ART & CREATIVITY
More often than not people seem to believe that they're either creative or they are undoubtedly the opposite, however here at The Merit Club we believe that everyone has a bit of creativity in them. More now than ever before creativity is being celebrated all over the world, so to help you on your wild pursue to realise your creative potential, we have created this list specially with you in mind!
Whether you believe it or not, the good news is that each and every one of us are creative and this book will help you believe it.
It is inspiring and entertaining as the author identifies the strategies you need to follow to reach your creative potential whether it’s for your career or personal life. We all have the potential to be creative and it is within our reach!
This book is full of incredible insights and provides the reader with the inspiration and confidence you need to make the impossible, possible. Yarin releases readers from the fixed perceptions of solutions we often burdened by and gives us techniques to find creative solutions instead. Education has imprisoned us for too long and it is time to make use of the potential that is within us all!
Dreams are more than just little movies that play in your head, they are a form of inspiration and transformation that can have a profound effect on your waking state.
While everyone dreams, not everyone makes use of this unique resource. Patricia Garfield presents techniques and information, drawn from many dreamers and widely varied cultures and times, that will enable you to plan your dreams ahead of time, influence them while they are occurring, and recall them and their lessons forever afterward. Give it a try!
Creativity, Inc. is a manual for anyone who strives for originality. Written by Pixar co-founder and president Ed Catmull, it is at heart a book about creativity, but it is also an all-access trip into the nerve centre of Pixar Animation.
It is a truly fascinating book about creativity in business and leadership.Ed shares ways to help push to new heights and find originality, how to maintain a creative culture, and choose the best people that surround you to make the idea even better.
Author Sir Ken Robinson is an internationally recognised authority on creativity, and his TED talk on the subject is the most watched video in TED’s history.
In this book, Sir Ken argues that organisations everywhere are struggling to fix a problem that originates in schools and universities. Out of Our Minds describes how schools, businesses and communities can work together to bring creativity out of the closet and realise its inherent value at every stage of life. A seriously must read!
From the New York Times bestselling author of Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work! comes an interactive journal and all-in-one logbook to get your creative juices flowing, and keep a record of your ideas and discoveries.
This book is for anyone trying to make something work in a world that is so digital. It is an amazing manifesto that is easy to read and inspires everyone to unlock their potential.
One of the world’s leading creative artists, choreographers, and creator of the smash-hit Broadway show, Movin’ Out, shares her secrets for developing and honing your creative talents.
Twyla Tharp finds that creativity is no mystery, it’s simply the result of hard work, preparation, knowing what your aim is and it’s most importantly a habit. The Creative Habit is a motivational guide to inspire you - the wide-open realm of possibilities can be energising, and Twyla Tharp explains how to take a deep breath and begin...
How do artists think? Where does their creativity originate? How can we, too, learn to be more creative? BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz seeks answers to these questions in his exuberant, intelligent, witty, and thought-provoking style.
Will Gompertz has spent a majority of his career interviewing a range of creative thinkers from artists to directors and musicians. From his interviews he discovered that there are some traits that not just creatives but successful people have in common. Think Like an Artist identifies 10 key lessons on creativity from artists that range from Caravaggio to Warhol, Da Vinci to Ai Weiwei, and profiles leading contemporary figures in the arts who are putting these skills to use today.These basic tips can be easily applied to our own lives, no matter what career background you have, you can release your own creativity to help us achieve great things.
