Walking for Creative Recovery: A Handbook for Creatives, with Insights and Ideas for Supporting Your Creative Life

Reading, Christina; Moriarty, Jess

ISBN 10: 1913743543 / ISBN 13: 9781913743543

Published by Triarchy Press Ltd, 2022

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G1913743543I5N00

Synopsis:

Sooner or later, most of us get stuck. Feel stuck. Our creativity in crisis... lost, blocked, overwhelmed by work, family, illness. How to find or recover that creative edge? How to get unstuck? For the authors, it began with cancer and stretched into the pandemic. One primarily a writer and the other a painter, they decide to walk together, to talk, write, feed back, reflect and repeat, again and again. They explore trust, openness, motherhood, their willingness to take risks and be exposed, and the particular insights they bring as women. Along the way, they walk and map their way back to creative life. This is their story, but more than that - it's a map for anyone who is feeling stuck. Whether or not you have had a creative practice before (writing/painting/making/crafting), this book will help you find your way into creative expression. The authors offer creative tasks and suggestions in each chapter, and ideas and structures to get you going. But most important, they offer warmth, friendship and inspiration from their own shared vulnerability, struggle, setbacks and muddy walking.

About the Author: Dr Christina Reading is an independent artist and researcher working on a range of interdisciplinary, collaborative, creative research projects with undergraduates, postgraduates and the wider community. Dr Jess Moriarty is Principal Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Brighton where she is co-director for the Centre of Arts and Wellbeing.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Walking for Creative Recovery: A Handbook ...
Publisher: Triarchy Press Ltd
Publication Date: 2022
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket