Offers advice and encouragement to help readers foster creativity and be artistically productive in a wide variety of endeavors.

B. B. King, Joni Mitchell, Keith Richards, Queen Latifah, and more than 70 other iconic musicians discuss the creative process in exclusive interviews"I was amazed at how many people have shared an experience I thought was so rare." --Eric ClaptonIn this exciting, original, and inspiring book, 75 of the world's most iconic musicians reveal, many for the first time, their thoughts on creating music. Psychologist Jenny Boyd has probed the minds and...

In Search of La Chispa: The Elemental Source of Your Creativity An expanded edition of the classic on creativity by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, this spoken-word masterpiece guides you through the dark labyrinths of the psyche in search of la chispa-the ember that is the elemental source of all creative work. Dr. Estés teaches about the hidden aspects of creativity, including the negative complexes that prey upon creative energy. The Creative Fire...

"There are over 40 million people who work in creative careers. You may be one of them. Or, perhaps, you would like to join their ranks. If either of these statements is true, this book is for you. Maziarz offers a concrete program for helping you tap into and develop your creative potential. In fact, if you incorporate these teachings into your life, you can be not only creative, but kick-ass creative. Maziarz provides a framework full of fun and...

Record the beauty, emotions, and experiences of everyday life - not in your journal but with your knitting needles! Author Lea Redmond offers 32 enchanting projects that will inspire you to create beautiful finished pieces full of personal meaning and memories. Stock up on shades of blue, gray, and white and knit one strip of a scarf each day for a year, using the color that matches the sky on that day. When you're done, you'll have a unique memento...

"Helping artists catapult into further action, this guide is a treasury of insight and inspiration. Rather than focus on art techniques that build skills or overcome creative blocks through playful activities or writing, this guide walks the artist through exercises designed to develop the personal qualities critical to being an artist in the world, such as courage, the ability to look and see, and connection to the true creative self. This is a hands-on,...

Revised, enlarged second edition of Unconscious Patterns 101. What makes us human is primarily invisible. What makes us TRULY human is ALTOGETHER invisible: honesty, compassion, love, willingness to serve our self and serve others. Most readers grew up learning our psyche is a locked "black box." We were taught the contents of our psyche are unknown, probably unknowable. Now we know better. Using NLP, the Inner Child and Energy Medicine methods matured...

Information overload kills creativity. Long term professional artists (i.e. writers, musicians, entrepreneurs) don't let this get in their way. Find out how to:Ask the right questions Become more productive Avoid self-sabotage Discover what truly matters And more...This informative, entertaining guide is for artists who are ready to trust themselves and unlock their creative genius. Dara Girard is an award-winning, bestselling author of more than...

*This Writing Life: A Writer Writes On!* is the third of Joseph Sutton's books on writing. This is not your run-of-the-mill writing book. It's different because Sutton, a writer of almost 50 years, is a staunch cheerleader for beginning and unknown writers. He believes that any writer who takes his profession seriously is equal to any writer who has ever lived. The reason: every writer has a perspective and voice that is uniquely his own. The main...

Your friends will love it. It is easy to host. The party theme is flexible. And, it is better than having a garage sale. What are we talking about? A 2 Good 2 Throw Out Party! For all those items that you bought, or got as gifts and never used. For the new accessories that came home, but never really fit into your lifestyle. For these forgotten gems stuffed in closet corners and inside dresser drawers. For all these things, there is now a purpose,...