Creating from the Spirit: A Path to Creative Power in Art and Life

"THIS BOOK WILL STRETCH YOUR MIND AND HELP YOU FIND THE SOURCE OF YOUR OWN SPIRITUAL AND CREATIVE POWERS."--Yoga JournalIn this passionate, clearly reasoned book, award-winning journalist and novelist Dan Wakefield explodes the many myths often associated with the mysterious creative process. Drawing on examples from religion, philosophy, and literature, and exercises such as journaling and right-brain drawing, Creating from the Spirit teaches us that the key to creation is clarity of body, mind, and spirit. Wakefield also challenges the "dangerous nirvanas" of drug and alcohol as false agents of inspiration.Creating from the Spirit teaches anyone who wants to be more creative how to access our natural perceptions and hidden resources, a process brilliantly expressed in the lives and words of twenty "creators from the spirit." Wakefield interviews artists and writers, scientists and athletes, CEOs and chefs--all who have learned to embrace each moment as a creative act. Now you can, too."FULL OF EXAMPLES OF SANITY, BALANCE, AND EVEN FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT COHABITING HAPPILY WITH CREATIVE CALLINGS."--Utne Reader