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The Resource Inspired : understanding creativity : a journey through art, science, and the soul, Matt Richtel

Inspired : understanding creativity : a journey through art, science, and the soul, Matt Richtel

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Summary
Creativity defines the human experience. It sparks achievement and innovation in art, science, technology, business, sports, and virtually every activity. It has fueled human progress on a global level, but it equally is the source of profound personal satisfaction for individual creators. And yet the origins of creative inspiration and the methods by which great creators tap into it have long been a source of mystery, spoken of in esoteric terms, our rational understanding shrouded in complex jargon. Until now. Inspired is a book about the science of creativity, distilling an explosion of exciting new research from across the world. Through narrative storytelling, Richtel marries these findings with timeless insight from some of the world's great creators as he deconstructs the authentic nature of creativity, its biological and evolutionary origins, its deep connection to religion and spirituality, the way it bubbles in each of us, urgent and essential, waiting to be tapped. Many of the questions Richtel addresses are practical: What are the traits of successful creators? Under which conditions does creativity thrive? How can we move past creative blocks? The ultimate message of Inspired is that creativity is more accessible than many might imagine, as necessary, beautiful, and fulfilling as any essential part of human nature
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition
Extent
320 pages
Contents
  • Author takes shape
  • Rise of the voice
  • Mind wandering
  • Fear
  • Book II: Laws of nature.
  • View from a microbe
  • Parable of a rock star
  • Enter a physicist
  • A funny thing happened on the way to a platinum record
  • God
  • Author's note
  • Pandemic
  • Nature's call-and-response
  • Book III: Neurology, physiology, personality, chronology, and (the new) geography.
  • The brain
  • The eyes have it
  • Personality
  • The coach and the diamond head
  • Age
  • Two short war stories: One muse
  • Vocabulary: Four C's
  • Prologue
  • Book IV: Salvation.
  • The secret ingredient
  • Don't quit your day job
  • Todd
  • Book V: Creativity in the time of chaos.
  • Two steps forward
  • The new Jerusalem
  • Inspired
  • Book I: From cradle to muse.
  • Heresies
  • Leap of faith
  • Doubt
  • Seeds of doubt
  • Creator takes shape
Isbn
9780063025530
Instance
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Inspired : understanding creativity : a journey through art, science, and the soul
Title
Inspired
Title remainder
understanding creativity : a journey through art, science, and the soul
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Matt Richtel
Title variation
Understanding creativity : a journey through art, science, and the soul
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Creativity defines the human experience. It sparks achievement and innovation in art, science, technology, business, sports, and virtually every activity. It has fueled human progress on a global level, but it equally is the source of profound personal satisfaction for individual creators. And yet the origins of creative inspiration and the methods by which great creators tap into it have long been a source of mystery, spoken of in esoteric terms, our rational understanding shrouded in complex jargon. Until now. Inspired is a book about the science of creativity, distilling an explosion of exciting new research from across the world. Through narrative storytelling, Richtel marries these findings with timeless insight from some of the world's great creators as he deconstructs the authentic nature of creativity, its biological and evolutionary origins, its deep connection to religion and spirituality, the way it bubbles in each of us, urgent and essential, waiting to be tapped. Many of the questions Richtel addresses are practical: What are the traits of successful creators? Under which conditions does creativity thrive? How can we move past creative blocks? The ultimate message of Inspired is that creativity is more accessible than many might imagine, as necessary, beautiful, and fulfilling as any essential part of human nature
Cataloging source
DLC
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Richtel, Matt,
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Creative ability
  • Inspiration
  • Creativity
  • Créativité
  • Inspiration
  • creativity
  • inspiration
  • PSYCHOLOGY / Creative Ability
  • SELF-HELP / Creativity
  • BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Success
  • Creative ability
  • Inspiration
  • Creative ability
  • Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Target audience
adult
Label
Inspired : understanding creativity : a journey through art, science, and the soul, Matt Richtel
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Author takes shape
  • Rise of the voice
  • Mind wandering
  • Fear
  • Book II: Laws of nature.
  • View from a microbe
  • Parable of a rock star
  • Enter a physicist
  • A funny thing happened on the way to a platinum record
  • God
  • Author's note
  • Pandemic
  • Nature's call-and-response
  • Book III: Neurology, physiology, personality, chronology, and (the new) geography.
  • The brain
  • The eyes have it
  • Personality
  • The coach and the diamond head
  • Age
  • Two short war stories: One muse
  • Vocabulary: Four C's
  • Prologue
  • Book IV: Salvation.
  • The secret ingredient
  • Don't quit your day job
  • Todd
  • Book V: Creativity in the time of chaos.
  • Two steps forward
  • The new Jerusalem
  • Inspired
  • Book I: From cradle to muse.
  • Heresies
  • Leap of faith
  • Doubt
  • Seeds of doubt
  • Creator takes shape
Control code
1302758552
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
320 pages
Isbn
9780063025530
Lccn
2022002884
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
  • 0028317330
  • 40031265669
System control number
(OCoLC)1302758552
Label
Inspired : understanding creativity : a journey through art, science, and the soul, Matt Richtel
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Author takes shape
  • Rise of the voice
  • Mind wandering
  • Fear
  • Book II: Laws of nature.
  • View from a microbe
  • Parable of a rock star
  • Enter a physicist
  • A funny thing happened on the way to a platinum record
  • God
  • Author's note
  • Pandemic
  • Nature's call-and-response
  • Book III: Neurology, physiology, personality, chronology, and (the new) geography.
  • The brain
  • The eyes have it
  • Personality
  • The coach and the diamond head
  • Age
  • Two short war stories: One muse
  • Vocabulary: Four C's
  • Prologue
  • Book IV: Salvation.
  • The secret ingredient
  • Don't quit your day job
  • Todd
  • Book V: Creativity in the time of chaos.
  • Two steps forward
  • The new Jerusalem
  • Inspired
  • Book I: From cradle to muse.
  • Heresies
  • Leap of faith
  • Doubt
  • Seeds of doubt
  • Creator takes shape
Control code
1302758552
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
320 pages
Isbn
9780063025530
Lccn
2022002884
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
  • 0028317330
  • 40031265669
System control number
(OCoLC)1302758552

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