Living the Creative Life: Ideas and Inspirations from Working Artists

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Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Contents; Introduction: The Creative Life; Meet The Artists; Chapter 1: What Is Creativity, Anyway?; Chapter 2: The Creative Childhood {It's Never Too Late!}; Chapter 3: Opening Your Eyes to Inspiration; Chapter 4: Inviting the Muse to Dinner, Even If You Don't Believe in Her; Chapter 5: Journals & Sketchbooks & Notebooks & Ratty Little Scraps of Paper; Chapter 6: Getting Startedfrom Idea to Work; Chapter 7: Work Spaces and Work Habits; Chapter 8: Companionship, Collaboration, Commissions and Critics.;This book answers questions that every crafter ponders: What is creativity anyway? Where do ideas come from? How do successful artists get started? How do you know when a piece is finished? Creativity is different for everyone, and Living the Creative Life offers a wide range of insights from 15 well-known and admired full-time artists, including: Linda Woods (art journaler and author of Visual Chronicles and the forthcoming Journal Revolution), Michael DeMeng (mixed-media assemblage artist and author of the Secrets of Rusty Things), Melissa Zink (New Mexican mixed-media artist and bronze scul. Cover Book Title Copyright Dedication Acknowledgments About the Author Contents Introduction: The Creative Life Meet The Artists Chapter 1: What Is Creativity, Anyway? Chapter 2: The Creative Childhood {It's Never Too Late!} Chapter 3: Opening Your Eyes to Inspiration Chapter 4: Inviting the Muse to Dinner, Even If You Don't Believe in Her Chapter 5: Journals & Sketchbooks & Notebooks & Ratty Little Scraps of Paper Chapter 6: Getting Startedfrom Idea to Work Chapter 7: Work Spaces and Work Habits Chapter 8: Companionship, Collaboration, Commissions and Critics. Chapter 9: The Finished Work and Its Place in the WorldChapter 10: Living an Artful Life Index.