Some good encouragement for someone starting to embrace creativity and the Creator. Interesting topics that you don't always think about when you think of being creative and good ideas on how to deal with the challenges.

In Being Creative, Laura Bartnick, shows how creative God is, and how we are made to cultivate education, laughter, nutritious food, respect for others, unity in God's children, financial codes of conduct, imagination and creativity, healthy boundaries, responsibility, and praise to borrow her plea on the final pages of the book. Bartnick is no fan of Christian fiction, being sermons delivered unilaterally through direct, rational messages to the readers. As humans, we would benefit more from character development stories, fantasy, unexpected endings, wonder, and doubt. A more holistic worldview gives way more room for creativity, of which writings definitely have the author's interest. Not all art is for all audiences, to quote one of the chapter headings. 

Numerous examples from e.g. the Bible, literature, and parenting, Laura shows breathing in the Spirit of God, letting it flow through our body, and exhaling love for our fellow humans will make the world a better place to live, more in God's image, towards fulfillment and purpose. He is visible in odd places, outside the beaten paths. Bartnick is not afraid to touch upon sensitive topics like sensuality and sexuality, whether or not to enjoy secular books and movies, and the practical consequences of everything Christians hear about on Sunday morning. Mostly well-thought, sometimes cutting corners like the perception of non-sensual nakedness in art schools. Even those kinds of disagreements are good for the mind to think about and make more educated decisions.

BEING CREATIVE
by Laura Bartnick
BooksGoSocial
Christian | Self-Help
Christian
Self-Help
Pub Date 14 Apr 2021

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In Being Creative we learn how being Creative comes from God. Using compelling Biblical references, BEING CREATIVE shows how an artistic soul is a breath of God, how creativity is a medium in which we encounter God, and how being creative is a means for bringing more life into the world.



We are reminded that mediums such as storytelling, songwriting, singing or other artistic endeavors can used to draw us closer to God.


Being Creative is a unique Christian geared toward writers, makers, creative adults, college arts and academics, and those who nurture them.


The author shows us how using language, pithy logos, and communication skills relate directly to the Biblical theology of creation, anthropology, and God's will. When the stakes are high, these ten game rules presented in ten chapters will lead the way and anchor a communicator's creativity as the priority.


We will learn how the creative capacity is a direct result of God's own priority to create. When a great communicator uses the art of language and art to influence others, they are using the Creator's own "logo". Readers are invited to think rationally, write emotively, and become cunning authors of the finest material.


I give Being Creative five out of five stars!


Happy Reading!

I wanted to have a look at it because it talks about creativity and as someone who does art I thought it might be something that helps me get back into full creativity but I mostly skipped through pages because it ended up not really being my thing. I knew it was talking about religion and beliefs but for me, it ended up being too much that than anything else.

However, only because it wasn't for me doesn't mean it wasn't good. For someone who truly believes in a higher being, this might be perfect for you in combination with creativity. There were some good points stated on why we are being creative and what includes creativity. It's not just doing art or building stuff but it's just everything you create and you work with. Creativity is such a wide subject and this book puts it together with Christ being the source of creativity.

Since this is a self-help book I didn't wanna rate it but Netgalley doesn't let me post without a star rating so I went with this. It honestly means nothing so don't look into it. Even if it didn't speak to me it might speak to many others.