From Brandon Stosuy, cofounder of the Creative Independent, an interactive guide to navigating disappointments and finding happy accidents in a creative life, filled with advice from artists across disciplines. The third in a series of three interactive guides to the practical and emotional sides of living a creative life, How to Fail Successfully tackles the inevitable challenges that come with making work and releasing it into the world. Whether you are confronting failure in the form of fear, imposter syndrome, or negative feedback, this book provides insights and exercises to help you reframe these vulnerabilities as vital components to your process. Working artists from all walks of lifesuch as musicians, authors, filmmakers, dancers, designers, and visual artistsoffer their advice throughout the book, providing ample evidence that even the most accomplished among us deal with ongoing selfdoubt. Part memoir, part zine, part howto, and part oral history, in How to Fail Successfully author and curator Brandon Stosuy taps into his own experiences and an incredible network of talent to provide diverse (and diverging) perspectives on how success and failure are intertwined. Taken as a standalone guide or the finale of a series (including Make Time for Creativity and Stay Inspired), this book provides the support you need to take creative risks and make work on your terms. The book also includes quotes by Jason Reynolds (YA author), Bjrk (musician), Matthew Day Jackson...

Binding: Paperback;144 pages; Publisher: Abrams; Classification: VS; Weight: 466 g; Dimensions: 147 x 210 x 15

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