wonder and joy.

©2015 Elizabeth Gilbert (P)2015 Penguin Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Listeners looking for permission or encouragement to pursue their creative endeavors will find writer Elizabeth Gilbert...to be a confident cheerleader and guide. With a conversational delivery and warm, confiding tone, Gilbert exhorts listeners to respect inspiration and to put in the time and hard work to bring those ideas to fruition." ( AudioFile)

"A must read for anyone hoping to live a creative life...I dare you not to be inspired to be brave, to be free, and to be curious.” (PopSugar)

She gets it!

Being born a creative spirit isn't always an easy road, but Gilbert made me feel very much in good company! She says it's not a "self help" although I found it extremely beneficial and uplifting and addresses so many of those aggravating, nagging insecurities that face us all! She addresses them with bravery and candor and doesn't mind sounding a bit brash ...Old fashioned good sense and a spirit of love and commitment touches every aspect of her message! I loved this book, it made me love her, it made me love the fact I'm an artist and have never been anything else!! Bravo to you Elizabeth ! For being so tenacious and persevering enough to write such inspiring stuff!

Oh my holy cow

This book is just what I needed to regenerate and laugh out loud a little. I wanted to put this book down , only to savor the good feeling as long as I could, and finish it quickly all at the same time.

New Insight

Insightful and playful view of creativity! Even as she preached to the choir, I found new ways to approach my own muse and love it even more~

I have strings, Elizabeth easily pulls them.

Never before have I listened to a book straight through in one day, but that is exactly what I did with this book. Never have I been so motivated to follow a path that scares the living shit out of me, but Elizabeth Did that to me. If you have a creative bone in your body, and you're wondering whether or not you should heed it's call to creative action, listen to this bloody brilliant woman.
5 stars for: no nonsense, in your face, follow your fucking dreams fantastic footwork. If you do, and we know you do, have a creative idea that needs a swift kick in its proverbial ass, Elizabeth will leave you and your idea ready to take down names and action. KaPow!!

Thank you, Elizabeth Gilbert.

Must read for humankind.

This book is not only a must read for creatives, but I believe for all people of all ages. It is a magical way to go about living in this world.

If more people lived in the way Ms. Gilbert describes in this book, I think we would have a much finer place to live. Certainly a more beautiful one.

We all have an inner creative in us, we just have to tap into it. By believing in "Big Magic" we can tap into our inner creative.

Now an Annual Listen

This book first popped up on my radar when a trusted colleague called Big Magic “the book Elizabeth Gilbert should have been writing all along.” Though I never listened to her cult hit Eat Pray Love, my ears nevertheless perked up. Could Gilbert have really struck gold twice? In short, yes.

Gilbert won me over immediately with her conversational tone and blunt, honest advice. If you want to live a creative life, she says, just do it. Wholeheartedly, and without fear. You don’t need permission. You don’t have to quit your day job. If you truly love what you’re doing, you won’t care who sees it or if you make money off of it. You’re doing it for you, because you need it in your life. Exhilarating, engaging, and yes, magical, Big Magic is the type of book that you want to carry around with you all the time, as a reminder to be open to the world around you, and be your most authentic, creative self.

…I wrote (most) of the above for my Editors Select review in September of 2015. I stumbled upon the write-up recently, and it just amazed me how much it has held true. The audio is always downloaded to my phone, and a physical copy still sits on my bedside table. This has truly become an annual (if not bi-annual) listen for me. I still find it centering and so inspiring.

Amazing, enjoyable, and helpful

What a great book. Here's what I got from it:
- let go of perfection
- ignore setback and rejection an just enjoy the process of what you're doing in life. And don't stop doing that thing if you fail.
- don't give up if you're not sure what will happen. Trust the process, whatever you're looking for will come to you when you stop worrying and start enjoying.
- fantastic narration by the author. You could really feel that she felt things when reading the book. Which made me extremely interested in the book and left me wanting to hear more

Terrific!!

This is a great audio to have playing in the background while doing one’s art. I enjoyed listening to Elizabeth Gilbert’s soothing but encouraging plea to say “Yes” to the calling of inspiration to make art, defying those inner doubts and fears.

Inspiring

This Book Is completely inspiring. Elizabeth Gilbert is a true master of story telling not just in her writing but as a narrator as well. I love how she has animated inspiration and made it real and not just a feeling. It has truly helped me to be more aware when ideas come to me and more respectful of inspiration.

have not read any of her other books... love this.

have not read any of her other books... love this one. her lessons on writing, hey voice is entrancing. first time I've felt like I was falling for a voice...