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

創造力和帕金森病通常不會佔據相同的空間，但他們在瑪格麗特布萊克威爾的生活中，50歲時被診斷患有帕金森病，接受過DBS腦部手術。她在英國達特丁藝術學院和埃克塞特大學完成了她的研究（M Phil）的創造性，然後前往美國追求她的精神發展，這本書分為兩部分。第一部分為瑪格麗特·布萊克威爾的生活故事打開了大門，在那裡我們找到了她對創造力充滿熱情的起源，並追溯了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症時，她的生活發生了意想不到的轉變，在本書的這一部分中，她分享了她如何堅定地應對這種使人衰弱的疾病的挑戰，並且沒有創造性的治愈方法。

第2部分描述了一種理解創造力的新方法，並且已經從第1部分中描述的調查中發展出來。它可以作為一個關於如何過創造性生活的指南，提供的例子可以提供信心並幫助開發新技能。還包括成功集體創造力的案例研究，以便了解如何創造性地解決複雜問題的新興可能性，以及人們如何以積極的方式共同合作。本書的每一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多年來堅定，愛心和創造性合作的結果。

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:Oxford press 

ISBN:   978-1545023662 

原價    US 14.95  5 台幣價 NT$487