Author Eric Booth--former actor, Broadway producer, businessman, Julliard teacher and Stanford professor--believes that every time someone does his/her "best work, " whether it's parenting, making love, or giving a boardroom report, one engages in the inner actions of the arts. This book puts the real power of the arts back into the reader's hands in a down-to-earth way, changing the way Americans think of "the arts.".
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An actor, businessman, and instructor at Juilliard, Booth here teaches a new way of understanding art and experiencing life. Booth wants the reader to see art as a process, not necessarily an object, and to understand that we can engage in the artistic process in all aspects of our lives. The book begins with a section on what art is and how we can experience it everywhere. Next comes a look at the skills necessary to explore the basics of art, such as being able to observe and respond to what we see and feel. In the third section, Booth provides three examples (storytelling, problem-solving, and writing poetry) of how we can produce art, and he ends with a section explaining how to engage all of the skills and ideas he has taught. This book will help all readers to see, appreciate, and understand our world, and will give them skills needed to improve it. For all public library self-help collections.?Elizabeth Caulfield Felt, Washington State Univ. Lib., Pullman
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Make your life a work of art, says Eric Booth in The Everyday Work of Art. Not only will it be as personally rewarding as the professional artist's, but you will advance the collective thrust to bridge the gap between scientific logic and the world of unexplained phenomena whose truths will only be revealed by an informed suspension of disbelief. Booth analyzes how artists function, breaks down their view of the world, and offers specific ways the layman can make everyday life a work of art - one that differs only in degree from masterpieces hanging in museums or performed in concert halls. By paying attention and learning to extract the essence of experience, the 'ordinary genius' can transcend, and thus transform, personal reality into art. Booth explains at length how to develop this heightened awareness using exercises that, properly applied, can help one use such personal experience as an encounter with the IRS, an intractable traffic jam, or a memorable dinner party in creative ways. While overwritten and repetitive with etymological asides that slow the narrative, Booth's book is nevertheless a useful reminder that in life, as in art, attitude is everything. -- From Independent Publisher
The Everyday Work Of Art: A Curious Way Of Seeing asserts it is time for Americans to reclaim the power of art in their lives. Relegated to institutions and museum walls, art has become unattainable and elitist. By revealing the skills that artists apply in their work, The Everyday Work Of Art gives us the tools to bring art back into our personal and professional lives. The Everyday Work Of Art identifies seven techniques to awaken our artistic selves and reminds of the time when art was life-essential, like food, shelter, sleep and worship. The Everyday Work Of Art challenges us to redefine art to encompass every act of being, be it a child's crayon drawing, a corporate presentation, or a flawless presented dinner party. Filled with illuminating insights and warm anecdotes, The Everyday Work Of Art is an inspiring work offering a stirring argument for the importance of art. The Everyday Work Of Art is an impressive contribution to the national dialogue on the essentialness of art in American culture, schools, and communities. -- Midwest Book Review
The Everyday Work Of Art: A Curious Way Of Seeing asserts it is time for Americans to reclaim the power of art in their lives. Relegated to institutions and museum walls, art has become unattainable and elitist. By revealing the skills that artists apply in their work, The Everyday Work Of Art gives us the tools to bring art back into our personal and professional lives. The Everyday Work Of Art identifies seven techniques to awaken our artistic selves and reminds of the time when art was life-essential, like food, shelter, sleep and worship. The Everyday Work Of Art challenges us to redefine art to encompass every act of being, be it a child's crayon drawing, a corporate presentation, or a flawless presented dinner party. Filled with illuminating insights and warm anecdotes, The Everyday Work Of Art is an inspiring work offering a stirring argument for the importance of art. The Everyday Work Of Art is an impressive contribution to the national dialogue on the essentialness of art in American culture, schools, and communities. -- Midwest Book Review
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This book is a spiritual gift. It contains lots of examples, even exercizes of sorts to get you in touch with creative impulses of everyday life.
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As arts organizations struggle to jump into the last lifeboat of the NEA/Titanic and business executives attend conferences to make them creative, Eric Booth has come up with a do-it-yourself-at-home plan to foster personal creativity and as a side effect, to understand that the artistic process impacts all areas of life. Every parent, educator, Senator from North Carolina, congressman,American, donor, and artist should read this book. Booth is a dashing writer with such enthusiasm for the fun of life, for making things, of thinking about stuff... He has an unusual talent for writing for Everyperson and great warmth of storytelling. So many psycho-dream-catcher-recovery books on the shelf about creativity, why this? Booth bypasses all that grind and tells you how to make your daily chores a work of art. I guess he's the Martha Stewart of inner elegance. This is one that I will REREAD!
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"The Everyday Art is alchemy. Let it in, and it will change your life, make it richer, sweeter, deeper and a whole lot more fun. It's already having that effect on me, delightfully and unexpectedly." Carl Frankel, US Editor, Tomorrow Magazine. Author, In Earth's Company: Business, Environment and the Challenge of Sustainability
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