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Living the Creative Life

Author : Rice Freeman-Zachery

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 279 pages

File Size : 12,12 MB

Release : 2007-08-15

Category : Art

ISBN : 160061213X

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How DO they do it? If you could ask your favorite artist or crafter only one question, chances are you'd ask about creativity: Where do your ideas come from? How did you get started? What are your tricks for overcoming blocks? In Living the Creative Life, author Ricë Freeman-Zachery has compiled answers to these questions and more from 15 successful artists in a variety of mediums—from assemblage to fiber arts, beading to mixed-media collage. Creativity is different for everyone, and these artists share their insights on the muse (if you believe in her), keeping a sketchbook (or not), and prioritizing your art, whether you aspire to create solely for your own pleasure or to become a full-time artist. • Try your hand at creative jumpstarts straight from the pros. • Glimpse the artists' innermost thoughts and works in progress as you peruse pages from their journals and notebooks. • Share textile artist Sas Colby's triumph over creative block during an exotic art retreat. • Learn how internationally acclaimed artist James Michael Starr uses experience from his former "day job" to fuel his creation today. • Explore the work of Michael deMeng, Claudine Hellmuth, Melissa Zink and the other artists right alongside their insights. No crafter or artist should live the creative life without Living the Creative Life! The inspiration is contagious.



Cultivating Your Creative Life

Author : Alena Hennessy

Publisher : Quarry Books

Page : 126 pages

File Size : 37,97 MB

Release : 2012-07-01

Category : Self-Help

ISBN : 161058418X

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Cultivating Your Creative Life: Exercises, Activities, and Inspiration for Finding Balance, Beauty, and Success as an Artist is a multi-faceted book where creativity and wonder intermingle to show how to live a creative and balanced life while moving toward your goals. You’ll find ideas for keeping your creative well full, an illustrated guide to healing herbs and plants, basic yoga poses and breathing exercises, and tips for moving your artistic career forward. Alena Hennessy's illustration style combines nature, whimsey, delicacy, and a modern sensibility; vibrant pen and ink illustrations accompany relevant quotes ofinspiration, tips, and creative journal exercises. Cultivating Your Creative Life is not only an interactive creativity guide; it is a work of art, in itself—a beautiful, collectible volume—to save and to savor, or to give as a gift to the special creative person in your life.



Still Writing

Author : Dani Shapiro

Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Page : 203 pages

File Size : 36,25 MB

Release : 2013-10-01

Category : Reference

ISBN : 0802193439

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This national bestseller from celebrated novelist and memoirist Dani Shapiro is an intimate and eloquent companion to living a creative life. Through a blend of memoir, meditation on the artistic process, and advice on craft, Shapiro offers her gift to writers everywhere: a guide of hard-won wisdom and advice for staying the course. In the ten years since the first edition, Still Writing has become a mainstay of creative writing classes as well as a lodestar for writers just starting out, and above all, an indispensable almanac for modern writers.



Creativity for Life

Author : Eric Maisel

Publisher : New World Library

Page : 370 pages

File Size : 17,48 MB

Release : 2010-09-24

Category : Self-Help

ISBN : 1577317238

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As a therapist and creativity coach, Eric Maisel has worked with thousands of creative people. He knows firsthand the struggles that writers, musicians, artists, dancers, and actors face and has helped them find balance in their lives while pursuing their artistic endeavors. His new book presents a comprehensive approach to the much-misunderstood life of the artist. Creativity for Life offers practical ideas as well as exercises and inspiration to nurture growth as an artist and as a person, exploring such subjects as: Establishing your creativity practice Obscurity and stardom Blocks The artist’s personality Moods and madness Artists in love Craft The rewards and perils of isolation Social interactions and community



99 Keys to a Creative Life

Author : Melissa Harris

Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide

Page : 157 pages

File Size : 49,69 MB

Release : 2015-05-08

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN : 0738744646

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Creativity is not just painting or writing—it's stepping outside the way you normally think to achieve greater happiness and personal fulfillment. With mindful, heart-based practices, 99 Keys to a Creative Life helps you make the most of your creative opportunities, transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. Nurture and strengthen your imaginative expression, as well as your link to what inspires you, by applying the 33 keys found in each of the three sections: awareness, intuition, and connection to spirit. These keys provide practical methods for daily inspiration and action, making every day more creative and successful. Presenting innovative ways to raise your focus and express yourself, author Melissa Harris shows you how to unlock the gate to a more creative life.



