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Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Written in sync with the progression of the seasons, A Year in Practice is a program of holistic techniques and journaling prompts to nurture the creative seeker all year long. Four seasonally themed chapters keep you connected to natural phases of creative contraction and expansion, from the quiet hibernation of winter to the jubilant and expressive communing of summer. Used regularly, you will move through artistic blocks, deepen your capacity...
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Creativity is the key driver of innovation, but too many teams and projects are organized in ways that stifle new ideas. It's your job as a manager to create the right conditions for creativity to thrive-and to be part of the process yourself. Fortunately, anyone can use a method-driven approach to teach and learn to be more creative. The HBR Guide to Unlocking Creativity will show you how to design a work environment that allows you and your team...
Author
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A collaborative, multi-faceted book by two extraordinary Black artists about finding beauty in the chaos. Roger Mooking is well known as a celebrity chef and the host of such television shows as the Cooking Channel's Man Fire Food and Everyday Exotic; he is also a recording artist with five albums to his credit and a visual artist who creates immersive experiences that merge the visual, sonic, and culinary arts. francesca ekwuyasi is a writer and...
Author
Publisher
Minerva, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Just look at what you can build out of ordinary stuff when you follow your imagination! Children and their caretakers will love this beguiling child-led tour of a make-believe world constructed from everyday household and backyard objects. Words and pictures work together cleverly to spark eureka moments: that "ship" is really a table, that "dark cave" is really a laundry basket, and more, as a day full of building, playing, and pretending turns into...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Essentials
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A 366-day guidebook to maximizing wealth, love, and creativity from New York Times bestselling author Gay Hendricks. What if a year from now you could be experiencing more happiness, health and wealth? Learn how to take the big leap - one little leap a day. Gay Hendricks' bestselling book The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level has sold over 350,000 copies since its original publication. That book outlined the idea...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Awed by the endless possibilities, a young girl begins asking meaningful questions about creating art. Her questions are answered by a diverse group of artists throughout time and history: from the earliest cave painters to the most recent digital illustrators. Rethinking the familiar Western European timeline of art history, this book introduces readers to diverse works from every era and continent in a playful and inspiring way."--
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
Finding Your Passion For Dummies offers you guidance and practical advice on how to identify and pursue your passion. With exercises to help you understand your values, interests, and natural talents, you can identify what you are passionate about -- at any age. This self-discovery process will help you find more happiness, and a sense of purpose and direction in life. When you find your passion, you'll be able to pursue it in a way that aligns with...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"For nearly thirty years, Pixar has dominated the world of animation, producing such beloved films as the Toy Story trilogy, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Up, and WALL-E, which have gone on to set box-office records and garner eighteen Academy Awards. The joyous storytelling, the inventive plots, the emotional authenticity: In some ways, Pixar movies are an object lesson in what creativity really is. Here, Catmull reveals the ideals and techniques...
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"There is a spark in you! The spark in you shines when you smile. It sparkles when you dance. It glimmers and shimmers, zings, and pops! Your spark is festive and joyous and burns brightest when you are authentically being you. Set against the vibrant backdrop of Carnival,a little girl uses all her creative energy to get ready for the big parade. Through the eyes of this vibrant character, the story celebrates individual expression and creativity...
10) Paula's patches
Author
Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing, an imprint of Teacher Created Materials, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Embarrassed about a hole in her pants, creative and resourceful Paula covers it with a patch, and discovers her classmates also have leaky, stained, and hand-me-down items that could benefit from a colorful patch.
Author
Publisher
FaithWords
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"For most of our lives, we are encouraged to trudge along the well-worn paths of those who have come before us. We learn the rules - in our families, in our schools, in our workplaces, in our churches - and most of the messages we receive tell us that following the rules will allow us to arrive at the lives we desire. But when change becomes not only desirable but also urgently necessary, this way of being no longer serves us. Bishop T.D. Jakes illuminates...
12) Drawing Deena
Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads, in imprint of Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Deena’s never given a name to the familiar knot in her stomach that appears when her parents argue about money, when it’s time to go to school, or when she struggles to find the right words. She manages to make it through each day with the help of her friends and the art she loves to make. While her parents’ money troubles cause more and more stress, Deena wonders if she can use her artistic talents to ease their burden. She creates a logo...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"From former editor-in-chief of New York magazine Adam Moss, a collection of illuminating conversations examining the very personal, rigorous, complex, and elusive work of making art. What is the work of art? In this guided tour inside the artist's head, Adam Moss traces the evolution of transcendent novels, paintings, jokes, movies, songs, and more. Weaving conversations with some of the most accomplished artists of our time together with the journal...
14) The Mighty Onion
Author
Series
Mighty Onion volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A light-hearted middle grade graphic novel about a young boy's journey to make his dream of creating a superhero comic book a reality"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Duke University Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"HOW TO GO MAD WITHOUT LOSING YOUR MIND questions long-standing Eurocentric accounts of psychopathology and describes the way art and madness connect in Black life. La Marr Jurelle Bruce uses a method of radical compassion, or radical care, to read the actions of Black artists and creatives. He seeks to understand their motives not simply as individual pathology but as sociocultural event and effect which makes itself evident as Black radical creativity....
17) Yo Puedo Crear
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press/Rosen Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Español
Description
"Getting creative is one way to deal with hard feelings, such as anger or sadness. Kids can get creative in many different ways, such as making art, music, and even dance routines. This helps kids use their energy in a positive way and express how they feel. This book introduces kids to new ideas for getting creative to find their calm. Early readers will benefit from simple, effective language and corresponding photographs as they learn an invaluable...
Author
Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Creativity comes into play in just about any field. Looking at situations from different perspectives, finding new uses for old things, combining disparate ideas or ingredients or even colors--all are creative endeavors. And when writer Ann Byle became a chicken owner, she began to look at her hens with new interest and the keen eye of an artist. Even though chicken-tending proved to have its own challenges, Byle discovered that her feathered friends...
Author
Publisher
Mango Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Writer, makeup artist, and creative director Angela LoMenzo combines stunning photography and powerful real stories to shine a light on the wild and wondrous journeys of twenty-five extraordinary and deeply creative women." -- Back cover.
20) Living the artist's way: an intuitive path to greater creativity : a six-week artist's way program
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Essentials
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The first new Artist's Way tool in more than 30 years from "the Queen of Change" (New York Times) author Julia Cameron. In the thirty years following the publication of The Artist's Way, Julia Cameron relied on an essential tool to help her through every juncture in life: writing for guidance. Now, in Living the Artist's Way, Cameron finally shares this method with the world as the fourth main Artist's Way tool. Over the course of six weeks, readers...
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