BEING CREATIVE
by Laura Bartnick
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Pub Date 14 Apr 2021 | Archive Date 6 Jun 2021
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Description
As a Christian living resource, BEING CREATIVE is a unique look at how God in Christ is the source of all creativity.
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. BEING CREATIVE creates a deep sense of belonging for the reader.
"The book offers a path toward fulfillment and purpose. It will help readers develop a strong awareness of the sacredness of their creative endeavors." -Arya Fomonyuy
BEING CREATIVE invites a group into the discussion of human biology as it intersects with spiritual beliefs.
"Laura Bartnick's writing will make anyone change the way they look at their talents, no matter what they are."
-Rumoald Dzemo
The essays flow easily from one topic to the next. BEING CREATIVE is an inspiring book geared toward writers, makers, creative adults, college arts and academics, and those who nurture them.
BARTNICK shows 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.
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.
This book replaces negative identities about one's creative self with more constructive Christ-centered ones. One man said, "I felt more alive than I have for a long time reading this!" Kathy Joy, D.J. and author of the Breath of Joy gift book series wrote, "This is a creative's manifesto!"
Advance Praise
Editorial Book Review by Arya Fomonyuy, Readers Favorites
""Laura Bartnick has just written one of the best things I have read about creativity. In fact, BEING CREATIVE is a book that brilliantly showcases God's centrality in the creative process.
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. BEING CREATIVE creates a deep sense of belonging for the reader.
This is a book that will help any struggling creative person understand the life that flows through their creative process and find their purpose. Filled with powerful insights and spiritual lessons, this book is designed to help readers -- creative persons -- reconnect with their craft and with themselves, and ultimately with the source of all inspiration.
Written in a friendly, warm tone, BEING CREATIVE makes the reader feel a deep sense of belonging."" - Arya Fomonyuy"
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9781951084394 |
| PRICE | US$4.99 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
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BEING CREATIVE
by Laura Bartnick
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Christian | Self-Help
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Pub Date 14 Apr 2021
I am reviewing a copy of Being Creative through BooksGoSocial and Netgalley:
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!
Henk-Jan v, Reviewer
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.
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