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The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World | Lewis Hyde

This week's blogpost is about my thoughts on The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World by Lewis Hyde. 📚💚

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https://susanshiney.com/10-takeaways-from-the-gift-by-lewis-hyde/

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SShiney

The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World | Lewis Hyde

Still reading this book bit by bit. It is heavy but thought-provoking.

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SShiney

The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World | Lewis Hyde

"Just as treating nature's bounty as a gift ensures the fertility of nature, so to treat the products of the imagination as gifts ensures the fertility of the imagination."

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brendanmleonard

The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World | Lewis Hyde

A bigger photo of Holiday #bookhaul is coming, but this is the only one I don't recognize. The person who gave it to me has never given me books on creativity, so I'm curious if anyone here has heard of it.

batsy I liked it a lot. A hard book to categorise but it's not a standard self-help book on creativity 🙂 Art not as a commodity but as a gift, using some interesting examples throughout history and various cultures. 7y

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AmyG

The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World | Lewis Hyde

1. Any color is good
2. I like cats, chocolate , cozy things, music, pop culture
3. A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara is the best book I've read in years.
4. Fiction, non-fiction, mysteries. I have an interest in fantasy and graphic novels. So many love them I'd be open to trying.
5. Romance, western
6. I got bit by a snake at a super bowl party. 😳
7. Litsy TBR
8. Anyone following me.

TricksyTails 😳🐍 Yikes!! 7y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I really want to read A Little Life!!! 7y

AmyG @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Request it for Christmas! 7y

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Louise

The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World | Lewis Hyde

#SummerSantaGoesPostal @BookishMarginalia These goodies are about to get packed up and put in the post tomorrow. I hope my Litsy match will enjoy them as much as I enjoyed choosing them for her! 💕

Read4life Beautiful! 💙 8y

Nat_Reads What beautiful wrapping!! 8y

BookishMarginalia So pretty! 8y

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Hooked_on_books Great paper! Where did you find it? 8y

moranadatter Yes! Where did you find that paper? 💚 8y

Zelma I'm echoing everyone else and loving the paper! 💕 8y

Louise Thank you! @Read4life @Nat_Reads @BookishMarginalia @Hooked_on_Books @moranadatter @Zelma The paper is made by Chronicle Books and comes in large book format with 12 paper designs and a page of matching sticker gift tags. The paper is called Literary Life and is available on Amazon and from Book Depository. Surely, you can find it elsewhere too. I'm on a bit of a wrapping paper kick at the moment and even watch wrapping videos on YouTube! 😂 (edited) 8y

Louise My exciting lesson this time was to use double-sided tape in these nifty dispensers so that no tape is visible on the outside of the packages. This is the sort of thing I get excited about these days. LOL! 😂 8y

carrceli I love it. I feel like I let my litten down! 8y

Louise Awww, thanks @carrceli! 8y

CouronneDhiver Wow! Very nice 8y

Louise Thanks, @CouronneDhiver 8y

erzascarletbookgasm Great wrapping! 💗 8y

Louise Thank you, @erzascarletbookgasm! 8y

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Lauren

The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World | Lewis Hyde

Now that we've gotten through 180 pages of usury's history as explained through Maori practices, Calvin, Luther, Moses, et al--on to the poets. Roethke here in a famous/powerful excerpt

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