A tedious read by a pseudo academic who writes like she continually had an open thesaurus beside her to help her with the big words. Her go-to defense of her more controversial positions is that other music professionals agree with her. What becomes rather apparent is that these more pedigreed professionals determined her opinion so that she could say “me too!” Her arguments to support her more controversial opinions are so weak that you wonder if she genuinely understands the meaning or true creative substance of what she’s defending. Ultimately she’s trying to make herself sound interesting or unconventional in the hopes of creating some sort of artistic credibility but her Emperor’s New Clothes defense of her ideas that rely on the opinions of others falls flat. But, if you’re looking for a contrived, manufactured account of art and creativity this is the book for you.