Unleash Your Imagination: Transform Your Life

by Dennis A. Kleidon

Overview

Unleash Your Imagination is all about the wonderful adventure of developing a vision for a new life. Written by acclaimed fine artist and designer Dennis Kleidon, Unleash shows how to use design thinking to challenge your normal routines, increase the power of your imagination, and harness new sources of creativity.

A designer's approach encourages an open mind and curious spirit, leading to fresh solutions you may never have imagined. By approaching change like a designer, you can find your life's purpose and shape a direction guided by it. Both analytical and creative, this process replaces blank-page panic with the thrill of new possibilities.

Unleash Your Imagination brings in the wisdom of many artists, architects, and designers, from ancient philosophers to today's leaders in positive psychology, letting great thinkers guide you toward an exciting future of optimism, happiness, and achievement. Kleidon reminds us that we are each responsible for our life and for designing our life. As Buckminster Fuller said, "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."

As the designer of your life and with Unleash Your Imagination as your guide, you can plan an extraordinary life with greater purpose and meaning. This is especially useful if you are facing or planning for an important turning point in life.

Unleash helps you think through the process of change by using your imagination to unleash your long-standing desires and integrate them into your current life. Changing in this authentic way can enhance the quality of your life. It can let you go beyond yourself to contribute to the world. Life is a continuous design process, Kleidon says, as he describes a thoughtful, methodical approach to discovery, experimentation, and planning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781632995681
Publisher:	River Grove Books
Publication date:	03/18/2022
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.59(d)

About the Author

Dennis Kleidon has decades of experience as a professor, designer, entrepreneur, and fine artist. He worked as a designer and illustrator for architectural firms in Chicago, studied at the University of Illinois, and received degrees from Illinois Wesleyan University and Illinois State University.Kleidon, who is dedicated to academia, taught at the University of Illinois and the University of Akron as a Professor of Art. "There is nothing more thrilling than to share ideas, investigate new concepts and interact with the fresh young minds of university students."Kleidon taught thousands of students over his long career in higher education. His design students won top awards in regional and national competitions, year after year. Now an emeritus professor, Kleidon is often a guest lecturer in creative personal development.In 1975, he co-founded Kleidon & Associates, an award-winning marketing communications firm serving clients in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Kleidon also created Designer Grids, a three-point perspective system used worldwide by architects, designers, and illustrators.Kleidon has received multiple honors, including the Distinguished Sales and Marketing Award by the Sales & Marketing Executives International and a Lifetime Achievement award from the American Advertising Federation.As a fine artist influenced by mid-century abstract expressionists, Kleidon has had paintings shown across the United States in solo and group exhibits. He is represented by galleries in New York City, Scottsdale, and Italy.Kleidon shares his decades of experience as a professor, entrepreneur, designer, and artist to inspire his readers to open their minds, stretch their imaginations and use their deepest desires and highest aspirations to shape their personal pursuit of happiness and excellence.