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The Resource Spark : how creativity works, Julie Burstein ; foreword by Kurt Andersen

Spark : how creativity works, Julie Burstein ; foreword by Kurt Andersen

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How did Richard Ford's cat influence his work as a novelist? How is Chuck Close's portraiture driven by his inability to remember faces? What pivotal moment helped Rosanne Cash understand the healing power of the stage? Creativity is an elusive subject. We enjoy its fruits--movies, novels, paintings, songs--but rarely are we privy to what happens in the creative process. In Spark, journalist Julie Burstein traces the roots of some of the twenty-first century's most influential and creative thinkers, including Joyce Carol Oates, Yo-Yo Ma, David Milch, Isabel Allende, and Joshua Redman. Burstein pulls back the curtain to reveal the sources of these artists' inspiration and the processes that bring their work into being. "These artists may not change lead into gold," Burstein writes, "but they lift materials from their familiar contexts, combining, reshaping, transforming them into works of art that change the way we see the world."--Publisher description
Language
eng
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Edition
1st Harper pbk.
Extent
xvii, 249 pages
Note
"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2011 by HarperCollins Publishers"--Title page verso
Contents
  • Engaging adversity: Chuck Close ; Donald Hall ; Jill Sobule
  • Modern alchemy: Ben Burtt ; Elizabeth Streb ; Richard Serra
  • The cultivated and the wild: Stanley Kunitz ; Mel Chin ; Julie Bargmann
  • Going home: William Christenberry ; Alexander Payne ; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • Imagination's wellspring: Mira Nair ; David Plowden ; Richard Ford ; Bill Viola
  • Mothers and fathers: Patti LuPone ; Miriam Katin ; David Milch ; Kevin Bacon ; Rosanne Cash ; Joshua Redman
  • Creative partners: Alison Krauss and Robert Plant ; Ang Lee and James Schamus ; Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi
  • Reweaving a shattered world: Terence Blanchard ; Lynn Nottage ; Joel Meyerowitz
  • Getting to work: Yo-Yo Ma ; Isabel Allende ; Joyce Carol Oates ; Richard Serra ; John Irving ; Tony Kushner ; Chuck Close
Isbn
9780061732393
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Label
Spark : how creativity works
Title
Spark
Title remainder
how creativity works
Statement of responsibility
Julie Burstein ; foreword by Kurt Andersen
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
How did Richard Ford's cat influence his work as a novelist? How is Chuck Close's portraiture driven by his inability to remember faces? What pivotal moment helped Rosanne Cash understand the healing power of the stage? Creativity is an elusive subject. We enjoy its fruits--movies, novels, paintings, songs--but rarely are we privy to what happens in the creative process. In Spark, journalist Julie Burstein traces the roots of some of the twenty-first century's most influential and creative thinkers, including Joyce Carol Oates, Yo-Yo Ma, David Milch, Isabel Allende, and Joshua Redman. Burstein pulls back the curtain to reveal the sources of these artists' inspiration and the processes that bring their work into being. "These artists may not change lead into gold," Burstein writes, "but they lift materials from their familiar contexts, combining, reshaping, transforming them into works of art that change the way we see the world."--Publisher description
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Burstein, Julie
Dewey number
153.35
Index
no index present
LC call number
BF408
LC item number
.B866 2012
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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1954-
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Andersen, Kurt
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  • Streb, Elizabeth
  • Oates, Joyce Carol
  • Serra, Richard
  • Close, Chuck
  • Hall, Donald
  • Sobule, Jill
  • Burtt, Ben
  • Chin, Mel
  • Kunitz, Stanley
  • Bargmann, Julie
  • Christenberry, William
  • Payne, Alexander
  • Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
  • Nair, Mira
  • Plowden, David
  • Ford, Richard
  • Viola, Bill
  • LuPone, Patti
  • Katin, Miriam
  • Milch, David
  • Bacon, Kevin
  • Cash, Rosanne
  • Redman, Joshua
  • Krauss, Alison
  • Plant, Robert
  • Lee, Ang
  • Schamus, James
  • Scott Brown, Denise
  • Venturi, Robert
  • Blanchard, Terence
  • Nottage, Lynn
  • Meyerowitz, Joel
  • Ma, Yo-Yo
  • Allende, Isabel
  • Irving, John
  • Kushner, Tony
  • Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
  • Allende, Isabel
  • Bacon, Kevin
  • Bargmann, Julie
  • Blanchard, Terence
  • Burtt, Ben
  • Cash, Rosanne
  • Chin, Mel
  • Christenberry, William
  • Close, Chuck
  • Ford, Richard
  • Hall, Donald
  • Irving, John
  • Katin, Miriam
  • Krauss, Alison
  • Kunitz, Stanley
  • Kushner, Tony
  • Lee, Ang
  • LuPone, Patti
  • Ma, Yo-Yo
  • Meyerowitz, Joel
  • Milch, David
  • Nair, Mira
  • Nottage, Lynn
  • Oates, Joyce Carol
  • Payne, Alexander
  • Plowden, David
  • Redman, Joshua
  • Scott Brown, Denise
  • Serra, Richard
  • Streb, Elizabeth
  • Venturi, Robert
  • Viola, Bill
  • Creative ability
  • Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  • Gifted persons
  • Creative Ability
  • Psychology
  • Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  • Creative ability
  • Gifted persons
Label
Spark : how creativity works, Julie Burstein ; foreword by Kurt Andersen
Instantiates
Publication
Note
"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2011 by HarperCollins Publishers"--Title page verso
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-249)
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
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Contents
Engaging adversity: Chuck Close ; Donald Hall ; Jill Sobule -- Modern alchemy: Ben Burtt ; Elizabeth Streb ; Richard Serra -- The cultivated and the wild: Stanley Kunitz ; Mel Chin ; Julie Bargmann -- Going home: William Christenberry ; Alexander Payne ; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Imagination's wellspring: Mira Nair ; David Plowden ; Richard Ford ; Bill Viola -- Mothers and fathers: Patti LuPone ; Miriam Katin ; David Milch ; Kevin Bacon ; Rosanne Cash ; Joshua Redman -- Creative partners: Alison Krauss and Robert Plant ; Ang Lee and James Schamus ; Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi -- Reweaving a shattered world: Terence Blanchard ; Lynn Nottage ; Joel Meyerowitz -- Getting to work: Yo-Yo Ma ; Isabel Allende ; Joyce Carol Oates ; Richard Serra ; John Irving ; Tony Kushner ; Chuck Close
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
1st Harper pbk.
Extent
xvii, 249 pages
Isbn
9780061732393
Lccn
2010028826
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)797158261
Label
Spark : how creativity works, Julie Burstein ; foreword by Kurt Andersen
Publication
Note
"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2011 by HarperCollins Publishers"--Title page verso
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-249)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Engaging adversity: Chuck Close ; Donald Hall ; Jill Sobule -- Modern alchemy: Ben Burtt ; Elizabeth Streb ; Richard Serra -- The cultivated and the wild: Stanley Kunitz ; Mel Chin ; Julie Bargmann -- Going home: William Christenberry ; Alexander Payne ; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Imagination's wellspring: Mira Nair ; David Plowden ; Richard Ford ; Bill Viola -- Mothers and fathers: Patti LuPone ; Miriam Katin ; David Milch ; Kevin Bacon ; Rosanne Cash ; Joshua Redman -- Creative partners: Alison Krauss and Robert Plant ; Ang Lee and James Schamus ; Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi -- Reweaving a shattered world: Terence Blanchard ; Lynn Nottage ; Joel Meyerowitz -- Getting to work: Yo-Yo Ma ; Isabel Allende ; Joyce Carol Oates ; Richard Serra ; John Irving ; Tony Kushner ; Chuck Close
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
1st Harper pbk.
Extent
xvii, 249 pages
Isbn
9780061732393
Lccn
2010028826
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)797158261

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