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The Courage to Create

By: Rollo May
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
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What if imagination and art are not, as many of us might think, the frosting on life but the fountainhead of human experience? What if our logic and science derive from art forms rather than the other way around? In this trenchant volume, Rollo May helps all of us find those creative impulses that, once liberated, offer new possibilities for achievement. A renowned therapist and inspiring guide, Dr. May draws on his experience to show how we can break out of old patterns in our lives. His insightful audiobook offers us a way through our fears into a fully realized self.

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"A signal testimonial to the creative spirit.... A brilliantly incisive exploration of the creative 'encounter' - the coming to grips of the healthily committed creative artist or thinker with his sociocultural background and with his own dangerously Promethean impulses." ( Publishers Weekly)
"Extraordinary, wise, and hopeful...nearly poetic meditations." ( Boston Globe)
Thought-provoking Insights • Poetic Prose • Psychological Exploration • Philosophical Reflections • Valuable Perspective
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I had the pleasure of being a student to this gifted therapist and philosopher. May shows the connection between anxiety as the crucible for creativity. He has an encyclopedic memory and frequently brings brief passages from other authors to illuminate his point.

May takes on the Creative Act

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At times simplistic, though written for a general audience, the overall discussion is worthwhile of one’s time. An affirmative approach to creativity and lived experience, especially with regard to the plague of anxiety.

Thoughtful engagement with the process of being and creating

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beautiful listen, this was very revealing for someone with an artistic nature, it was a breeze to finish/listen to.

insightful

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Well written and an absolutely delight to insight about the nature of oneself as an artist. MUST LISTEN!

MUST LISTEN

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Offered a new perspective on what it means to be courageous. Rollo never, ever misses.

Rollo never misses!

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I enjoyed this book and at first was lost in the concepts; however, I quickly gained the perspective from which creativity is formed. I loved the delivery and explanation of form and its correlation to ones need to have it. Whether to give meaning to the old or new realities, form has taken on new meaning for me.

creative rebranding of how to create

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I think this book helps the poets in a major way it's a creative's guide to truth.

Posts dream

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Understanding the source and structure of creativity helps expose nodes from which healthy well-being may be fostered. Peaceful read and deep resource to reference. Much mine and unpack-age here.

New meaning to you

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This was a well made audio book of critically important material for artists especially timely still in 2023 which is saying something. Essential listening and reading for creative humans.

Rollo May was brilliant

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