Zrozeni tvořit - Objasnění záhad kreativní mysli – Kaufman Scott Barry (2017)

Can we find meaning in something as fleeting as creativity? The book Born to Create, based on groundbreaking research by psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman and a popular article by Carolyn Gregoire on the Huffington Post, offers a glimpse into the disordered minds of highly creative individuals. It reveals the latest findings in the fields of neurology and psychology and connects them with engaging examples of artists, thinkers, and inventors throughout the centuries. It brings closer the life practices and useful habits that foster a creative way of thinking. Kaufman and Gregoire unravel a series of paradoxes, such as conscious attention and daydreaming, seriousness and play, openness and sensitivity, or solitude and collaboration, demonstrating how embracing our own contradictions can connect us to the deepest sources of our creativity. Each chapter explores one of the ten traits and habits of exceptionally creative personalities: Imaginative Play, Passion, Daydreaming, Solitude, Intuition, Openness to Experience, Conscious Attention, Sensitivity, Turning Adversity to Advantage, Thinking Differently.