Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

Lately, my friends, one book I have just been loving is Rick Rubin's book.

Rick Rubin is really famous in the creative space, working with lots of musical artists

over the years. I certainly recommend following him online. I love his advice. I feel like he's

deeply connected to himself. And his book, let me just check the title here. The Creative Act, A Way of Being, is just, it is precious.

And the chapters are very short.

And I wanted to read one to you today because no matter what you do for work or who you believe yourself to be,

I know that every single being is a creative being. Look at children, look at the child version

of yourself. If you revisit your childhood childhood even in your mind momentarily,

you will probably remember creating things, building things, drawing things, imagining things.

And in his book, it's on page 391, if you've got the book itself, Rick Rubin has a chapter

called Why Make Art. And I have to say,

you know, one question that I love to ask people is how fulfilled they feel in their lives day

to day. As a life coach, that's a great question to ask when it comes to understanding how people feel. Because on the outside,

someone may appear to have everything. But what counts, this we know, isn't what's external,

it's what's internal and how we feel. And I believe that creativity, active creativity, is a huge part of our

fulfillment. So I'm going to read it to you here, why make art? Ultimately, the act of self-expression

isn't really about you.

Most who choose the artist's path don't have a choice.

We feel compelled to engage, as if by some primal instinct, the same force that calls turtles

towards the sea after hatching in the sand.

We follow this instinct.

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