{"product_id":"spark-how-creativity-works-isbn-9780061732393","title":"Spark: How Creativity Works","description":"\u003cp\u003e“This is a book about joy, drive and art, work that we’re all capable of if we’ll only commit.” —Seth Godin, author of \u003cem\u003eLinchpin\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublic Radio International’s Julie Burstein, creator of the award-winning program \u003cem\u003eStudio 360\u003c\/em\u003e, along with its host Kurt Andersen, offers a rare, fascinating glimpse into some of the 21st century's greatest creative minds—from Yo-Yo Ma and Robert Plant to Mira Nair and Chuck Close, to David Milch and Joyce Carol Oates, to Rosanne Cash and beyond. Fans of Malcolm Gladwell’s \u003cem\u003eOutliers\u003c\/em\u003e, Daniel Pink’s \u003cem\u003eA Whole New Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, Rosamund Zander’s \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Possibility\u003c\/em\u003e, and Lynda Barry’s \u003cem\u003eWhat It Is\u003c\/em\u003e will be enthralled and electrified by this unique look at the creative process of the world’s most talented and prolific artists. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eCreativity is an elusive subject. We enjoy its fruits—movies, novels, paintings, songs—but rarely are we privy to what happens during the creative process. In \u003cem\u003eSpark\u003c\/em\u003e, Julie Burstein traces the roots of some of the twenty-first century's most influential and creative artists and 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCreativity is integral to business, parenting, education, science, and, perhaps most poignantly, our personal relationships. Rarely do books on creativity illuminate \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e inspire; this marvelous volume will help you find a spark of your own. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“This is a book about joy, drive and art, work that we’re all capable of if we’ll only commit.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeth Godin, author of Linchpin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Through enlightening conversations, these creative individuals demonstrate how they lift raw materials out of familiar contexts and create art that changes how we perceive the world.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Burstein offers enlightening answers from the culture’s heavy hitters, as well as the process by which they stoked these embers into a roaring fire, and how you, yes, you, might too.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Spark is a beautiful book, enjoyable and filled with life...You will find yourself contemplating the origin of the little lights, the sparks, which show themselves only when someone special looks within.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Spark is an encyclopedia of inspiration plucked from today’s most revered creators, leaving you not with a one-size-fits-all blueprint to creativity but with a petri dish of eclectic insights for you to distill, cross-pollinate and fertilize into a richer understanding of your own creative life.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaria Popova, Brain Pickings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“How better to learn about creativity than to talk with some of the world’s most creative people.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887897342181,"sku":"NP9780061732393","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061732393.jpg?v=1730227688","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/spark-how-creativity-works-isbn-9780061732393","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}