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Lädt ... Creativity: The Perfect Crimevon Philippe Petit
![]() Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. it's a complete surprise that the man who plans and accomplishes batshit crazy feats is also batshit crazy in his description of how he accomplishes his feats, isn't it? if you prefer rules and "steps to follow to become creative," this book isn't going to do it for you, but it will provide a close example of what it may be like to be inside Petit's wonderfully scattered-yet-determined brain. ![]() It is probably just me, but it took everything I had to force myself to keep reading this book to the end. Petit writes in his foreword to the book, "Make no mistake. I frown upon books about creativity." Perhaps he should have listened to his instincts here. Some things just can't be written about, perhaps. It could be that I misunderstood what the book was about. The author, Philippe Petit, is the man who tight roped walked across the two towers in New York many years ago ago as well as many other feats of daring. He is a man of many talents -not all of them legal (pickpocketing), hence the title of the book. The author writes about the methods that he uses to keep the creative juices flowing in his life. My problem with the book is that I don't think that this is a one size fits all topic. Although many of his suggestions do have merit to someone seeking a creative lifestyle much of the book is off the topic and pertinent to the author alone in my opinion. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
"In the vein of The Creative Habit and The Artist's Way, a new manifesto on the creative process from a master of the impossible. Since well before his epic 1974 walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, Philippe Petit had become an artist who answered first and foremost to the demands of his craft-not only on the high wire, but also as a magician, street juggler, visual artist, builder, and writer. A born rebel like many creative people, he was from an early age a voracious learner who taught himself, cultivating the attitudes, resources, and techniques to tackle even seemingly impossible feats. His outlaw sensibility spawned a unique approach to the creative process-an approach he shares, with characteristic enthusiasm, irreverence, and originality in Creativity: The Perfect Crime. Making the reader his accomplice, Petit reveals new and unconventional ways of going about the artistic endeavor, from generating and shaping ideas to practicing and problem-solving to pulling off the "coup" itself-executing a finished work. The strategies and insights he shares will resonate with performers of every stripe (actors, musicians, dancers) and practitioners of the non-performing arts (painters, writers, sculptors), and also with ordinary mortals in search of fresh ways of tackling the challenges and possibilities of everyday existence"--
"Completely original insights, philosophy, and approaches to the creative process developed over a lifetime of uncompromising pursuit of the impossible, by "Man on Wire" Philippe Petit's uncompromising pursuit of art"-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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This is how Philippe Petit opens *Creativity: The Perfect Crime.* And this is definitely not your typical book on creativity. In it, Petit explores his own creative process, but rarely gives concrete advice (though there is plenty of abstract advice). But anyone who reads the opening paragraph, and then expects a typical book about creativity, has missed the author's point entirely.
This book is more an exploration of one person's creative process, not a blueprint for others to follow. And while this book has drawn comparisons to *The Creative Habit* and *The Artist's Way* it is not like those books at all. There are no exercises, no clear explanations of how he takes a project from inception to completion.
Instead, it is a look inside a creative mind, meant to be an inspiration, a place to look for ideas. It is not a how-to-be-creative book, but a how-the-author-is-creative-and-might-inspire-you book. (