The Age of Creativity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Age of Creativity write by Emily Urquhart. This book was released on 2020-09-01. The Age of Creativity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A moving portrait of a father and daughter relationship and a case for late-stage creativity from Emily Urquhart, the bestselling author of Beyond the Pale: Folklore, Family, and the Mystery of Our Hidden Genes. “The fundamental misunderstanding of our time is that we belong to one age group or another. We all grow old. There is no us and them. There was only ever an us.” — from The Age of Creativity It has long been thought that artistic output declines in old age. When Emily Urquhart and her family celebrated the eightieth birthday of her father, the illustrious painter Tony Urquhart, she found it remarkable that, although his pace had slowed, he was continuing his daily art practice of drawing, painting, and constructing large-scale sculptures, and was even innovating his style. Was he defying the odds, or is it possible that some assumptions about the elderly are flat-out wrong? After all, many well-known visual artists completed their best work in the last decade of their lives, Turner, Monet, and Cézanne among them. With the eye of a memoirist and the curiosity of a journalist, Urquhart began an investigation into late-stage creativity, asking: Is it possible that our best work is ahead of us? Is there an expiry date on creativity? Do we ever really know when we’ve done anything for the last time? The Age of Creativity is a graceful, intimate blend of research on ageing and creativity, including on progressive senior-led organizations, such as a home for elderly theatre performers and a gallery in New York City that only represents artists over sixty, and her experiences living and travelling with her father. Emily Urquhart reveals how creative work, both amateur and professional, sustains people in the third act of their lives, and tells a new story about the possibilities of elder-hood.
Waking Up!
Waking Up! - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Waking Up! write by Lois B. Robbins. This book was released on 1985. Waking Up! available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "We live in a time of enormous and radical change. As old structures fall away -- structures built on the separateness of all human activity -- new ideas emerge: about ourselves, our interrelatedness to one another, to the cosmos, to all matter. New values emerge from these awarenesses which are building blocks to leading new lives and transforming society. The author shows that the key to understanding this basic paradigm shift is for each of us to tap into our creative potential. Many mental and emotional blocks stand in our way, and in a most informative manner, she offers tips on helping the creatively blocked person explore his or her deepest resources. Most significantly, she shows the essential link between creative acts and spiritual acts. Both are healing acts, acts of power; both are experienced in the body and by the body, whether in song, dance, pottery, painting, or meditation. The way of the artist and the mystic are one. By rediscovering ourselves, our oldest traditions, and our newest cosmological discoveries, we can once again unite art, science and religion, thereby fusing the periods of the pre- and post-Enlightenment in today's emerging new order." [Back cover].
Encyclopedia of Creativity
Encyclopedia of Creativity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Encyclopedia of Creativity write by Steven R. Pritzker. This book was released on 1999-08-09. Encyclopedia of Creativity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Encyclopedia of Creativity is the sourcebook for individuals seeking specialized information about creativity and motivation. Subjects include theories of creativity, techniques for enhancing creativity, individuals who have made significant contributions to creativity, physiological aspects of creativity, and virtually any topic that touches upon the subject. Entries are placed in alphabetical order with cross-references to other topics and entries where appropriate. Each entry is written in simple easy-to-understand terms summarizing the most important aspects of creative research and writing relating to the specific topic. A bibliography in the back of each article suggests additional sources for more information. The text is visually enhanced throughout by illustrations and photographs. A source-book of specialized information about creativity and motivation Includes virtually any topic dealing with creativity Entries are placed in alphabetical order with cross-references Written in easy-to-understand terms Illustrations and photographs throughout Contains select biographies of internationally renowned creative individuals from throughout history
Encyclopedia of Creativity: A-H
Encyclopedia of Creativity: A-H - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Encyclopedia of Creativity: A-H write by Mark A. Runco. This book was released on 1999. Encyclopedia of Creativity: A-H available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This encyclopaedia provides specific information and guidance for everyone who is searching for a greater understanding the text includes theories of creativity, techniques for enhancing creativity and individuals who have contributed to creativity.
The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity
The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity write by James C. Kaufman. This book was released on 2019-04-25. The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The largest and broadest-ranging Handbook of creativity yet, presenting comprehensive, rigorous, and up-to-date scientific scholarship on creativity.
