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Title: Trust the Process by Shaun McNiff ISBN: 1-57062-357-0 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 31 March, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (7 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Save your money!
Comment: Have you ever gotten so sick of the meals you are used to cooking that you will try any recipe? You might then be so hungry that you'll eat it anyway, no matter how bad it tastes. Well, I got stuck reading this book.
Sometimes you need any kind of creative push you can get, and this book is so bad, I would be willing to do anything besides read it. Check this out--"I cannot augur the creative spirit's labyrinthine ways." There is just no excuse for that sentence. And there are 210 pages full of them. McNiff also mentions D.H. Lawrence twice in the first two chapters when any reasonable person would have to be forced to mention Lawrence twice during their entire writing career. Unless he is talking about his children, or making a truly canned reference to mythology, McNiff can only discuss standard junior college material, which of course, would be any commonly known artist from the beginning of the 20th century.
Now, let me take the opportunity to complain about visual arts getting kidnapped by academia. Art does not exist as an educational tool. It can be studied, but that is a separate activity. Art exists because people like to make things, and sometimes our eyes get hungry. Put your charge card away this time, don't buy this stilted little book.
Good luck on your art!
Rating: 5
Summary: Let yourself go
Comment: This is one of the books I read before I published my own book on art creativity - Creative Painting For The Young Artist. A good point of the book is that it deals with painters block. Not many art books do. This is important for me because I had always thought that I could not paint till the age of 24 years. This book with the book Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain are especially good for right brain learners who have to enter the process of painting through emotion and getting the larger picture before paying attention to details. That is you can't begin painting by sitting in a class and beging to draw a shoe. This has brought a sense of failure to many would be artists. This is more than a book on creativity but also a book about the psychology of the artist as the book also deals with painters block, dealing with criticism, the purpose of being a painter, states of consciousness and childhood origins of the artist.
Rating: 5
Summary: A license to create...
Comment: Whether you are an artist, dancer, writer, musician, healer or seeker, you will find inspirition and validation of your path with this book. Shaun McNiff, artist and internationally known advocate of the creative arts therapies, presents a thoughtful and beautifully written case for trusting the natural movement of the creative process. This wonderful book includes observations from "famous" artists about the creative process, anecdotes from ordinary people who are experimenting with new attitudes in their daily lives and suggestions from the author about creating a satisfying life. In a world where destruction has become a form of popular entertainment, this book offers an alternative. Worth reading, then rereading again and again!
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Title: Art & Fear by David Bayles, Ted Orland ISBN: 0961454733 Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Art as Medicine by Shaun McNiff ISBN: 0877736588 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 20 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Fearless Creating: A Step-By-Step Guide to Starting and Completing Your Work of Art by Eric Maisel ISBN: 0874778050 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Art Is a Way of Knowing by Pat Allen ISBN: 1570620784 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 11 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Blank Canvas by Anna Held Audette ISBN: 0877739382 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 28 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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