{"product_id":"art-work-on-the-creative-life","title":"Art Work: On the Creative Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe much-anticipated new book by artist and New York Times bestselling author Sally Mann about the challenges and transcendent pleasures of the creative process\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Erudite, frank, and funny.” —Amor Towles, bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and The Lincoln Highway\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArt Work, by photographer and writer Sally Mann, offers a spellbinding mix of wild and illuminating stories, practical (and some impractical) advice, and life lessons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the same direct, fearless, and occasionally outrageous tone of her bestselling memoir, Hold Still, this new book reaffirms Mann as a unique and resonant voice for our times and is destined to become a classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated throughout with photographs, journal entries, and letters that bring immediacy and poignancy to the narrative, Art Work is full of thought-provoking insights about the hazards of early promise; the unpredictable role of luck; the value of work, work, work, and more hard work; the challenges of rejection and distraction; the importance of risk-taking; and the rewards of knowing why and when you say yes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn sparkling prose and thoughtfully juxtaposed visuals and ephemera, Art Work is a generous, provocative, and compulsively readable exploration of creativity by one of our most original thinkers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harry N. Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53154147172659,"sku":"9781419780714","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/6181\/5859\/files\/9781419780714.jpg?v=1774062922","url":"https:\/\/www.bluebirdcrozet.com\/products\/art-work-on-the-creative-life","provider":"Bluebird \u0026 Company Crozet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}