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Author of Affirmations for Artists, Fearless Creating, and Deep Writing, Eric Maisel, Ph.D., works exclusively with artists in his private psychotherapy practice and in group workshops. He lives near San Francisco.
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The Creativity BookIntroduction
Part 1. Begin
Week 1. 1. Make Creativity Your Religion Week 1. 2. Craft Ceremonies and Rituals Week 2. 3. Make Time Week 2. 4. Make Space Week 3. 5. Invest in Erasable Boards Week 3. 6. Settle into Mystery Week 4. 7. Get Anxious Calmly Week 4. 8. Do the Tiniest Thing
Part 2. Be Human
Week 5. 9. Forgive Yourself for All Your Failures Week 5. 10. Forgive Yourself, Period Week 6. 11. Forgive Others, Too Week 6. 12. Get Shells in Your Omelette Week 7. 13. Wrestle with Your Demons Week 7. 14. Stop Preening Week 8. 15. Dispute Boredom Week 8. 16. Make an Earth Landing
Part 3. Be Mindful
Week 9. 17. Rouse Out of Your Dream Sleep Week 9. 18. Lose Your Self-consciousness Week 10. 19. Use Your Brain Week 10. 20. Understand a Frog Thoroughly Week 11. 21. Study One Blade of Grass Week 11. 22. Analyze Week 12. 23. Synthesize Week 12. 24. Lose Yourself
Part 4. Explore
Week 13. 25. Explore Week 13. 26. Ask One Question Week 14. 27. Have Feathers Handy Week 14. 28. Carve Basalt Week 15. 29. Abstract Everything Week 15. 30. Reinvent the Wheel Week 16. 31. Innovate Week 16. 32. Leave for the Unknown
Part 5. Go Deep
Week 17. 33. Dive Week 17. 34. Buy Bewilderment Week 18. 35. Parachute into Enemy Territory Week 18. 36. Get Unacademic Week 19. 37. Put Up a Big Idea Week 19. 38. Get Nostalgic Week 20. 39. Incubate Week 20. 40. Expand with the Universe
Part 6. Use Yourself
Week 21. 41. Hire Yourself as a Consultant Week 21. 42. Open a Vein Week 22. 43. Get Ravenous Week 22. 44. Underpress Week 23. 45. Kill Maybe Week 23. 46. Build a Model Creator Week 24. 47. Look Where You Slipped Week 24. 48. Be Yourself Entirely
Part 7. Connect
Week 25. 49. Go Out Week 25. 50. Visit with Children Week 26. 51. Buddy Up Week 26. 52. Sing Together Week 27. 53. Extend a Tradition Week 27. 54. Get Lost in the Landscape Week 28. 55. Picture Your Audience Week 28. 56. Connect with People
Part 8. Be Ambitious
Week 29. 57. Want Everything Week 29. 58. Demand Grandeur Week 30. 59. Aim for a Response Week 30. 60. Play the Tallest Queen in History Week 31. 61. Change Radically Week 31. 62. Exhaust Yourself Week 32. 63. Build a World Week 32. 64. Feel Immortal
Part 9. Be Truthful
Week 33. 65. Show Yourself Week 33. 66. Reveal a Secret Week 34. 67. Serve Up a Sacred Cow Week 34. 68. Balk Week 35. 69. Make Difficulties Week 35. 70. Explain Yourself Week 36. 71. Aim for Truthfulness Week 36. 72. Live Your Truth
Part 10. Be Love
Week 37. 73. Renew Your Vows Week 37. 74. Love Logic and Intuition Week 38. 75. Locate Your Better Nature Week 38. 76. Help Friends and Strangers Week 39. 77. Love Another Person Week 39. 78. Be Sexual Week 40. 79. Reward Yourself Week 40. 80. Stubbornly Keep Loving Yourself
Part 11. Work
Week 41. 81. Wake Up Working Week 41. 82. Go Directly to Work Week 42. 83. Really Sweat Week 42. 84. Make Plans and Schedules Week 43. 85. Be Patient but Not Idle Week 43. 86. Become Water Week 44. 87. Pick Yourself Up Week 44. 88. Simply Create
Part 12. Create
Weeks 45-52. 89. Work on Your Creative Project