The Widening Stream: The Seven Stages of Creativity

by David Ulrich

Book Overview

Many people long to fulfill their creative potential yet don't know how. Using the stream as a metaphor, author David Ulrich takes readers through the full range of creative activity and shows that creativity is accessible to everyone who wishes to nourish and develop their artistic spirit. In Part One, he explores the seven stages of the creative process, from Discovery and Encounter through Responsibility and Release. In Part Two, he discusses the three guiding principles of creativity. Each chapter in Part One includes questions, exercises, and suggestions to help readers achieve each step in the process. The book also includes anecdotes and quotations from many artists, writers, and scientists.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582700796
• ISBN13: 9781582700793
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

The premise here is that creative impulse can be taught

Photographer and professor David Ulrich's The Widening Stream: The Seven Stages Of Creativity is a guide to creativity and an artistic, spiritual piece which guides readers through various stages of the creative process. The premise here is that creative impulse can be taught; not just inherited: chapters provide exercises and tools to help the reader uncover creative potential.