The Creativity Book: A Year’s Worth of Inspiration and Guidance

The Creativity BookIntroductionPart 1. BeginWeek 1. 1. Make Creativity Your ReligionWeek 1. 2. Craft Ceremonies and RitualsWeek 2. 3. Make TimeWeek 2. 4. Make SpaceWeek 3. 5. Invest in Erasable BoardsWeek 3. 6. Settle into MysteryWeek 4. 7. Get Anxious CalmlyWeek 4. 8. Do the Tiniest ThingPart 2. Be HumanWeek 5. 9. Forgive Yourself for All Your FailuresWeek 5. 10. Forgive Yourself, PeriodWeek 6. 11. Forgive Others, TooWeek 6. 12. Get Shells in Your OmeletteWeek 7. 13. Wrestle with Your DemonsWeek 7. 14. Stop PreeningWeek 8. 15. Dispute BoredomWeek 8. 16. Make an Earth LandingPart 3. Be MindfulWeek 9. 17. Rouse Out of Your Dream SleepWeek 9. 18. Lose Your Self-consciousnessWeek 10. 19. Use Your BrainWeek 10. 20. Understand a Frog ThoroughlyWeek 11. 21. Study One Blade of GrassWeek 11. 22. AnalyzeWeek 12. 23. SynthesizeWeek 12. 24. Lose YourselfPart 4. ExploreWeek 13. 25. ExploreWeek 13. 26. Ask One QuestionWeek 14. 27. Have Feathers HandyWeek 14. 28. Carve BasaltWeek 15. 29. Abstract EverythingWeek 15. 30. Reinvent the WheelWeek 16. 31. InnovateWeek 16. 32. Leave for the UnknownPart 5. Go DeepWeek 17. 33. DiveWeek 17. 34. Buy BewildermentWeek 18. 35. Parachute into Enemy TerritoryWeek 18. 36. Get UnacademicWeek 19. 37. Put Up a Big IdeaWeek 19. 38. Get NostalgicWeek 20. 39. IncubateWeek 20. 40. Expand with the UniversePart 6. Use YourselfWeek 21. 41. Hire Yourself as a ConsultantWeek 21. 42. Open a VeinWeek 22. 43. Get RavenousWeek 22. 44. UnderpressWeek 23. 45. Kill MaybeWeek 23. 46. Build a Model CreatorWeek 24. 47. Look Where You SlippedWeek 24. 48. Be Yourself EntirelyPart 7. ConnectWeek 25. 49. Go OutWeek 25. 50. Visit with ChildrenWeek 26. 51. Buddy UpWeek 26. 52. Sing TogetherWeek 27. 53. Extend a TraditionWeek 27. 54. Get Lost in the LandscapeWeek 28. 55. Picture Your AudienceWeek 28. 56. Connect with PeoplePart 8. Be AmbitiousWeek 29. 57. Want EverythingWeek 29. 58. Demand GrandeurWeek 30. 59. Aim for a ResponseWeek 30. 60. Play the Tallest Queen in HistoryWeek 31. 61. Change RadicallyWeek 31. 62. Exhaust YourselfWeek 32. 63. Build a WorldWeek 32. 64. Feel ImmortalPart 9. Be TruthfulWeek 33. 65. Show YourselfWeek 33. 66. Reveal a SecretWeek 34. 67. Serve Up a Sacred CowWeek 34. 68. BalkWeek 35. 69. Make DifficultiesWeek 35. 70. Explain YourselfWeek 36. 71. Aim for TruthfulnessWeek 36. 72. Live Your TruthPart 10. Be LoveWeek 37. 73. Renew Your VowsWeek 37. 74. Love Logic and IntuitionWeek 38. 75. Locate Your Better NatureWeek 38. 76. Help Friends and StrangersWeek 39. 77. Love Another PersonWeek 39. 78. Be SexualWeek 40. 79. Reward YourselfWeek 40. 80. Stubbornly Keep Loving YourselfPart 11. WorkWeek 41. 81. Wake Up WorkingWeek 41. 82. Go Directly to WorkWeek 42. 83. Really SweatWeek 42. 84. Make Plans and SchedulesWeek 43. 85. Be Patient but Not IdleWeek 43. 86. Become WaterWeek 44. 87. Pick Yourself UpWeek 44. 88. Simply CreatePart 12. CreateWeeks 45-52. 89. Work on Your Creative Project