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    Fire in the Crucible: Understanding the Process of Creative Genius
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    Fire in the Crucible: Understanding the Process of Creative Genius

    By John Briggs

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    What makes geniuses different from the rest of us? What is the difference between a prodigy and a genius? Are geniuses born or made? What is creative vision and where does it come from? What are the secrets of talent? And why do great creators seem to have so many oppositions in their personalities?

    In this mind-expanding investigation of creativity, John Briggs reveals that there is no special trait of genius. Geniuses are not necessarily smarter or more talented than other people, but they give their attention to subtle nuances, contradictory feelings and perceptions that others experience and ignore. By focusing on sensory nuances, geniuses create themselves.

    Fire in the Crucible offers a compelling exploration of the roots of creativity and genius. Drawing on the lives and work of extraordinary scientists, artists, writers, composers, and inventors, Briggs shows how creative individuals exploit doubt and uncertainty, and the mental strategies and tactics they employ when they work.

    "In asking about creativity," he writes, "we are really asking about what is best, what is deepest in life." Fire in the Crucible draws the reader into an eye-opening journey through the inner workings of some of the greatest creative minds of all times -- and allows us to more deeply understand the nature of the creativity in our own lives and work.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Wheel Weiser
    Release dateJan 1, 2002
    ISBN9781609256579
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    Fire in the Crucible: Understanding the Process of Creative Genius
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    John Briggs

    John Briggs, Ph.D., is a professor of English and the journalism coordinator at Western Connecticut State University. He lives in Danbury, Connecticut. F. David Peat holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Liverpool and has written dozens of books on art, science, and spirituality. He lives in London and can be reached at www.fdavidpeat.com. They are the authors of Turbulent Mirror.

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      Another great book on creativity. This book, however, focuses almost exclusively on individual creativity. Free Play is inclusive of group creativity and this is where my main interests lie. It is possible, however, to extrapolate Briggs observations on the creative process and to mix them with the same elements that create group genius. This is not true of all books on creativity. Perhaps, it is only those who have a deep understanding of the creative process.