Everyday creativity and the healthy mind : dynamic new paths for self and society /

As human beings we all have creative potential, a quality essential to human development and a vital component to healthy and happy lives. However this may often remain stifled by the choices we make, or ways in which we choose to live in our daily lives. Framed by the 'Four Ps of Creativity�...

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Main Authors: Richards, Ruth
Published: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: London, United Kingdom :
Publication Dates: [2018]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Palgrave studies in creativity and culture
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Summary: As human beings we all have creative potential, a quality essential to human development and a vital component to healthy and happy lives. However this may often remain stifled by the choices we make, or ways in which we choose to live in our daily lives. Framed by the 'Four Ps of Creativity' -- product, person, process, press -- this book offers an alternative understanding of the fundamentals of ordinary creativity. Ruth Richards highlights the importance of 'process', circumventing our common preoccupation with the product, or creative outcome, of creativity. By focusing instead on the cr
Carrier Form: xxiii, 390 pages ; 22 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-376) and index.
ISBN: 9781137557650
1137557656
9781349718405
1349718408
9781349718399
1349718394
Index Number: BF408
CLC: G305
Call Number: G305/R517
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Missing worlds -- 3. Creative palette -- 4. Change and open systems -- 5. Moments of insight -- 6. Flavors of (creative) mind -- 7. Emergence of life and creativity -- 8. "Popcorn" : a model (ongoing creative insights) -- 9. Creative person -- 10. Creative space -- 11. Deep sea diving -- 12. A new normal -- 13. Creative (compensatory) advantage -- 14. Empathy and relational creativity -- 15. Beauty, the sublime, the hidden -- 16. Fingerprints of chaos, nuance, and creativity -- 17. Higher horizons : three views -- 18. Afterword : 12 points to ponder, then smile!