The Creative Life: 7 Keys to Your Inner Genius - Softcover

Butterworth, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585422703 ISBN 13: 9781585422708

Publisher: TarcherPerigee, 2003

Synopsis

In The Creative Life, Eric Butterworth brings his spiritual insight to a unique exploration of the creative process. Within every person, he says, is hidden genius to which we give expression through commitment, discipline, and the enthusiasm that works with passion. Powerful and resonating with meaning, The Creative Life is sure to be a classic work of spirituality for years to come.

About this title

About the Author:

Eric Butterworth has been a Unity minister for fifty years. He has lectured across the United States and Canada, as well as in Europe, South America, and Japan. He lives in New York City.

From Publishers Weekly:

God is creative, and we are creative. That's the premise of Unity minister Butterworth's straightforward and inspiring guide to living a creative life. Although he uses the Genesis account as the book's organizing principle (his seven steps parallel the seven days of creation and rest), this is not a particularly Jewish or Christian book. Rather, Butterworth draws on teachings both Transcendentalist and New Age God is creativity, God is us, God is in us, etc. On the first day of creation, God said, "Let there be light," and Butterworth claims that seeking the inner light is likewise the first step in developing a creative self. He also dwells on the phrase "Let there be," suggesting that readers should take that phrase as their motto: "No suggestion of effort, no strain, no hurry... just let." The overall premise of the book is very, well, creative; Butterworth's use of the creation account in Genesis as a template for human creativity is surprisingly compelling. The exercises he includes at the end of each chapter, however, disappoint. Butterworth urges the newly creative to take a 10-minute breather in the park each week, for example, and to make a written list of their greatest disappointments in life. Such suggestions are predictable and virtually indistinguishable from those in many other self-help book. Still, on the whole this guide will speak to those who want to live a more intentionally creative and spiritual life.

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About this edition

• Publisher: TarcherPerigee
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1585422703
• ISBN 13: 9781585422708
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176