here is an interesting essay i came up with for chat. you may read it

i am asking, if you can help me, for a specific title of a book that i read when i was about 24. the book was about the act of creation of specifically artwork or art. it described the creative process. the author was a violinist. it unlocked or attempted to unlock the secret to successful creation of artwork. it described the creation of drawings, visual artwork, paintings, etc. i think however the primary focus was on music. it described spontaneous improvisation and the magic of that. one point that i in particular remember he made was how the true interpretation of the english word amateur is to interpret the meaning of Loving what you Do. he stressed that this was the proper interpretation of the word and that one should be proud to be called an amateur and even to be one. there is no shame in the game. it had several pictures inside, or a few. they illustrated the magic of making music and following one's intuition when creating art. to follow one's whim. music is obeying one's 'muse'. again, i think the main focus of the book was music, and especially spontaneous improvisation, which is very beautiful, and can be very liberating unto the artist him or herself. how the creation of artwork is therapeutic and health giving. it explored the sublimity of the creative process. it defended the artist's job. it advocated for spontaneity and a certain looseness in the execution of the creation of new artwork. following one's whim and one's muse as I said. he was a professional violinist. he described practicing and performing with others, and the magic that is inherent in that, the activity of collaborative improvisation. kind of like just letting your spirit guide you. it may or may not be of help, but the particular edition (which i borrowed from the live oak public library, in savannah, georgia in probably i think the year 2007) that i read had a red cover with a painting or drawing of a flower pot or else a violin emitting music notes on the cover or something like that, i can't remember but i theorize that it was a colored pencil or else pastel paint picture or drawing. i can't be sure of that latter (just what kind of image was on the cover), but i can be sure that it was colorful. i do think that the word or some form of the word 'creativity' or 'creation' was in the title, and if not, it was certainly part of the theme of the book. 'creativity' and 'creation' (of artwork, namely) was certainly main and central to the whole theme of the book. i think that perhaps, and i can't be at all sure of this point, that the book was published in the 1990s. that seems the most true, but it couldn't have been any earlier than the 1960s, and i really don't think it was That early. that's about as much detail as i can think of for now. do you think you can pretty pretty pretty please do your best to search out the title? i would really like to add it to my goodread read books

by the way, the title is Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art by Stephen Nachmanovitch.