Drill Sergeant Stan and Major Marshall review the book “The War of Art” by Steven Pressfield. The book was written to help artists tackle some of the mental challenges that get in the way of creating. Using war as a metaphor, the author offers solutions to get things done by defeating ‘resistance’ - the difficult obstacles artists face. Both Marshall and Stan have caveats with Pressfield’s advice though, and like everything else, it depends on how you apply it.

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References and books

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War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Fantastic Beasts with Vance Kovacs
The Art of Learning by Joshua Waitzkin
Raging Bull
The Legend of Bagger Vance
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland