Imagine This: Creating the Work You Love
Maxine Clair, award-winning author of the critically acclaimed short story collection Rattlebone and the novel October Suite, has assembled a deeply inspirational yet practical book to help readers access their inner creativity. Imagine This is a beautifully written set of deeply personal stories from which Clair draws examples of how we can be aware of the now, keep ourselves motivated, and create work of which we are proud.

Imagine This explains how some of us consciously choose the vehicle through which we express our magnificence — be it business, art, science, or other — while others of us have dutifully plied a trade in arenas that society has suggested are worthwhile, with self-expression only fixed on a hobby. Both, Clair maintains, can contribute to a good life. Occasionally, however, a moment comes that is sufficiently insistent on deep examination. In that moment we float the possibility for expression of a greater self.

Imagine This shows readers how to be aware of these moments and how our inner creativity is always seeking an outlet. By combining captivating memoir with step-by-step advice, Clair helps us find and develop our own unique and personal creative outlets.
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Imagine This: Creating the Work You Love
Maxine Clair, award-winning author of the critically acclaimed short story collection Rattlebone and the novel October Suite, has assembled a deeply inspirational yet practical book to help readers access their inner creativity. Imagine This is a beautifully written set of deeply personal stories from which Clair draws examples of how we can be aware of the now, keep ourselves motivated, and create work of which we are proud.

Imagine This explains how some of us consciously choose the vehicle through which we express our magnificence — be it business, art, science, or other — while others of us have dutifully plied a trade in arenas that society has suggested are worthwhile, with self-expression only fixed on a hobby. Both, Clair maintains, can contribute to a good life. Occasionally, however, a moment comes that is sufficiently insistent on deep examination. In that moment we float the possibility for expression of a greater self.

Imagine This shows readers how to be aware of these moments and how our inner creativity is always seeking an outlet. By combining captivating memoir with step-by-step advice, Clair helps us find and develop our own unique and personal creative outlets.
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Imagine This: Creating the Work You Love

Imagine This: Creating the Work You Love

by Maxine Clair
Imagine This: Creating the Work You Love

Imagine This: Creating the Work You Love

by Maxine Clair

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Maxine Clair, award-winning author of the critically acclaimed short story collection Rattlebone and the novel October Suite, has assembled a deeply inspirational yet practical book to help readers access their inner creativity. Imagine This is a beautifully written set of deeply personal stories from which Clair draws examples of how we can be aware of the now, keep ourselves motivated, and create work of which we are proud.

Imagine This explains how some of us consciously choose the vehicle through which we express our magnificence — be it business, art, science, or other — while others of us have dutifully plied a trade in arenas that society has suggested are worthwhile, with self-expression only fixed on a hobby. Both, Clair maintains, can contribute to a good life. Occasionally, however, a moment comes that is sufficiently insistent on deep examination. In that moment we float the possibility for expression of a greater self.

Imagine This shows readers how to be aware of these moments and how our inner creativity is always seeking an outlet. By combining captivating memoir with step-by-step advice, Clair helps us find and develop our own unique and personal creative outlets.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781932841831
Publisher: Agate
Publication date: 11/11/2014
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Maxine Clair is a poet, short story writer, and novelist. Born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas, she had a career in medical technology as chief technologist at a D.C.-area children's hospital before pursuing and achieving her MFA at George Washington University.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

1 Waking Up 13

Cultivating the Practice of Sacred Journaling

2 Hovering Between Endings and Beginnings 33

Cultivating the Practice of Affirming Life

3 Tuning In to the Sacred Within 45

Cultivating the Practice of Meditation

4 Finding What Is Seeking You 71

Cultivating Receptivity

5 Making the Commitment 91

Cultivating a Clearer Mind

6 Diving into Deep Knowledge and Practice 111

Cultivating an Appetite for Knowledge and Practice

7 Landing in Celebration and Gratitude 133

Cultivating Gratitude and Forgiveness

8 Sharing Is the Best Part 155

Cultivating a Consciousness of Giving

9 Opening to Your Next Best-Yet-to-Be 171

Cultivating the Practice of Contemplation

Afterword 193

Sources 195

In Gratitude 197

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