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Spark, February 2011
Hardcover
How Creativity Works
HarperCollins
February 2011
On Sale: February 15, 2011
272 pages
ISBN: 0061732311
EAN: 9780061732317
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Non-Fiction
How did Richard Ford's cat influence his work as a
novelist? HOW is Chuck Close's portraiture driven by his
inability to remember faces? What pivotal moment helped
Rosanne Cash understand the healing power of the stage? Creativity is an elusive subject. We enjoy its
fruits—movies, novels, paintings, songs—but rarely are we
privy to what happens in the creative process. In Spark,
Julie Burstein traces the roots of some of the twenty-first
century's most influential and creative thinkers, including
Joyce Carol Oates, Yo-Yo Ma, David Milch, Isabel Allende,
and Joshua Redman. Burstein pulls back the curtain to reveal
the sources of these artists' inspiration and the processes
that bring their work into being. "These artists may not change lead into gold," Burstein
writes, "but they lift materials from their familiar
contexts, combining, reshaping, transforming them into works
of art that change the way we see the world." Spark is an
invaluable resource for the aspiring writer and artist, but
the need for creativity extends well beyond the world of
paintbrushes and typewriters. Creativity is integral to
business, parenting, education, science, and, perhaps most
poignantly, our personal relationships. Rarely do books on
creativity illuminate and inspire; this marvelous volume
will help you find a spark of your own.
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