Creating art, whether a painting, a short story, or a beautiful landscape is never easy. It might come quickly but it will always meet with resistance. Perhaps the first painting will find its way to your canvas without much effort but ongoing act of creation, painting after painting, short story after short story will quickly meet with barriers and push-back.
Creating art is an act of war. The very act of creation is a battle.
The writer of the wonderful movie, Bagger Vance, Stevn Pressfield provides an honest appraisal of this violent act and the difficult struggle any creative act will face. It requires grit. It requires determination. It requires the ability to see the field and know the ultimate goal.
This book should be required reading for every student entering college as it is a clear statement of the difficult journey they are about to take and the steps to find true success in every aspect of their life.
