Twyla Tharp

When I first got to reading Twyla Tharp’s, The Creative Habit I actually took a liking to it. The first chapter was an introduction to what the book is going to be about and what aspects that people give to what makes creativity. “Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits.” That is a quote from the first chapter and the habits are pretty much rituals. The rituals in this sense aren’t all religious and what not but is taken from a religious thought in some way. For example, Twyla wakes up every morning at 5:30 and goes to the gym. As she keeps doing that the ritual isn’t waking up but getting into the cab and telling the driver where to go. Rituals are good practice because by the time you have completed the first step, you aren’t then going to question why you’re doing what you’re doing because you are already doing it. That is probably a confusing way to word what I’m trying to say but it all makes sense in comparison with the book. As I kept reading I didn’t really vibe with the second chapter. I felt like when she was giving examples of people she knew and their routines such as a composer, chef, painter and writer friend I couldn’t relate to them so I wasn’t getting too much out of it. Although, what I did take from their routines, as a whole, was that in order to really stay on task with what you’re into, you have to find something that gives you motivation to do so. I didn’t give up reading though because she then turned to make some valid points about subtracting things that are distracting you from getting to your own creativity. Hopefully, further into the book the chapters will be more relatable to me, if not, and then I should at least get something out of reading.