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Your Creative Brain: Seven Steps To Maximize Imagination, Productivity, And Innovation In Your Life (2010)

by Shelley Carson(Favorite Author)

3.86 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0470651431 (ISBN13: 9780470651438)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Jossey-Bass

review 1: This book describes the creative process and presents a model of creativity. Envisioning is one of seven dimensions of this model, which is useful for writers, photographers, painters. For instance, we can become more creative through envisioning---using imagination to generate mental pictures with sensory details, using mind mapping or clustering to generate ideas, generating ideas by sketching, doodling, or diagramming.
review 2: Shelley Carson provides a valuable contribution to the research and literature on creativity. Based on findings from neuroscience, Carson identifies and explains seven "Brainstates" associated with creativity: Connect, Reason, Envision, Absorb, Transform, and Stream. While these ways of thinking have been identified by other authors,... more Carson provides some evidence of a neurological basis for each. This is a fascinating addition to the discussion! Much of the rest of the book has more of a self-help feel. While I found the exercises and suggestions potentially helpful, they were of less interest to me than the "harder" science the book offers. Worthwhile reading for anyone interested in creativity or seeking to increase creative thinking. less

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