The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery Author: | Language: English | ISBN:
B00HVKDIX8 | Format: EPUB
The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery Description
It is one of the enduring enigmas of the human experience: many of our most iconic, creative endeavors - from Nobel Prize-winning discoveries to entrepreneurial inventions and works in the arts - are not achievements but conversions, corrections after failed attempts.
The gift of failure is a riddle. Like the number zero, it will always be both a void and the start of infinite possibility. The Rise - a soulful celebration of the determination and courage of the human spirit - makes the case that many of our greatest triumphs come from understanding the importance of this mystery.
This exquisite biography of an idea is about the improbable foundations of creative human endeavor. The Rise begins with narratives about figures past and present who range from writers to entrepreneurs; Frederick Douglass, Samuel F. B. Morse, and J. K. Rowling, for example, feature alongside choreographer Paul Taylor, Nobel Prize-winning physicists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, Arctic explorer Ben Saunders, and psychology professor Angela Duckworth.
The Rise explores the inestimable value of often ignored ideas - the power of surrender for fortitude, the criticality of play for innovation, the propulsion of the near win on the road to mastery, and the importance of grit and creative practice. From an uncommonly insightful writer, The Rise is a true masterwork.
- Audible Audio Edition
- Listening Length: 6 hours and 22 minutes
- Program Type: Audiobook
- Version: Unabridged
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Audible.com Release Date: March 4, 2014
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00HVKDIX8
In Sarah Lewis’ recent publication of “The Rise: Creativity, The Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery,” she asserts that the notion of failure is an important part of the creative process and in being a complete human being. For Lewis, being a “failure” – at least one with clear vision, process, and tenacity – gives you the drive to succeed and the springboard for true mastery. Lewis’ spectrum of knowledge and prototypes of successful “failures” in this book are not limited to fine artists. Refreshingly, her definition of creativity is broad and includes scientists, athletes, educators, and film executives. By using a variety of examples, Lewis has written a book that has the potential to strike a chord in almost anyone. Someone in this book will inspire you because they have lost just as you have. In fact, many people in this book have lost more than you ever will and have still had the “grit” to keep moving forward. In short, if failure is something we have in common, as Lewis asserts, then the ability to “rise” above it is something we have in common, as well. It is in this way that no matter where we are in our “dream” we are in the best of company.
By joy harris
Sarah Lewis explores in the book, The Rise: Creativity, The Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery, some universal questions of success and more important the impact of failure. What stimulates the creative mind?
A blend of scientific research and anecdotal stories, Lewis carves out some interesting concepts like the “near win” when someone comes in second. The “near win” can offer a different experience that success does not. She points to Julie Moss’s infamous Ironman finish and how it changed her. The effects of the bronze versus silver medal psychology.
Another concept is the “the unfinished quality of mastery” that can make iconic works feel like failures. Lewis cites as examples how Michelangelo’s philosophy of art as “an unending succession of contests”. How Cezanne only signed 10% of his work. How Paul Taylor keep trying even after his audience left after he pushed the envelope with a dance.
With “creating safe havens”, artists are able to do things to synchronize creativity. August Wilson would write on napkins and Robert Redford created Sundance.
Lewis’s book on the impact of failure in the arts is a fascinating read and reiterates that failure is often a better teacher than success.
The book’s language is a bit high brow in certain parts, but overall brings an interesting perspective on what it takes to exploit the opportunity found in creativity.
By Dr. Wilson Trivino
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