5 must-read art books like The Meaning in the Making: The Why and How Behind Our Human Need to Create by Sean Tucker

Cover of The Meaning in the Making: The Why and How Behind Our Human Need to Create by Sean Tucker

The Meaning in the Making: The Why and How Behind Our Human Need to Create

By: Sean Tucker

4.47

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Become inspired, find your voice, and create work that matters. Why are human beings driven to make…

"The truth is that a negative emotion in us, more often than not, is pointing to something about ourselves that needs to change, and it won't go away until we deal with it."

-Sean Tucker, The Meaning in the Making: The Why and How Behind Our Human Need to Create

"The truth is that a negative emotion in us, more often than not, is pointing to something about ourselves that needs to change, and it won't go away until we deal with it."

-Sean Tucker, The Meaning in the Making: The Why and How Behind Our Human Need to Create

If you liked the art plot in The Meaning in the Making: The Why and How Behind Our Human Need to Create by Sean Tucker , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan

1. Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life

By: William Finnegan

4.27

Format: 447 pages, Hardcover

A deeply rendered self-portrait of a lifelong surfer by the acclaimed New Yorker writer Barbaria… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Writing felt like it justified, barely, my existence -- this extremity of obscurity I had chosen."

-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life

"I did not consider, even passingly, that I had a choice when it came to surfing. My enchantment would take me where it would."

-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life

"Still, I wondered what Sam, mental illness and all, might have to tell us about adulthood. Why, for example, did it seem to be always receding as a concept, even as we got older?"

-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life

"But surfing always had this horizon, this fear line, that made it different from other things, certainly from other sports I knew. You could do it with friends, but when the waves got big, or you got…"

-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life

Cover of The World Atlas of Coffee: From Beans to Brewing -- Coffees Explored, Explained and Enjoyed by James Hoffmann

2. The World Atlas of Coffee: From Beans to Brewing -- Coffees Explored, Explained and Enjoyed

By: James Hoffmann

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Professionals and enthusiasts alike will love this beautiful book by James Hoffmann. From overviews… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story by John Yorke

3. Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story

By: John Yorke

1.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • art
  • nonfiction
Cover of Models: Attract Women Through Honesty by Mark Manson

4. Models: Attract Women Through Honesty

By: Mark Manson

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

Models is the first book ever written on seduction as an emotional process rather than a logical on… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of A Season in Hell/The Drunken Boat by Arthur Rimbaud, Louise Varèse

5. A Season in Hell/The Drunken Boat

By: Arthur Rimbaud , Louise Varèse

3.95

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

Although he stopped writing at the age of 19, Arthur Rimbaud (1854-91) possessed the most revolutio… read more

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6. Hollywood

By: Charles Bukowski

3.40

Format: 96 pages,

Henry Chinaski siempre ha estado en pie de guerra, sin bajar la guardia contra el <>y sus infinitos… read more

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7. The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything

By: Ken Robinson , Lou Aronica

2.75

Format: None pages,

Ante un futuro cada vez mas incierto, este libro nos motiva a buscar lo mejor de nosotros mismos, l… read more

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8. The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations for Clarity, Effectiveness, and Serenity

By: Ryan Holiday , Stephen Hanselman

3.92

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

A beautifully packaged, gifty daily devotional of Stoic wisdom, from the author of The Obstacle is … read more

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9. Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

By: Robert Pool , K. Anders Ericsson

4.03

Format: None pages, ebook

A survey of the psychology of expertise, providing techniques for developing mastery of any skill, … read more

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10. The Living Mountain

By: Robert Macfarlane , Nan Shepherd

4.50

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate Cover Edition for . The Living Mountain is a lyrical testament in praise of t… read more

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11. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles

By: Steven Pressfield , Robert McKee

4.08

Format: None pages,

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12. The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

By: Robert Macfarlane

4.13

Format: 433 pages, Hardcover

Robert Macfarlane travels Britain's ancient paths and discovers the secrets of our beautiful, under… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The next day, my birthday, was one of the most charmed of my life."

-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

"For pilgrims walking...every footfall is doubled, landing at once on the actual road and also on the path of faith."

-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

"The compact between writing and walking is almost as old as literature -- a walk is only a step away from a story, and every path tells."

-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

"Wherever my grandfather had gone in his remarkable life, he had walked. He had been a diplomat and a mountaineer who spent fifty years traveling the world, and in every posting he had sought out high…"

-Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

Cover of The Lost Art of Running: A Journey to Rediscover the Forgotten Essence of Human Movement by Shane Benzie

13. The Lost Art of Running: A Journey to Rediscover the Forgotten Essence of Human Movement

By: Shane Benzie

4.08

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

'Heads up – here's how to run like a pro' - The Times'A fascinating book' - Adharanand Finn, author… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future by Ryder Carroll

14. The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

By: Ryder Carroll

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

For years Ryder Carroll tried countless organizing systems, online and off, but none of them fit th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
"It's part organization, part soul-searching, part dream-weaving."

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

"In the most connected time in history, we're quickly losing touch with ourselves."

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

"Prioritize the items you feel strongest about or are the most time sensitive, and strike off the items you feel “meh"

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

"No matter how bleak or menacing a situation may appear, it does not enitrely own us. It can't take away our freedom to respond, our power to take action."

-Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future

Cover of The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin

15. The Creative Act: A Way of Being

By: Rick Rubin

4.04

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more

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  • art
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Cover of Find Your Frame: A Street Photography Masterclass by Craig Whitehead

16. Find Your Frame: A Street Photography Masterclass

By: Craig Whitehead

4.30

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Look beyond the obvious. Street photography is what you make it’. Craig Whitehead’s shots of the s… read more

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  • art
  • photography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Walking in the Woods: Go back to nature with the Japanese way of shinrin-yoku by Yoshifumi Miyazaki

17. Walking in the Woods: Go back to nature with the Japanese way of shinrin-yoku

By: Yoshifumi Miyazaki

3.32

Format: 136 pages, Kindle Edition

'It is clear that our bodies still recognize nature as our home...' - Yoshifumi Miyazaki'Forest bat… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Planets by Brian Cox

18. The Planets

By: Brian Cox

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Mercury, a lifeless victim of the Sun's expanding power. Venus, once thought to be lush and fertile… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Meaning in the Making: The Why and How Behind Our Human Need to Create by Sean Tucker

19. The Meaning in the Making: The Why and How Behind Our Human Need to Create

By: Sean Tucker

4.47

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Become inspired, find your voice, and create work that matters. Why are human beings driven to make… read more

Similar categories in Sean Tucker's The Meaning in the Making: The Why and How Behind Our Human Need to Create book and Sean Tucker's The Meaning in the Making: The Why and How Behind Our Human Need to Create

  • art
  • photography
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
"The truth is that a negative emotion in us, more often than not, is pointing to something about ourselves that needs to change, and it won't go away until we deal with it."

-Sean Tucker, The Meaning in the Making: The Why and How Behind Our Human Need to Create

Cover of The Photography Storytelling Workshop: A five-step guide to creating unforgettable photographs by Finn  Beales

20. The Photography Storytelling Workshop: A five-step guide to creating unforgettable photographs

By: Finn Beales

4.26

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

If you want to make it beyond Instagram as a photographer you have to give a solid listen to the id… read more

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  • art
  • photography
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Lesser Photographer: Escape the Gear Trap and Focus on What Matters by C.J. Chilvers

21. A Lesser Photographer: Escape the Gear Trap and Focus on What Matters

By: C.J. Chilvers

4.37

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

Imagine creating better photographs with less. Less gear. Less anxiety. Less stress. Less fear. A … read more

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  • photography
  • nonfiction

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