The Heartbeat of Creativity: The inspiring life journey of a creativity consultant diagnosed with Parkinson’s 

創造力和帕金森氏症通常並不據相同的空間，但他們在創意顧問瑪格麗特布萊克威爾的生活中，他在1996年50歲時被診斷患有帕金森病。她在英國達頓頓藝術學院和埃克塞特大學完成了她的研究（M Phil），然後前往美國尋求她的精神發展，並成為兼職教授和成功的創意顧問。瑪格麗特布萊克威爾現年71歲，住在倫敦。她有DBS腦部手術。

本書分為兩部分。第一部分打開了瑪格麗特布萊克威爾的人生故事之門，我們發現她對創造力充滿熱情的興趣，並追踪她作為創意顧問的技能和經驗的發展。當她被診斷患有帕金森病時，她的生活發生了非常意外的轉折，在這本書的這一部分，她分享了她如何以創造性的方式堅定地應對這種使人虛弱的疾病挑戰，而且沒有任何已知的治療方法。

第二部分描述了一種理解創造力的新方法，它從第1部分描述的調查中發展而來。可以作為一個指導手冊，用於提供信心和幫助培養新技能的實例。還包括成功的集體創意案例研究，以便了解如何創造性地解決複雜問題的可能性，以及人們如何以積極的方式一起工作。本書的每個部分都由一系列簡短的“字節”或故事組成。這本書是兩位女性十年來堅定，熱愛和富有創造性合作的結果。

Creativity and Parkinson’s Disease don’t usually occupy the same space, but they have in the life of Margaret Blackwell, a creativity consultant who in 1996 at the age of 50 was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. She completed her research (M Phil) into the nature of creativity at Dartington College of Arts and Exeter University in the UK before heading to the US to pursue her spiritual development, and to become an adjunct professor and successful creativity consultant. Margaret Blackwell is now 71 and lives in London. She has had DBS brain surgery. The book is divided into two parts. Part 1 opens the door to Margaret Blackwell’s life story where we find the origins of her passionate interest in creativity and traces the development of her skills and experience as a creativity consultant. Her life took a very unexpected turn when she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, and in this part of the book she shares how she has steadfastly met the challenges of this debilitating disease with no known cure in creative ways. Part 2 describes a new way of understanding what creativity is, and has grown out of the investigation described in Part 1. It can be used as a guidebook on how to live a creative life with examples offered to give confidence and help develop new skills. Case studies of successful collective creativity are also included to give a glimpse of the emerging possibility of how complex issues can be creatively resolved, and how people can work together in positive ways. Each part of the book is made up of a series of short ‘bytes’ or stories. This book is the result of a steadfast, loving and creative collaboration between two women over ten years.

  Margaret Blackwell (Autor)

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 

ISBN:    978-1545023662 

原價   US14..95    台幣價 NT$:487