Imagination in action
Subtitle: secrets for unleashing creative expression
By: Shaun McNiff
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781611802016
Subjects: Creative ability; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.); Imagination
Description: "The theory and practice of creativity--culled from the lifetime of experiences of an esteemed art educator/therapist. With proven techniques he's discovered for jump-starting the creative process. There are art teachers--and then there's Shaun McNiff. An accomplished painter himself, with a fascination for the creative process, he's been teaching art for something like forty years, both to people who identify themselves as artists, and to those who carry no such identity--most notably to the many clients and mental health patients with whom he's worked to use art making as a therapeutic method. Having observed and worked with such a broad spectrum of art makers has caused him to observe the creative process--in others as well as in himself--in depth over a long period. In this book, he will offer his observations about creativity, what it is and how it works, along with practical advice on how to jump-start the process in oneself. His history and experience give his observations on this topic a good deal of heft"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-236).
Table of contents: title: Creativity is a force of nature; title: The best things happen; title: To witness rather than to judge; title: Creating with the shadow; title: Resistance is a gateway; title: Quality matters.