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In this wonderfully diverse collection of original writing, an extraordinary group of thinkers, teachers, and artists in many fields celebrate their personal experiences of creativity. Edited by Tona Pearce Myers, The Soul of Creativity provides not an explanation of what creativity is, but attempts to help each of us to discover the answer for ourselves.
We begin our journey with the creative process -- examining how the process exists within our lives. Contributor Jean Shinoda Bolen, author of Goddess is in Everywoman, describes being captivated by the creative process: "There is a quality of absorption, luminality, and love that gets into the creative process. There is an enchantment, or enchanted space, that exists when I am creating." Don Campbell, a classical musician and author of The Mozart Effect, examines the link of listening as a means of tapping into our creative cycles: "Through the rhythms of walking, the pulses of our hearts, the utterances of pain, joy, and delight, all of these natural patterns couples with the natural sounds around us, create the language of expression."
Next the journey takes us where all creative journeys should: into our imagination. Without imagination our creative acts would stall in midstream. Michelle Cassou, author of Life, Paint, and Passion, poetically takes us into her studio as she embraces a creative dream that has become more and more pressing -- satisfying her longing to erase the fine line that separates creator and creation. Eric Maisel, psychotherapist and author of Fearless Creating, gently guides us through the next section of the book -- through the creator's painful secret, that failure comes more often than success. In this section of the book, we delve into the psyche in search of understanding this dark aspect of our creative soul to bring into the light of the healing power of creativity.
Finally, we end our journey in the spiritual practice of creativity. Being in the company of the talented contributors of The Soul of Creativity will illuminate and uplift any reader adding inspiration and clarity to your life, with such authors as Angeles Arrien, Lucia Capaccione, Raine Eisler, John Fox, Sark, and many more.
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In this wonderfully diverse collection of original writing, an extraordinary group of thinkers, teachers, and artists in many fields celebrate their personal experiences of creativity. Edited by Tona Pearce Myers, The Soul of Creativity provides not an explanation of what creativity is, but attempts to help each of us to discover the answer for ourselves.
We begin our journey with the creative process -- examining how the process exists within our lives. Contributor Jean Shinoda...