  David Mack Talks ALCHEMY, the Future of Kabuki, and the
Creative Process  MACK _DD_Featured  by on November 4, 2013  If
you haven’t already read the article I wrote about David Mack’s
seventh Kabuki volume, Alchemy, you should probably do that
before you read this interview, since it will add much needed
context to some of the comments below. Using the magic of
technology I have created an easy to click portal back to that
previous post, a “link” if you will, right here: CLICK ME!  And
now, here’s my interview with David Mack himself:  Nerdist: This
book hit me at exactly the right time, as I mentioned in the
article. So on that note, my first question is when you sat down
to write this, was your intent to create a primer of sorts, or a
manifesto on creativity?  MACK ART 4_kabukiDavid Mack: You know,
it was a little more organic than that. I had been working
professionally for close to 20 years when I started Alchemy. I
had spent a lot of that time figuring out ways to give myself
principles and rules to fo