Creative Flow
40 Prescriptions for Tapping Your Creative Impulses
Published on 27. September 2022
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-0-7643-6308-5 (ISBN)
Description
A manual of new and helpful ways to best express your creativity, break through creative blocks, and improve your flow.
For fans of The Artist's Way and Steal Like an Artist, this colorful little manual solves a common problem-"Why can't I be as creative as I want to? Why can't I make better art and craft work?"
Readers begin with a questionnaire "What Type of Creative Are You?," and then receive advice tailored to their answer. Contains 40 prescriptions for boosting creativity including
Brainwriting (making a to-do list, drawing an idea sketch, and recording your ideas to get started)
Bullet Journal (a calendar-based plan of action),
Idea Box (collecting things that inspire you)
Arrange a Rendezvous with Yourself (set a date and time for tasks you want to complete)
Broaden Your Horizons (by attending new classes, films, plays, conferences, festivals, exhibits, concerts, etc. for inspiration)
15 first-aid tips for overcoming blocks
Also includes 15 tips for overcoming creative blocks- including Be Brave & Jump, Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, There's No Such Thing as Perfection, Turn Negatives into Positives, etc.
Along with author Roberta Bergmann's spot-on guidance, every spread combines photos, the helpful work of successful artists worldwide to learn from, insights, hashtags to check out, and more. Using very attractive and innovative solutions, these full-color pages include new and helpful ways readers can best express their creativity.
For fans of The Artist's Way and Steal Like an Artist, this colorful little manual solves a common problem-"Why can't I be as creative as I want to? Why can't I make better art and craft work?"
Readers begin with a questionnaire "What Type of Creative Are You?," and then receive advice tailored to their answer. Contains 40 prescriptions for boosting creativity including
Brainwriting (making a to-do list, drawing an idea sketch, and recording your ideas to get started)
Bullet Journal (a calendar-based plan of action),
Idea Box (collecting things that inspire you)
Arrange a Rendezvous with Yourself (set a date and time for tasks you want to complete)
Broaden Your Horizons (by attending new classes, films, plays, conferences, festivals, exhibits, concerts, etc. for inspiration)
15 first-aid tips for overcoming blocks
Also includes 15 tips for overcoming creative blocks- including Be Brave & Jump, Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, There's No Such Thing as Perfection, Turn Negatives into Positives, etc.
Along with author Roberta Bergmann's spot-on guidance, every spread combines photos, the helpful work of successful artists worldwide to learn from, insights, hashtags to check out, and more. Using very attractive and innovative solutions, these full-color pages include new and helpful ways readers can best express their creativity.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Atglen
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
177 color images
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
702 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7643-6308-5 (9780764363085)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Roberta Bergmann (Braunschweig, Germany) is a freelance artist, illustrator, and book designer. With more than 15 years as a creative professional, she is the author of several books published in Europe, including The Basics of Design. www.robertabergmann.de
Content
ForewordWhom Is this Book for? 8
What is Creativity? A Brief Introduction 10
Questionnaire about Creative Types 14
Which Creative and Working Type Are You? 16
How to Start 22
1. Status Quo 24
2. The Place 25
3. Workplace 26
4. The Battle Plan 26
5. Distractions 27
6. Get Started 27
40 Prescriptions 28
No. 1 Just Get Started 30
No. 2 Or Do You Prefer to Plan? 32
No. 3 Finding the Right Theme 34
