Art & Soul, Reloaded : A Yearlong Apprenticeship for Summoning the Muses and Reclaiming Your Bold, Audacious, Creative Side

With her trademark humor, enthusiasm, and no-nonsense guidance, #1 __New York Times__ best-selling author of __E-Squared__ **Pam Grout** invites you on a yearlong "apprenticeship" to recognize and unleash your innate creativity.Making art does not necessarily mean painting a gallery-worthy still life or belting out a Grammy-winning song. It simply means finding a way to give your inner muse a voice in this world. Sure, there's drawing, dancing, singing, and writing. But there's also art to be made from creating your own pair of angel wings or inventing a new toy or curating your own at-home film festival.Each week features a project of self-examination, an inspirational message, a real-world example of a celebrity who has addressed similar obstacles, and three zany activities to awaken your infinite creativity.It's time to declare the beat of your own drum. Art and Soul takes readers on a year-long journey into their creative souls, offering a map for finding and expressing the art that dwells there. It encourages readers to recapture their authentic self that many abandoned long ago with their Crayola crayons. Even those who swear they can't paint, write, compose, or build can express creativity in everyday activities that revitalize and nourish their spiritual well-being. Art and Soul is divided into 52 weekly chapters, each containing an inspirational message, a creative assignment, and three or four suggestions for fun projects that encourage us to stretch our creative wings. Here are just few:-- Go to a thrift store and buy the most outrageous outfit you can.-- Learn three little-known facts about Martin Luther King Jr.-- Make sugar cookies shaped like body parts.-- Come up with the title of your own autobiography.The ideas range from the practical to the ridiculous, but all are easy and fun to complete. This book will show readers that they don't need fancy art supplies or lessons to be creative, and that getting in touch with our creative selves is just as easy as do-re-me. "With her trademark humor, enthusiasm, and no-nonsense guidance, #1 New York Times bestselling author of E-Squared Pam Grout invites you on a yearlong "apprenticeship" to recognize and unleash your innate creativity. Making art does not necessarily mean painting a gallery-worthy still life or belting out a Grammy-winning song. It simply means finding a way to give your inner muse a voice in this world. Sure, there's drawing, dancing, singing, and writing. But there's also art to be made from creating your own pair of angel wings or inventing a new toy or curating your own at-home film festival. Each week features a project of self-examination, an inspirational message, a real-world example of a celebrity who has addressed similar obstacles, and three zany activities to awaken your infinite creativity. It's time to declare the beat of your own drum"-- Provided by publisher