Cultivating Creativity: Daily Rituals for Visual Inspiration

by Maria Fabrizio

"Creative longevity is about what you do to prepare yourself for the ripe moment, when the potential of an idea is able to grow into something useful....This book is for anyone who has a tendency to think visually and needs to satisfy their creative soul." —from the Introduction

Discover the road to productivity and success by keeping your creative juices flowing daily. Cultivating Creativity is a book based on the idea that creativity requires ample momentum--if you stop, you'll stall. In order to get the creative inspiration you need to do your design work well, it's important to establish daily creative routines.

Author Maria Fabrizio has compiled here a beautiful and inspirational guide, a companion to unlocking your creativity every day. Create every day, and you'll be able to keep creating every day--it's as simple as that.

Genres: Art, Design

140 pages, Paperback

First published April 13, 2015

Reviews

[Bblaire · Rating 3 out of 5]

it's an interesting book for everyone who likes creates or wants to start doing so as a daily part of his/her life, with some advices really useful and easy to try. easy to read, I have enjoyed its reading and teachings.

[Susanne · Rating 1 out of 5]

It didn't speak to me at all with the parallels to gardening and how the personal anecdotes were used as metaphors for very simple concepts.
I found myself skipping and just not wanting to read entire sections because of this. I simply wanted to get to the actual content and reason for picking up this book in the first place.

[Johannah Gage · Rating 4 out of 5]

A charming, quick read which correlates making a creative process with keeping a garden. This is a useful memory device for recalling the suggested exercises. I read a couple of daily-practice books each month and few of them stick my mind like this "garden book" -- recommended!

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am not an artist. I was drawn to this book by the beautiful cover design and the idea of developing my own creativity for writing projects. However, I soon learned that this book is a manual for artistic creativity and design. It is beautiful to read, punctuated with stories from Fabrizio's life as a person and artist. It is inspiring - I am not an artist yet I want to pick up a pencil or some charcoal and sketch!
The images are clear and even in kindle format are beautiful to look at. The writing accompanying the images is informative and as appealing as the art itself.
I was pleasantly surprised by this and although it is aimed at artists rather than writers, some if the ideas mentioned can translate over!

[Judy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick read

Enjoyable, especially as it relates art and creativity to gardening. Will revisit again to see what grows from these seeds