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Brain Storm: Unleashing Your Creative Self
by
Don Hahn
Whether you're writing a novel, painting with watercolors, composing a symphony, or baking peanut butter cookies, creativity plays a crucial role in achieving satisfaction and excellence. But, for many of us, accessing our creative core is difficult, if not impossible. Now, acclaimed film producer Don Hahn offers his own unorthodox, yet highly effective methods for reawake...more
Paperback, 310 pages
Published
May 31st 2011
by Disney Editions
(first published January 1st 2011)
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I picked up this book in downtown Disney a few months ago. It sat on my bed waiting to be read, taunting me daily as the thoughts and dreams in my head do. A couple days ago I finally picked up the book and read.
The encouragement and advice in this book was just the boost I needed. Personally my biggest problem is procrastination, which leads to the stresses of needing to do something till I just about burst! In the book there are tips for dealing with this along with things like fear, criticis...more
The encouragement and advice in this book was just the boost I needed. Personally my biggest problem is procrastination, which leads to the stresses of needing to do something till I just about burst! In the book there are tips for dealing with this along with things like fear, criticis...more
An engaging and thought-provoking look into our creative selves. I was expecting more of a "how to", but I still enjoyed this, though it did take me a few chapters to really get into it. Once I got there, however, I was hooked, and really looked forward to reading a new chapter or section each day. As I got to the end, I wanted to go back and re-read the entire thing again (and will likely do just that at some point).
Don Hahn is the producer of The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast, and has wri...more
Don Hahn is the producer of The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast, and has wri...more
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This book was a very fluffy (philosophy heavy)approach to creativity. Its easy to see that Mr. Hahn is a very right brained person and that is how he approaches the creative process. I enjoyed the lighthearted humor of this book and I found a few nuggets of useful advice, but generally I found this book saying a lot more about one person's creative views than offering advice in helping me improve my personal creativity.
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4/10
It's longer, messier, and not as powerfully motivational as "The War of Art," but "Brain Storm" is still very much worth a read for creatives. Hahn's voice is warm, funny, and engaging, and while I thought he could have made his point in fewer pages, the book includes a lot of really beautiful passages, and a lot of solid advice. I'm glad I read this.
Very insightful book full of tips stories and anecdotes to help unleash your creative mind.
I feel I can't judge this one too harshly because there were points I thought funny, poignant, or tear-worthy (the last was surprising), and because the author has an affinity for dark chocolate (that he mentions frequently, and that I love). That being said, there is no formula for creativity, or even for feeling more creative (a point Hahn makes a few times over) and this book felt really...anecdotal. I found some of the Imagineering books on creativity a bit more inspiring than this; but it d...more
anecdotario de un creativo de disney. divertido y hasta inspirador (en algunas partes)
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