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The rise : creativity, the gift of failure, and the search for mastery / Sarah Lewis.

Van Pelt Library BF408 .L625 2014
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Lewis, Sarah Elizabeth, 1979-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Creative ability.
Failure (Psychology).
Expertise.
Physical Description:
xii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Summary:
Looks at creativity and mastery in the arts, science, and business, as well as the sometimes surprising ways that they are achieved through serendipity, failure, simple determination, and hard work.
Contents:
The Riddle
Archer's Pardox 3
The Unfinished Masterpiece 15
The Near Win
Blankness 37
The Gift
The Gap
Private Domains: Studios and Inner Worlds
Letting Them In: On Critique and Pressure
The Crucible
Arctic Summer: Surrender 61
Beauty, Error, and Justice 89
The Blind Spot 107
The Iconoclast 119
The Deliberate Amateu 141
Friday Night Experiments
At Play
The Grit of the Arts 167
Samuel F. B. Morse: Art and Science
The Crit.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781451629231
1451629230
OCLC:
852226586

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