The Creative Fire: Myths and Stories about the Cycles of Creativity (Illustrated Living History Series) [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio Cassette]

Clarissa P. Estes (Author)

Book Description

Series: Illustrated Living History Series | Publication Date: January 1, 1992

The Creative Fire Clarissa Pinkola Estes

In Search of La Chispa: The Elemental Source of Your Creativity - Expanded two-tape edition of the classic on creativity by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés guides you through the dark labyrinths of the psyche in search of la chispa – the ember that is the elemental source of all creative work. Dr. Estés teaches about the hidden aspects of creativity, including the negative complexes that prey upon creative energy. The Creative Fire includes many special insights for people who create for a living: artists, writers, teachers, and others who must depend on their creative instincts every day.

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Book Description

The bestselling author of Women Who Run with the Wolves has gathered myths and tales from many different world cultures to examine the fires of creativity--what she calls "the nutritive mother of the soul".

About the Author

Clarissa Pinkola Estes was born in Indiana in 1943 to parents of Spanish and Mexican ancestry, but was later adopted by Hungarian immigrants. She received her Ph.D. from the Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was certified as a Jungian analyst in 1984. She worked as a psychoanalyst in private practice and developed and taught the Writing as Liberation of the Spirit program in state and federal prisons. Estes served as executive director of the C.G. Jung Center for Education and Research and cofounded and codirected Colorado Authors for Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights. One of Estes's better-known writings, Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype (1992), is drawn from tales and myths she heard firsthand from members of such cultures as Asian, Mexican, African, and Greek. She also wrote The Gift of Story (1993). Her books can be found indexed under Psychology, Women's Studies, Mythology, Spiritual Development, and Poetry.

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Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated (January 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564552128
• ISBN-13: 978-1564552129
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,805,919 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The truth about creativity & imagination, April 7, 2000

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Susannah Indigo - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Creative Fire: Myths and Stories about the Cycles of Creativity (Illustrated Living History Series) (Audio Cassette)

This is one of two books/audio that I give or recommend to anyone struggling with their creativity (the other is Julia Cameron's 'The Artist's Way', the first book only). You can listen to these tapes on a regular basis and begin to remember what it all means -- why you want to create art, why it matters intensely, who is standing in your way, how to regain the spark, and how to live fully in your creative imagination.

All of Estes' audio tapes are fabulous -- she has the voice and the wisdom of the mother/friend/ therapist we all wish we had in our lives.

36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you're creative, you need this tape set!, September 26, 2001

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Aisling D'Art "artist and author" (Portsmouth, NH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Creative Fire: Myths and Stories about the Cycles of Creativity (Illustrated Living History Series) (Audio Cassette)

If you've ever felt "stuck" or as if people weren't really paying attention to you... if you're an artist and frustrated with your own work or how others perceive some of your work... if you've ever wanted to be an artist, but didn't feel "good enough"... You need this tape set. No, I don't mean you should hear it someday; I mean that you need to get this tape set right NOW. You need to hear it. (That should be in neon lights, flashing in front of your monitor.) Put "The Creative Fire" on your tape player and take out a box of tissues. If you listen to it in the car, be prepared when Dr. Estes starts reading from her poem, "How to Silence a Woman," because you may be ready to vent, big time, right then & there. She's telling you the truth you've needed to hear since forever. I repeat: if you've ever felt creative, or wanted to do something creative, and felt stuck or sad or not good enough, at ANY step in the creative process (including when you finished it), you need this tape set. It is the most significant message I've heard in the past year, at least. It is really, really, REALLY important.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Tapes About the Creative Force Within., March 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Creative Fire: Myths and Stories about the Cycles of Creativity (Illustrated Living History Series) (Audio Cassette)

I listen to these tapes over again every few months. I learn something new each time. Her stories renew my spirit. They teach me the way to guide myself creatively. I think anyone who ever wanted to create would be inspired. I would recommend these tapes to artists, musicians, authors, actors, poets, healers. Those who know the process gain insight into their own creative energy. Wounderful insperation for those whose creative energy is blocked and need guidence. In these tapes she gives us the tools to respect the process and keep the fire burning bright not for a day but a lifetime.