Highly reviewed creativity books

Through her bestseller, The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron has inspired millions. Julia turns, in It’s Never Too Late To Begin Again, her attention to a section of the society that is still hesitant and overwhelmed by the artistic process. Cameron tells readers that retirement can potentially be their life’s best, most rewarding, and most imaginative period. Through this book Cameron teaches readers how to help them conquer this new environment by nurturing their imaginative selves. She shares elderly people’s inspirational tales that have found new artistic interests and talents. This twelve-week program helps to describe the life you desire when you redefine and re-create yourself, this book includes practical resources that will motivate and encourage you to make the most of this moment of your life. This enjoyable, gentle, step-by-step guide will help you express your imaginative dreams, hopes, and aspirations and easily help you realize that it’s not too late to start again.

Creativity Inc. is a guide for those chasing freshness, and the very first all-access journey to Pixar Animation’s core, with conferences and brainstorming sessions where some of the most famous movies in history were produced. It is, at heart, a book on imagination but, as Ed Catmull, co-founder and chairman of Pixar, says, it is also an illustration of the thoughts that I think really matters. Pixar has ruled the animation landscape for almost twenty years, making such iconic movies as the franchise of Toy Story, Finding Nemo or The Incredibles, which have been breaking box office records and winning thirty Academy Awards. Pixar animations are in many respects an educational lesson on what creativity actually can be. Catmull exposes here in this book the principles and methods that made Pixar so highly revered.

From Eat Pray Love’s worldwide bestselling author: the road to the vivid life you’ve dreamed of. For years, readers from all ages and walks of life have received inspiration and encouragement from the books of Elizabeth Gilbert. Today this beloved writer is diving deep into her own creative mindset to share her imagination insight and special viewpoint. She provides valuable insights into the mystical essence of creativity through profound compassion and dazzling altruism. She addresses the behaviors, strategies and routines we must follow to have a really creative mindset. Gilbert, combining soulful faith with positive pragmatism, helps us discovering the mysterious gems that are concealed within each of us. If we’re trying to write a novel, make music, discover new ways to overcome problems in our work, embark on a long awaited vision, or simply infuse our daily lives with more energy and excitement, Big Magic cracks open up a world of awe and happiness.

In Craft a Life You Love, by making subtle yet effective changes to their daily lives, readers can learn how to channel their creative energies and make things. Amy Tangerine teaches you how to sustain a optimistic outlook, and build a vibrant and rewarding life by reflecting on what really matters. Chapters discuss ways to sculpt the spirit, design the right mentality, build the best atmosphere, draft positive habits, rediscover your artistic mojo, and sustain momentum, with each chapter providing activities to bring your creative activity to the next stage. Craft a Life You Love will show you how to find room for inspiration every day.

We fell in love with our creative work and seek a career that allows us to do that every day. Psychological science supports what we feel in our hearts: if we work for the pure pleasure of it, we are at our most imaginative and creative. You can ruin your creativity by relying on extrinsic encouragement such as money, popularity, or other incentives. When you’re not enthusiastic about the challenge before you, it’s difficult to do your best work, regardless of what benefits it may offer. Working for love is nice, but you can’t overlook the benefits because you’re a talented professional: you need cash to live your life and support your ideas. You may not want to be popular, but you need a decent reputation in your professional network. Read Motivation for Creative People if you are concerned about thriving in your creative career and being faithful to your inspiration.

Each day you go to work with the task of solving problems with solutions that meet the deadlines and precise targets. If you excel in doing so you should be able to secure your position. The moment you trade your creative mind for money, you are entering a world where being clever at all time is minimum required. It’s no longer enough to simply do the work. To succeed in today’s marketplace, we all must produce genius ideas on demand, whatever is our position. The Accidental Creative is your roadmap to keep your mind fresh and deliver the best on a every day basis.

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In the conviction that a positive mindset is essential to creative development, award-winning acrylic artist Jo Toye leads you into an entertaining workshop-style adventure packed with imaginative methods, inventive solutions and great outcomes. Discover which tools Toye found most helpful when it comes to making art, along with 17 step-by-step tutorials of how best to use them. Eight painting assignments bring all together at the core of this book.