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Summary: Definitely Worth Every Penny!
Review: Creative Utopia by Theo Stephan Williams was a wonderful book which proves that yes, you can read a design book in one sitting and not be able to put it down. I have a library of books that offer creativity advice and I use many of them for inspiration and reference. However, this book was very diffrent. It pulled me in and I truly read it from cover to cover in one sitting.What I liked the most was how Theo Williams was able to speak with you through her book as if she was sitting next to you. Her down-to-earth advice and creative inspiration ideas were insightful and I'm already applying several of them while working on a very large and demanding project. You won't regret this purchase, I promise!
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Summary: Definitely Worth Every Penny!
Review: Creative Utopia by Theo Stephan Williams was a wonderful book which proves that yes, you can read a design book in one sitting and not be able to put it down. I have a library of books that offer creativity advice and I use many of them for inspiration and reference. However, this book was very diffrent. It pulled me in and I truly read it from cover to cover in one sitting. What I liked the most was how Theo Williams was able to speak with you through her book as if she was sitting next to you. Her down-to-earth advice and creative inspiration ideas were insightful and I'm already applying several of them while working on a very large and demanding project. You won't regret this purchase, I promise!
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Summary: Serendipity
Review: I am a teacher of gifted and talented students. The title of this book invites reading, as creativity is something we all seek in so many different ways. CREATIVE UTOPIA is a sincere and honest conversation with the author. Theo William's book (~ on paper that is silk to your fingers and its print, graphics, pictures, and color soothing for reading and calming to the soul) differs from many books of its nature. In many self help books, you read and read, and if you are lucky, you might find some advice in the last chapter. In CREATIVE UTOPIA, you learn and rediscover a potpourri of strategies from the first to last chapter that stimulates creativity. Theo opens your mind to different forms of creativity, some familiar, some not. If a reader wants more information, a plethora of popular resources Theo Williams has researched is offered - making just the bibliography she includes for each topic - alone - the best reason to purchase this book! Although the book is intended for a graphic design artist, I recommend this book to anyone seeking creativity and needing that extra boost of encouragement to realize creative potential. CREATIVE UTOPIA makes a great gift to yourself or a friend. Its quick read leaves you more time for your own unique creative powers. I have referred back for advice in this book of information repeatedly, especially the chapters on Fateful Encounters, Feng Shui, and Seeing Color Differently. In today's need for realization and simplicity, CREATIVE UTOPIA is my serendipity!
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Summary: Not very creative
Review: Let me start by saying that I rarely read "self-help" books because I think they usually just state the obvious and helping yourself requres commitment, not ideas. Most people know how to help themselves. From the description I thought this book was more of an activity book rather than a self-help. I was wrong. But even as a self-help book, I thought this one was lacking. I read this book in one setting too. Not because it was wonderful but rather because it lacked anything of substance. It has an entire chapter devoted to turning off you cell phone and other electronic devices. I thought you just had to hit the "power off" button. The back cover said, "Stimulate confidence with personality tests." But that chapter just describes different tests. I thought there would be at least one test included instead of a commercial for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Also this book is overpriced. Buy a blank journal and start writing or drawing ANYTHING. And save the money you would have spent on this book.
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Summary: Not very creative
Review: Let me start by saying that I rarely read "self-help" books because I think they usually just state the obvious and helping yourself requres commitment, not ideas. Most people know how to help themselves. From the description I thought this book was more of an activity book rather than a self-help. I was wrong. But even as a self-help book, I thought this one was lacking. I read this book in one setting too. Not because it was wonderful but rather because it lacked anything of substance. It has an entire chapter devoted to turning off you cell phone and other electronic devices. I thought you just had to hit the "power off" button. The back cover said, "Stimulate confidence with personality tests." But that chapter just describes different tests. I thought there would be at least one test included instead of a commercial for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Also this book is overpriced. Buy a blank journal and start writing or drawing ANYTHING. And save the money you would have spent on this book.
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Summary: Not very creative
Review: Let me start by saying that I rarely read "self-help" books because I think they usually just state the obvious and helping yourself requres commitment, not ideas. Most people know how to help themselves. From the description I thought this book was more of an activity book rather than a self-help. I was wrong. But even as a self-help book, I thought this one was lacking. I read this book in one setting too. Not because it was wonderful but rather because it lacked anything of substance. It has an entire chapter devoted to turning off you cell phone and other electronic devices. I thought you just had to hit the "power off" button. The back cover said, "Stimulate confidence with personality tests." But that chapter just describes different tests. I thought there would be at least one test included instead of a commercial for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Also this book is overpriced. Buy a blank journal and start writing or drawing ANYTHING. And save the money you would have spent on this book.
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