Book Reading: The Adjacent Possible: Evolve Your Art. From Blank Canvas To Prolific Artist
The Adjacent Possible book is about the art and science of the possible- evolving your art, cultivating your fullest self-expression and getting to the elusive deepest work your heart yearns to create.
Quieting the inner critic, being able to take big risks, make mistakes and continually experiment- this is how you innovate.
Feel released and liberated to not only create, but embrace “ugly” art. This is how novel things emerge- they don’t come from the known but from the unknown.
The Adjacent Possible is about bringing visibility to the invisible, shining light around corners, noticing what you’ll pursue from experimentation.
You have a dream but you don’t know how to bring it to life. It has lain fallow for years, like a dormant seed, sleepy in the cold earth, waiting for sustenance. waiting for you to bring it alive.
Being an artist is about continually evolving your art. It’s about cultivating your fullest self-expression and getting to the elusive deepest work your heart yearns to create.
Learn the science of creativity, the adjacent possible
This is a revolutionary method influenced by groundbreaking research in biology and physics to guide you to embrace the unfolding of your art.
Every brushstroke, every decision in your art, creates a set of possible paths that were not only invisible before, but didn’t exist before you made that creative move. This is the adjacent possible.
This book will:
- guide you to evolve your art
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nudge you to create art that excites, scares and wows you
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inspire you to move past emulating not only others, but yourself in your art
Becoming a great artist is about the movement of coming closer to who you are and reaching the fullest expression of YOU in your art.
With one foot in the known and one foot in the unknown, you’ll become aware of your creative edge where the adjacent possible lives.
At the pivot point between creation and collapse, you’ll experience a state of poised instability. This is the art and science of the possible- a world of continuous creation.
Nancy Hillis, M.D. is an abstract artist, Stanford trained existential psychiatrist and best-selling author of The Artist’s Journey®: Bold Strokes To Spark Creativity. She helps artists transform their art from the inside out, operating from the conviction that artistic creation has as much to do with psychology as with the medium of expression.
Bruce Sawhill, PhD is a Stanford educated theoretical physicist, mathematician, composer and concert organist. Bruce’s life has been centered around transportation, both physical and psychological. Bruce has swum solo across Lake Tahoe and is an open water swimmer in Monterey Bay. Nancy and Bruce make their home in Santa Cruz, California.
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Sound compelling? If you enjoyed the reading, you’ll love the book.
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With gratitude from my studio to yours,
Nancy
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Nancy, You are truly a great writer! You have captured the anxiety, turmoil, and self-doubt that can haunt an artist and erase any creation they might make. What an inspiring and hopeful story for all artists everywhere. Your details really bring everything to life. Thank you
Jan,
Ah… thank you so much! It was great fun writing that book and collaborating with Bruce on the concept of the adjacent possible! I appreciate your kind words.
Warmly,
Nancy