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Tuesday, August 18<\/strong> from 6-8 PM<\/strong>, Rachael Renae will present her new book Prioritize Play: Express Your Creativity, Boost Your Confidence, and Foster Deeper Connection<\/strong><\/em> at the Oak Park Public Library, 14200 Oak Park Boulevard, Oak Park, MI 48237. You can reach the staff by phone at 248-691-7480.. Books will be provided by Book Beat, call 248.968.1190 to reserve a copy now. Please register in advance. Registration is free: online at the Oak Park Library<\/a><\/p>\n For fans of The Artist\u2019s Way<\/strong> and The Creative Act<\/strong>, comes an alternative perspective on creativity that introduces \u201cplay\u201d as a key tool to building trust and confidence in ourselves and a path to creative expression.<\/p>\n You are creative! Yes you! Despite what society, friends, family, or social media might tell you, you don\u2019t need to practice the \u201cclassic creative outlets\u201d like art, music, or writing to find creative expression. And if you are interested in those outlets, you don\u2019t need to pursue them as a career to live a more fulfilling life.<\/p>\n Through introspection and fun challenges, you\u2019ll see that play is the solution toward overcoming our creative blocks, caring less about what people think of us, and showing ourselves that we do deserve to prioritize our creative ideas. Even when they don\u2019t make money. Even if we\u2019re not \u201cgood\u201d at them. Even if they\u2019re not a \u201ctraditional\u201d creative outlet. Because we all deserve our version of our Big, Juicy Life!<\/p>\n Rachael Renae<\/strong> is an artist, play enthusiast, and creativity hype gal based in Detroit, MI. She helps people prioritize play to overcome creative blocks, better connect with themselves and their people, and confidently live big, fulfilling lives. When she\u2019s not facilitating play workshops or co-hosting the Chaotic Creatives podcast, she\u2019s likely gabbing with pals over voice notes and making a papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Book Launch Party! or fans of The Artist\u2019s Way and The Creative Act, comes an alternative perspective on creativity that introduces \u201cplay\u201d as a key tool to building trust and confidence in ourselves and a path to creative expression. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,814],"tags":[116,971],"class_list":["post-74870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-author-signings-lectures","tag-creativity","tag-rachael-renae"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/rachael.jpeg\")
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