Yana Frank "The Muse and the Beast"

Book "Muse and monster. How to organize creative work » Is a kind of hybridtime management and a daily organizer. First of all, it is aimed at creative people, but freelancers of different professions or those who simply want to put things in order at last can use it.

For some reason, it is believed that a true artist needs a creative mess, and self-organization destroys inspiration. But after all on one inspiration far you will not leave -for the realization of creative plans, one must also include the ability to calculate the strength and time, to streamline its activities. Pity is a price to your brilliant ideas, if you can not put them into practice because of your slackness.

Yana Frank is herself a designer and an artist, and she has experienced that she does not limit her creative freedom to self-organization, but simply guides her into the right direction. System of organization of creative work, stated in the book "The Muse and the Beast", was tested by Yana Frank personally and was tested not only by time, but also by difficult life circumstances.

Do not think that "Muse and monster" - this is a boring allowance for time management. Yana Frank did not just write the text, she created interactive book. As many as 150 pages of the book area diary that Yana Frank marked out with her own method. In the book, you can write and draw, cut and paste, build creative plans and even guess at reversal.

"Muse and monster" - this is simultaneously a collection of tips and an organizer, which has already become a reference bookmany creative people. The book will help to organize your time effectively, but do not get bogged down in routine. The author debunks stereotypes about the naturalness of "creative disorder" and proves that competent planning does not kill the muse at all, as many believe.

Of course, there is no guarantee that the book will fitto each and every one. Someone will get acquainted with the advice, but will prefer to buy an ordinary diary. And someone does not find anything useful in themselves. But, perhaps, it is for you that the book of Yana Frank will be a real discovery. Do not try - do not know!

Quotations from the book

"It's better to understand that I will not be able to do anything in the near future, than to promise to improve myself every day"

"It turned out that it was not the order that kills the inspiration, but the attempts to lead it in a hopelessly neglected room!"

"It is worthwhile to start a new wardrobe, as the place in it ends. It is worth to get rid of the extra hour, as it is already spent unknown to what. And we suffer all my life, because we are always short of everything "

"To fully realize what the hour of life is, to mentally divide it into all possible deeds and dollars per hour, and then without a drop of regret spend it on doing nothing - here it is, this freedom"

"Chaos does not contain anything convenient and inspirational and has nothing to do with freedom. Tired, exhausted by problems, people can do nothing creative at all "

"And maybe you will calm down for good, in fullto the extent of realizing that all this really does not matter - neither the recorded time, nor the completed tasks, nor the folded mountains. Maybe the only thing that matters is the feeling that I live full life, but it does not feel like it's from washed dishes, cooked meals, or even from published books and sold pictures "