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Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art by Nachmanovitch, Stephen

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“Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend ...
Binding
Paperback
Weight
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Product Group
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IsTextBook
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ISBN
0874776317
Book Title
Free Play : Improvisation in Life and Art
Item Length
8in
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year
1991
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.6in
Author
Stephen Nachmanovitch
Genre
Self-Help, Art
Topic
Techniques / General, Personal Growth / Happiness, General, Motivational & Inspirational, Creativity
Item Width
5in
Item Weight
6.6 Oz
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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Free Play is about the inner sources of spontaneous creation. It is about where art in the widest sense comes from. It is about why we create and what we learn when we do. It is about the flow of unhindered creative energy: the joy of making art in all its varied forms. Free Play is directed toward people in any field who want to contact, honor, and strengthen their own creative powers. It integrates material from a wide variety of sources among the arts, sciences, and spiritual traditions of humanity. Filled with unusual quotes, amusing and illuminating anecdotes, and original metaphors, it reveals how inspiration arises within us, how that inspiration may be blocked, derailed or obscured by certain unavoidable facts of life, and how finally it can be liberated - how we can be liberated - to speak or sing, write or paint, dance or play, with our own authentic voice. The whole enterprise of improvisation in life and art, of recovering free play and awakening creativity, is about being true to ourselves and our visions. It brings us into direct, active contact with boundless creative energies that we may not even know we had.

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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0874776317
ISBN-13
9780874776317
eBay Product ID (ePID)
324786

Product Key Features

Book Title
Free Play : Improvisation in Life and Art
Author
Stephen Nachmanovitch
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Techniques / General, Personal Growth / Happiness, General, Motivational & Inspirational, Creativity
Publication Year
1991
Genre
Self-Help, Art
Number of Pages
256 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5in
Item Weight
6.6 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Bh301.C84n33 2005
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Grade to
Up
Reviews
"Stephen Nachmanovitch has produced a celebration of human uniqueness. What it amounts to is a guide for gettingthe most out of whatever is possible " -Norman Cousins, author of The Anatomy of an Illness "This is an unusually intense, packed, thought-through book on the most difficult subject in the world: mystic creativity. If you wantto be intellectually informed about how people actually craete things, then you should read it at least once." -Robert Pirsig , author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance "Would that Free Play found its way into every school, office, hospital, and factory. It is a most exciting book and a most important one." -Yehudi Menuhin, violinist "Nachmanovitch tells it like it is in the most important book on improvisation I've yet seen." -Keith Jarrett, pianist " Free Play is a superb guide for anyone who aspires to create, whatever medium." -New Woman "This book is important not only because it delves into the creative process, but also because Nachmanovitch creates the opportunity for the reader to get in touch with her/his own creative possibilities and abilities." -Harvard Educational Review  , "Nachmanovitch tells it like it is in the most important book on improvisation I've yet seen." --Keith Jarrett, pianist "A classic . . . altogether vitalizing. The remedy for creative block and existential stuckness." --Maria Popova "This is an unusually intense, packed, thought-through book on the most difficult subject in the world: mystic creativity. If you want to be intellectually informed about how people actually create things, then you should read it at least once." --Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance "When I first heard Stephen Nachmanovitch in San Francisco and when he later visited my school in England, I was captivated by his being, as were all others. Now having read Free Play , I understand his approach more deeply. Would that Free Play found its way into every school, office, hospital, and factory. It is a most exciting book and a most important one." --Yehudi Menuhin, violinist "I am grateful to Stephen Nachmanovitch for sharing his wisdom in these pages. I expect--I hope--to be rereading his book and practicing with it for the rest of my life." --Ruth Ozeki, author of The Book of Form and Emptiness "Stephen Nachmanovitch has produced a celebration of human uniqueness. In so doing, he helps us to make better use of our resources of playfulness, ingenuity, and creativity in general. What it amounts to is a guide for getting the most out of whatever is possible." --Norman Cousins, author of The Anatomy of an Illness "I absolutely love this book. What a blissful, friendly, fiercely intelligent thing; it expresses truths that I am groping towards in a way that is emboldening and clarifying. I don't think I have ever felt so happy to shout about or recommend a book and I know I will read it again and again." --Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of Write It All Down "The mother of all improvisation books." --Jeffrey Agrell, University of Iowa "This book is important not only because it delves into the creative process, but also because Nachmanovitch creates the opportunity for the reader to get in touch with his/her own creative possibilities and abilities. This is an essential book for everyone." -- Harvard Educational Review "The kit of tools Nachmanovitch lays before us are high-level generalizations, and could be applied equally well to just about any discipline from cooking to comedy. His intent is clearly unitary. He circles like a falcon around the inexpressible. His text is the finger in the haiku, pointing at the moon." --Keyboard Magazine "Free Play is a superb guide for anyone who aspires to create, whatever the medium." -- New Woman
Table of Content
Free PlayPrologue: A New Flute Introduction The Sources Inspiration and Time's Flow The Vehicle The Stream The Muse Mind at Play Disappearing The Work Sex and Violins Practice The Power of Limits The Power of Mistakes Playing Together Form Unfolding Obstacles and Openings Childhood's End Vicious Circles The Judging Spectre Surrender Patience Ripening The Fruits Eros and Creation Quality Art for Life's Sake Heartbreakthrough Notes Bibliography Illustrations
Copyright Date
2005
Dewey Decimal
153.3/5
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes

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  • by pames-8572
    Jul 14, 2023

    Free Play

    Awesome Book!

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  • by 4B8WN7KZSeK@Deleted
    Oct 04, 2007

    free play good read for artists

    Some engaging reflections on improvistaion and creativity in general. Affirming to creativity. Especially useful chapter on 'practice' which values process over product- a very helpful shift in mindset.

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