Improvisation, Creativity, and Consciousness

2013-04-02 Music

Author : Edward W. Sarath
Release : 2013-04-02
Genre : Music
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Book Synopsis Improvisation, Creativity, and Consciousness by : Edward W. Sarath

Download or read book Improvisation, Creativity, and Consciousness written by Edward W. Sarath. This book was released on 2013-04-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jazz, America's original art form, can be a catalyst for creative and spiritual development. With its unique emphasis on improvisation, jazz offers new paradigms for educational and societal change. In this provocative book, musician and educator Edward W. Sarath illuminates how jazz offers a continuum for transformation. Inspired by the long legacy of jazz innovators who have used meditation and related practices to bring the transcendent into their lives and work, Sarath sees a coming shift in consciousness, one essential to positive change. Both theoretical and practical, the book uses the emergent worldview known as Integral Theory to discuss the consciousness at the heart of jazz and the new models and perspectives it offers. On a more personal level, the author provides examples of his own involvement in educational reform. His design of the first curriculum at a mainstream educational institution to incorporate a significant meditation and consciousness studies component grounds a radical new vision.

Improvisation, Creativity, and Consciousness

2013-06-01 Music

Author : Ed Sarath
Release : 2013-06-01
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 213/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Improvisation, Creativity, and Consciousness written by Ed Sarath. This book was released on 2013-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using insights from Integral Theory, describes how the improvisational methods of jazz can inform education and other fields.

The Improvising Mind

2010-06-17 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Aaron Berkowitz
Release : 2010-06-17
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Download or read book The Improvising Mind written by Aaron Berkowitz. This book was released on 2010-06-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ability to improvise represents one of the highest levels of musical achievement. Yet what musical knowledge is 3equired for improvisation? How does a musician learn to improvise? What are the neural correlates of improvised performance? These are some of the questions explored in this unique and fascinating new book.

Free Play

1991-05-01 Self-Help

Author : Stephen Nachmanovitch
Release : 1991-05-01
Genre : Self-Help
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Download or read book Free Play written by Stephen Nachmanovitch. This book was released on 1991-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Free Play is about the inner sources of spontaneous creation. It is about why we create and what we learn when we do. It is about the flow of unhindered creative energy: the joy of making art in all its varied forms. An international bestseller and beloved classic, Free Play is an inspiring and provocative book, directed toward people in any field who want to contact, honor, and strengthen their own creative powers. It reveals how inspiration arises within us, how that inspiration may be blocked, derailed or obscured, and how finally it can be liberated—how we can be liberated—to speak or sing, write or paint, dance or play, with our own authentic voice. Stephen Nachmanovitch, a pioneer in free improvisation, integrates material from a wide variety of sources among the arts, sciences, and spiritual traditions of humanity, drawing on unusual quotes, amusing and illuminating anecdotes, and original metaphors. The whole enterprise of improvisation in life and art, of recovering free play and awakening creativity, is about being true to ourselves and our visions. Free Play brings us into direct, active contact with boundless creative energies that we may not even know we had.

Play Your Way Sane

2021-01-19 Self-Help

Author : Clay Drinko
Release : 2021-01-19
Genre : Self-Help
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Book Rating : 230/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Play Your Way Sane written by Clay Drinko. This book was released on 2021-01-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stop negative thoughts, assuage anxiety, and live in the moment with these fun, easy games from improv expert Clay Drinko. If you’ve been feeling lost lately, you’re not alone! Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, Americans were experiencing record levels of loneliness and anxiety. And in our current political turmoil, it’s safe to say that people are looking for new tools to help them feel more present, positive, and in sync with the world. So what better way to get there than play? In Play Your Way Sane, Dr. Clay Drinko offers 120 low-key, accessible activities that draw on the popular principles of improv comedy to help you tackle your everyday stress and reconnect with the people around you. Divided into twelve fun sections, including “Killing Debbie Downer” and “Thou Shalt Not Be Judgy,” the games emphasize openness, reciprocation, and active listening as the keys to a mindful and satisfying life. Whether you’re looking to improve your personal relationships, find new meaning at work, or just survive our trying times, Play Your Way Sane offers serious self-help with a side of Second City sass.

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