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    The Widening Stream: The Seven Stages Of Creativity
    The Widening Stream: The Seven Stages Of Creativity
    The Widening Stream: The Seven Stages Of Creativity
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    The Widening Stream: The Seven Stages Of Creativity

    By David Ulrich

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    Many people long to fulfill their creative potential yet don't know how. Using the stream as a metaphor, author David Ulrich takes readers through the full range of creative activity and shows that creativity is accessible to everyone who wishes to nourish and develop their artistic spirit. In Part One, he explores the seven stages of the creative process, from Discovery and Encounter through Responsibility and Release. In Part Two, he discusses the three guiding principles of creativity. Each chapter in Part One includes questions, exercises, and suggestions to help readers achieve each step in the process. The book also includes anecdotes and quotations from many artists, writers, and scientists.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAtria Books/Beyond Words
    Release dateOct 4, 2011
    ISBN9781451663075
    The Widening Stream: The Seven Stages Of Creativity
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    David Ulrich

    David Ulrich has taught and investigated the creative process for over thirty years. As a photographer and writer, his work has been published in numerous books and journals including Aperture, Parabola, MANOA, and Sierra Club publications. Ulrich’s photographs have been exhibited internationally in over seventy-five one-person and group exhibitions in museums, galleries, and universities, including The Art Institute of Boston and The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in New Delhi.

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      “The Widening Stream” is an excellent book. It is not just a book about the creative life, but it is also a book that can help you live a more meaningful and mindful life. There is a lot of inspiration that David Ulrich seems to take from Zen philosophy, as well as from the writings of Carlos Castaneda, amongst others. Minor White is an inspiration.I like the questions and exercises that he appends at the end of each chapter. It is worthwhile doing the exercises, as they will allow the reader to extract the maximum benefit from the book. Towards the end, I did think that David Ulrich sounded a bit repetitive. If he was, then I would only consider this to be a minor blemish in an excellent book.

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