The Art of Creative Living

Author : Thomas Kinkade

Publisher : FaithWords

Page : 252 pages

File Size : 35,37 MB

Release : 2009-08-01

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0446561215

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Book Description

America's most collected living artist reveals how the creative process can provide a path to greater awareness.



Live Big

Author : Rochelle Seltzer

Publisher :

Page : pages

File Size : 38,79 MB

Release : 2019-12-20

Category :

ISBN : 9780578558356

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'Live Big' guides people to access and accelerate creativity in order to live their biggest lives. It includes 20 themes (patience, boldness, resilience, love, fear, play, to name a few). Each theme includes a set of exercises that readers can use to practice and build skills related to the topic.



Weaving Creativity Into Every Strand of Your Curriculum

Author : Julia Figliotti

Publisher :

Page : 186 pages

File Size : 43,83 MB

Release : 2015-06-08

Category :

ISBN : 9780996477512

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What is creativity? How can you foster it in your classroom? And how can you incorporate it into your lessons without falling behind on your curriculum plans? Don't worry - the answer is within these pages! Creativity is a key skill for your students, both within the classroom and outside of it, so we interviewed more than 100 teachers and creativity experts from around the world to gather their favorite techniques for bringing creative thinking skills into any curriculum. With Weaving's selection of useful language and 750 tips and ideas, you will be bringing creativity into your classroom in no time! This book will help you deliberately weave various creative thinking skills into every one of your lessons. And best of all, it won't take time away from the subjects themselves. From kindergarten through college, Weaving Creativity into Every Strand of Your Curriculum is the go-to book for a more creative classroom environment!



Write Free

Author : Rebecca Lawton

Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Page : 160 pages

File Size : 49,3 MB

Release : 2015-09-01

Category :

ISBN : 9781537781464

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Equal parts writer's workshop and spiritual journey, this open-hearted guide will show you how to attain and sustain the creative life you desire. Based on a time-tested principle and using methods pioneered by the authors, Write Free provides a wealth of inspiration, advice, and activities. Exploring how we attract the conditions and events in our lives, Write Free is an invaluable aid for writers, creative souls, and others who want to envision and achieve the inspired life of their dreams.



The Artist as Culture Producer

Author : Sharon Louden

Publisher :

Page : 402 pages

File Size : 31,5 MB

Release : 2017

Category : ART

ISBN : 9781783207275

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When 'Living and Sustaining a Creative Life' was published in 2013, it became an immediate sensation. Edited by Sharon Louden, the book brought together forty essays by working artists, each sharing their own story of how to sustain a creative practice that contributes to the ongoing dialogue in contemporary art. The book struck a nerve how do artists really make it in the world today? Louden took the book on a sixty-two-stop book tour, selling thousands of copies, and building a movement along the way. Now, Louden returns with a sequel: forty more essays from artists who have successfully expanded their practice beyond the studio and become change agents in their communities. There is a misconception that artists are invisible and hidden, but the essays here demonstrate the truth artists make a measurable and innovative economic impact in the non-profit sector, in education, and in corporate environments. The Artist as Culture Producer illustrates how today's contemporary artists add to creative economies through out-of-the-box thinking while also generously contributing to the well-being of others. By turns humorous, heartbreaking, and instructive, the testimonies of these forty diverse working artists will inspire and encourage every reader from the art student to the established artist.



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