Replay: Mason Currey shares Five Things He's Learned about Subtly Maneuvering the Creative Process
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“Whether you already have an established creative practice or dream of having one—or just enjoy hearing about how a variety of brilliant folks achieve their best work—I will do my best to leave you with new ways to think about the creative process, new strategies to try out in your own lives, and a wealth of stories about how some of history’s greatest artists and thinkers have navigated many of the same challenges we all face.”
– Mason Currey, Five Things I’ve Learned about Subtly Maneuvering the Creative Process
Last Thursday, author and editor Mason Currey joined Five Things I've Learned to share all he’s learned about how they get their work done – and about the small changes we all can make to forge a more productive relationship with our own creative forces.
In Five Things I’ve Learned about Subtly Maneuvering the Creative Process, Mason Currey shares all he’s learned by studying the everyday habits, routines, and mindset shifts that helped some of history’s greatest artists and thinkers – figures as wide-ranging as Virginia Woolf, John Cage, and Vincent van Gogh – get their work done. While detailing their stories, he’ll also showcase practical strategies and subtle changes you can apply to your life to build a more sustainable, productive, and rewarding creative practice of your own.
About Mason: Mason is the author of the Daily Rituals books—Daily Rituals: How Artists Work and Daily Rituals: Women at Work—featuring brief profiles of the day-to-day work habits of more than three hundred brilliant minds. He has worked as the managing editor of Metropolis, the executive editor of Print, and a senior editor at Core77, and his freelance writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Slate. Mason lives in Los Angeles and writes “Subtle Maneuvers,” a twice-monthly newsletter on the creative process. His next book, Making Art and Making a Living: Adventures in Funding a Creative Life, comes out in March 2026.
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