Val Andrews

Inspiration & Creativity Series Val Andrews

Filled with nuggets of insight, and proven methods to help readers find their own creative process and see their creative projects through to completion, this 3-in-1 book is brilliant value. The first book, Art For Happiness, introduces the reader to the creative process - what it is and how it works. Drawing upon practical examples and contemporary research, this book guides the reader to a point of understanding themselves as creators and offers several approaches to structuring their creative work and seeing their creative projects through to completion. It also contains interviews with professional artists and writers who share their own sources of inspiration and the barriers and enablers they experience during their creative process. Book two, Creative Visualization provides a comprehensive summary of the history of, and research on, the practice of creative visualization. It offers practical exercises and meditations that can be used for the creative person to access fresh sources of inspiration and guidance for integrating those new insights into their creative practice. The third book, Beyond Blue, takes a frank but sensitive look at the experience of grief after a major loss, and the benefit of creative expression during the recovery process. Drawing upon interviews with artists and writers who have experienced a loss, this book helps us to understand how and why creativity is an essential part of the human experience. Whether you have an established creative practice, or are at the beginning of your creative journey, this book is bound to inspire you.