Walking for Creative Recovery (Paperback)

Paperback. Sooner or later, most of us get stuck. Feel stuck. Our creativity in crisis. lost, blocked, overwhelmed by work, family, illness. How to find or recover that creative edge? How to get unstuck?For the authors, it began with cancer and stretched into the pandemic. One primarily a writer and the other a painter, they decide to walk together, to talk, write, feed back, reflect and repeat, again and again. They explore trust, openness, motherhood, their willingness to take risks and be exposed, and the particular insights they bring as women. Along the way, they walk and map their way back to creative life.This is their story, but more than that - it's a map for anyone who is feeling stuck. Whether or not you have had a creative practice before (writing/painting/making/crafting), this book will help you find your way into creative expression. The authors offer creative tasks and suggestions in each chapter, and ideas and structures to get you going. But most important, they offer warmth, friendship and inspiration from their own shared vulnerability, struggle, setbacks and muddy walking. Sooner or later, most creative people get stuck. This book offers a map for anyone who is feeling stuck and will help you find your way into creative expression. The authors offer creative tasks and suggestions with ideas and structures to get you going. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…