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This is quickly becoming my favorite book of 2016 and I'm pretty sure (unless it fumbles the landing) it will make it onto my 10 ten of all time list.

I constantly argue with Pressfield in the margins. There are great sections in between the infuriating ones.

Well, that was probably the most helpful chapter on lighting the human body I've ever read in an art book. Three great tips and two minor epiphanies. Well worth the price of admission.

Not sure the "beginner's" part of the name is valid, but I'm discovering a lot of good techniques. Still, I have more than a passing familiar with PS so I'm able to follow pretty well.

Some of Pressfield's ideas about Resistance are a bit shallow, ignoring the deeper psychological contexts of anxiety and other mental conditions. Also, his views on mental illness are complete and utter crap that amount to "just get over it." However, those bits are just that, bits. There's still some good stuff in here. I wish I had some Post-it's on me, or a digital edition I could mark up.

“Don’t compare...Pain is pain. Life hurts you exactly as much as it does me. When it comes to being alive, everyone hurts equally."

Ten pages in and I'm already hooked.

"When they try to shame you, you wear their scorn like ribbons."