![]() ![]() He playfully turns our eye to the theogony of creative gods, spills their secrets, invites us to rise. Yogi Berra and Gaston Bachelard dream and instruct us through the voyage of the word and imagination. He flips us back to a tearoom chat with Samuel Johnson and into the sculpture studio of Barbara Hepworth. "In his latest creation journey, Phil Cousineau sacks the forest caves of Ali Baba to reveal the art treasures of the globe. Recommending Joseph Campbell's advice to "follow your passion," Cousineau gives readers fuel for their journey towards a whole and creative life. Divided into three parts - Inspiration, Perspiration, and Realization - Stoking the Creative Fires brings the reader full circle through the process of creation - from the initial impulse to finding the time and tapping into the source, to focus, to be disciplined, and to deal with the fear of failure or the failure to rekindle one's resources, and finally to making it real - doing it over and over again and keeping the fires alive. ![]()
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