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Creative Is A Verb: If You're Alive, You're Creative (2010)

by Patti Digh(Favorite Author)

4.15 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1599218836 (ISBN13: 9781599218830)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

skirt!

review 1: I actually wasn't sure whether to give this 3 or 4 stars. I finally decided on 4 stars because I did really enjoy reading it. 3 stars would have rated how helpful I have found it in terms of my relationship with my own creativity. To be fair, however, I've read several books on creativity over the years so in terms of advice, something would need to work hard at this point for it to stand out for me. I didn't find the types of exercises she suggested particularly useful compared to Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way, for example--I got a lot more out of working my way through that book. However, Patti Digh's writing, her stories, her quotations...that was all a very good read. I underlined quite a bit and will be reflecting further on her points in my own... more way.
review 2: This only took me 5 months to read. It is a book to read slowly and savor. Definitely a book to buy and write in the margins. My expectations were high for this book. I wanted to be inspired. The book is nicely designed. The photographs and illustrations are interesting, sometimes funny, and thought-provoking. Writing style is excellent. Content is good. She suggests taking away the word "try" and "lick the art." Although I first ran into the wisdom from my husband's cousin's chain e-mail, I like her point that people don't remember achievements, accolades and awards - like the last five people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize. But we do remember teachers who have taught us something worthwhile, friends who have helped us through a difficult time, and people who have made us feel appreciated and special. She has a lot of writing and picture prompts that resulted in some postcard size pieces that I'm proud of. I have incorporated her suggestion to do an inch of coloring into a regular routine that I do at the end of the day. less

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