The Work of Art

Adam Moss spent his career editing other people’s work; here he flips the lens onto the creative act itself. He sits down with more than forty painters, songwriters, novelists, and chefs to trace a single work from first spark to finished thing, reproducing sketches, drafts, and false starts along the way. The result is a gorgeously illustrated, unusually honest look at how creativity actually happens: not in a flash, but through revision, doubt, and stubborn persistence.