No. 4 Stash of Materials: Treasure Hoards 38
No. 5 Ask Your Way through Your Future Project 40
No. 6 Act Like a Child 42
No. 7 Think in the Opposite Way 44
No. 8 Sources of Inspiration 46
No. 9 Rendezvous with Yourself 48
No. 10 Chaos! 50
No. 11 Recombine Things 52
No. 12 Riches of Variation 54
No. 13 Use Your Subconscious 56
No. 14 Try It Out Mathematically 58
No. 15 Provoke, Rebel: Time for Wild Ideas! 60
No. 16 Change Your Perspective 62
No. 17 Hermit or Team Player? 64
No. 18 Things Do Happen by Chance 66
No. 19 Hang in There, Keep Going! 68
No. 20 And Now: Take a Break! 70
No. 21 Sparring Partner 72
No. 22 Be Interdisciplinary 74
No. 23 Take the Elevator 76
No. 24 Practice, Practice, Practice 78
No. 25 Tell Stories 80
No. 26 No Dogmatism, Please! 82
No. 27 Experiment 84
No. 28 Broadening your Horizons 86
No. 29 Improvise 88
No. 30 Keep It Simple 90
No. 31 Intuition or: the First Idea 92
No. 32 Selective Perception 94
No. 33 Visualize Ideas 96
No. 34 Role Models & Guiding Figures 98
No. 35 Research Spirit & Inventive Spirit 100
No. 36 Humor 102
No. 37 Get Yourself Moving 104
No. 38 Surrealism 106
No. 39 Find Analogies 108
No. 40 Thinking Outside the Box 110
First Aid for Blocking 112
Recognizing & Analyzing Blocks 114
No. 1 Be Brave, Jump In 116
No. 2 Get Out of Your Comfort Zone 118
No. 3 The Right Timing
No. 4 There's No Such Thing as Perfection! 122
No. 5 Find Rituals 124
No. 6 Turn Negative into Positive 126
No. 7 Willpower, Perseverance & Continuity 128
No. 8 Support 130
No. 9 Set Boundaries 132
No. 10 Time Out for Body and Spirit 134
No. 11 Overcome Obstacles 138
No. 12 A Restart 140
No. 13 Appreciate Your Worth 142
No. 14 Classify Criticism Objectively 144
No. 15 Stop! Pull the Emergency Brake 146
Appendix 148
Thanks! 150
Recommended Reading 151
List of Sources and List of Images 152
Index of Key Words 157
What is Creativity? A Brief Introduction 10
Questionnaire about Creative Types 14
Which Creative and Working Type Are You? 16
How to Start 22
1. Status Quo 24
2. The Place 25
3. Workplace 26
4. The Battle Plan 26
5. Distractions 27
6. Get Started 27
40 Prescriptions 28
No. 1 Just Get Started 30
No. 2 Or Do You Prefer to Plan? 32
No. 3 Finding the Right Theme 34
No. 4 Stash of Materials: Treasure Hoards 38
No. 5 Ask Your Way through Your Future Project 40
No. 6 Act Like a Child 42
No. 7 Think in the Opposite Way 44
No. 8 Sources of Inspiration 46
No. 9 Rendezvous with Yourself 48
No. 10 Chaos! 50
No. 11 Recombine Things 52
No. 12 Riches of Variation 54
No. 13 Use Your Subconscious 56
No. 14 Try It Out Mathematically 58
No. 15 Provoke, Rebel: Time for Wild Ideas! 60
No. 16 Change Your Perspective 62
No. 17 Hermit or Team Player? 64
No. 18 Things Do Happen by Chance 66
No. 19 Hang in There, Keep Going! 68
No. 20 And Now: Take a Break! 70
No. 21 Sparring Partner 72
No. 22 Be Interdisciplinary 74
No. 23 Take the Elevator 76
No. 24 Practice, Practice, Practice 78
No. 25 Tell Stories 80
No. 26 No Dogmatism, Please! 82
No. 27 Experiment 84
No. 28 Broadening your Horizons 86
No. 29 Improvise 88
No. 30 Keep It Simple 90
No. 31 Intuition or: the First Idea 92
No. 32 Selective Perception 94
No. 33 Visualize Ideas 96
No. 34 Role Models & Guiding Figures 98
No. 35 Research Spirit & Inventive Spirit 100
No. 36 Humor 102
No. 37 Get Yourself Moving 104
No. 38 Surrealism 106
No. 39 Find Analogies 108
No. 40 Thinking Outside the Box 110
First Aid for Blocking 112
Recognizing & Analyzing Blocks 114
No. 1 Be Brave, Jump In 116
No. 2 Get Out of Your Comfort Zone 118
No. 3 The Right Timing
No. 4 There's No Such Thing as Perfection! 122
No. 5 Find Rituals 124
No. 6 Turn Negative into Positive 126
No. 7 Willpower, Perseverance & Continuity 128
No. 8 Support 130
No. 9 Set Boundaries 132
No. 10 Time Out for Body and Spirit 134
No. 11 Overcome Obstacles 138
No. 12 A Restart 140
No. 13 Appreciate Your Worth 142
No. 14 Classify Criticism Objectively 144
No. 15 Stop! Pull the Emergency Brake 146
Appendix 148
Thanks! 150
Recommended Reading 151
List of Sources and List of Images 152
Index of Key Words 157