false 254799 2 <P>All it takes to make creativity a part of your life is the willingness to make it a habit. It is the product of preparation and effort, and is within reach of everyone. Whether you are a painter, musician, businessperson, or simply an individual yearning to put your creativity to use, <i>The Creative Habit</i> provides you with thirty-two practical exercises based on the lessons Twyla Tharp has learned in her remarkable thirty-five-year career.<P></p><P>In "Where's Your Pencil?" Tharp reminds you to observe the world -- and get it down on paper. In "Coins and Chaos," she gives you an easy way to restore order and peace. In "Do a Verb," she turns your mind and body into coworkers. In "Build a Bridge to the Next Day," she shows you how to clean the clutter from your mind overnight.<P></p><P>Tharp leads you through the painful first steps of scratching for ideas, finding the spine of your work, and getting out of ruts and into productive grooves. The wide-open realm of possibilities can be energizing, and Twyla Tharp explains how to take a deep breath and begin...<P></p><P> 246926 2003 The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life total:605|5:176|4:231|3:158|2:32|1:8| 605 2350 1249 156 5 2 false false Mon Apr 20 08:20:44 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 12 17:53:33 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 20 08:20:44 -0700 2009 5 2 false false Tue Oct 07 13:02:19 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 12:27:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 11:04:02 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 16:45:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 1 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 13 12:37:23 -0800 2008 Tue May 06 18:49:12 -0700 2008 Twyla Tharp describes creativity as a hab...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 12:46:29 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 12:48:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 16:02:32 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 18:41:25 -0800 2008
Reads easily with good style and structure. The post-chapter exercises reinforce and summarize.

Probably better suited to artists than professionals,...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 15:53:31 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 20:19:48 -0800 2009 Getting Things Done" for artists. A lot of the thoughts here can be applied to non-artistic endeavors, however. In that light, there's a lot of 'common sense' stuff, but it is always nice to see it written down. The book is punctuated with anecdotes from Tharp's career, which...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 12:21:10 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 12:43:52 -0700 2009
I turned to a book I've had on my shelf, that I discovered I'd bought at the Boulder Bookstore in ...more...]]> 0 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 09:03:58 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 26 09:42:30 -0800 2008
I actually stopped reading the book because the style was very expository. Since I did not have the time to treat this lik...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 06:58:27 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 07:51:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 20:33:45 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 20:45:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 11 03:29:44 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 03:46:44 -0800 2008 twice 3 1 false false Thu Oct 01 17:23:24 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 18:33:31 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 17:23:24 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 17:52:53 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 05:43:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 17:04:09 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 17:23:13 -0700 2009
I really liked the secti...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue May 12 09:38:42 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 09:54:54 -0700 2009
I read this while on vacation, and I have to say that immediately after...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 08:30:06 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 13:27:51 -0700 2009 I'm not sure where I first heard about this book, but I ordered it from the library and dived right in. Tharp is a choreographer, but is writing for all artists: writers, painters, chefs, business leaders, textile artists, parents, teachers etc. Tharp teaches the read...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 12:45:34 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 12:45:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon Feb 02 06:40:35 -0800 2009 Wed Sep 23 15:24:00 -0700 2009
My favori...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 02 22:49:46 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 29 11:01:13 -0800 2009 more...]]>