The Creative Path, Carolyn Schlam
The Creative Path, Carolyn Schlam
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The Creative Path
A View from the Studio on the Making of Art

Author: Carolyn Schlam

Narrator: Coleen Marlo

Unabridged: 5 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/15/2018

Categories: Nonfiction, Art


Synopsis

The Creative Path is an inquiry into the creative process from philosophical, psychological, spiritual, and practical points of view. In this welcoming work on the creative process, Carolyn Schlam encourages the listener to embark upon his or her own journey of discovery, identity, and wonder through art. The author started her career in art under the tutelage of master teacher Norman Raeben in the Carnegie Hall Studios in New York. Raeben's students included Bob Dylan, who said of him: "He put my mind and my hand and my eye together, in a way that allowed me to do consciously what I unconsciously felt."

Chapters discuss the meaning of inspiration, intention, talent, authenticity, and many other aspects of art creation. Included in The Creative Path are: six lectures by Norman Raeben with commentary by the author; exercises designed to strengthen listeners' creative muscles; analysis of aesthetic criteria; reflections on the artist's role in society; and a discussion of the mindset required to make art a life path. A celebration of creativity, this inspirational book examines why we make art. Though it makes primary reference to visual art, The Creative Path will resonate with all creative practitioners, whatever their chosen discipline.

About Carolyn Schlam

Carolyn Schlam is an award-winning American painter, sculptor, and glass artist born and raised in New York City. She studied painting with Norman Raeben, youngest son of the Yiddish writer Sholem Alecheim, in Carnegie Hall and glassmaking at Urban Glass in Brooklyn. Carolyn is a resident artist at Studio Channel Islands in Camarillo, California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Antonia

Thoroughly engaging and inspiring and full of great suggestions. I listened to the audio and loved it. I wanted to start over as soon as I finished it, but also wanted to write down or highlight or somehow save many ideas, things to try in my own painting. So I immediately ordered the paperback. Thi......more

Goodreads review by Pixie

I read this book because im having an art crisis and am looking for various types of input on the making of art. My brain needs some new material to chew on in order to move on i think. This book did give me that! Both Carolyn and the teacher Norman she references a lot have a ton of insightful thin......more