This Above All: How to Live an Artistic Life

Written by Jason Cannon

Narrated by Jason Cannon

MAY YOU BE EVER BRAVE...

Is there something holding you back from what you know you can do? From who you know you can be?

Are you always starting but never finishing? Your novel? Your music? Your painting, poetry, sculpture, or play? 

Do you struggle to maintain passion and balance in your work, your exercise routine, or your relationships?

Don’t hang your head if you answered “yes” to any of those questions. Chin up and crack open…

THIS ABOVE ALL

In this galvanizing, pull-no-punches examination of the obstacles and rewards to living an artistic life, award-winning actor, director, playwright, and author Jason Cannon shows readers how to harness their creativity, rediscover their courage, and break free of the forces holding them back.

Even if you’ve never picked up a paintbrush, even if you can’t carry a tune in a bucket, even if just the thought of getting up on a stage makes you break out in a cold sweat, THIS ABOVE ALL will inspire you to unleash your inner artist and live true.

If you liked THE WAR OF ART or THE ARTIST’S WAY, then you’ll love THIS ABOVE ALL.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ibis Books
• Release date: Dec 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9781956672053

Jason Cannon

Jason Cannon is an award-winning actor, director, improviser, playwright, teacher, and author. He has an MFA in Directing, a Master's in Drama, and a quarter-century in the professional theatre. As an actor, Jason has portrayed everything from a rapping dinosaur to a robot and from a hitman to Hamlet. He has written plays about J. R. R. Tolkien and Aesop, directed plays about hiccuping dragons and foul-mouthed puppets, and once while improvising he was attacked by a stage light. He lives in Florida just a holler from the Gulf with his partner Rebecca and their two silly pups, Gaia and Odin. He makes a killer key lime pie and runs lots of 10Ks and half-marathons. Jason believes storytelling in all its forms-whether seen on the stage or read on a page-has the power not only to entertain but also to comfort, provoke, and inspire us to be better humans. Jason is also available as a workshop leader, story coach, editor, teacher, speaker, emcee, and even wedding officiant. Learn more about Jason at jason-cannon.com and check out his other books at ibis-books.com