The Artist Inside: A Spiritual Guide to Cultivating Your Creative Self

by Tom Crockett

Book Overview

A fresh new approach to tapping into our own creativity, using the images and artifacts of our dreams.

Getting inspired is one of the toughest parts of being an artist, whether we're a beginner or a seasoned professional. But as Tom Crockett shows us in this new book, finding ideas for our artwork is easier than we think. By simply exploring the images of our sleeping and waking dream states, we can discover a wealth of ideas and inspiration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0767903943
• ISBN13: 9780767903943
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Harmony/Rodale
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

This is a beauty!

Whether we recognize ourselves as artists or not, our inner dream artist is inviting us on a path of self-exploration, spiritual deepening, creative expression, and self-healing. Tom Crockett offers sacred perspectives and practical tools which link the creativity, inspiration, and ceremony of journeying, making art, and perceiving our inner and outer experiences. The process invites us into the sacred realm that dwells within each of us and all around us, as well. In his own words, Tom says, "... there is no way I can convince you logically and rationally that objects can have spirit or energetic consciousness. What I can do, on the road to helping you develop a spiritual practice around art, is to help you shift to an energetic way of perceiving the world. It is through the technique of vision-shifting that I believe you will come to agree with me that objects can, indeed, have spirit." This book holds invaluable keys for everyone -- especially for those in touch with, and those wishing to be in touch with, the inner artist, dreamer, therapist, and spiritual guide.