{"product_id":"meaning-in-the-making-the-how-and-why-behind-our-human-need-to-create","title":"Meaning in the Making: The How and Why Behind Our Human Need to Create","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eHumans are driven to make things to defy entropy and create order and meaning. We use poetry, painting, writing, dancing, photography, filmmaking, storytelling, singing, animating, designing, performing, carving, sculpting, and other ways to create order out of chaos and share it with others. We need a creative philosophy to help us find our voice, discover our message, deal with responses to our work, maintain inspiration, and stay mentally healthy and motivated creators. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 328 pages\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 31 August 2021\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Rocky Nook\u003cbr\u003e\n                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy are human beings driven to make?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's as if we collectively intuited, long before science gave us the language, that the universe bends toward entropy, and every act of creation on our part is an act of defiance in the face of that evolving disorder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen we pick up a paintbrush, or compose elements through our camera viewfinders, or press fingers into wet clay to wrestle form from a shapeless lump, we are bending things back toward Order and wrestling them from Chaos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut making things is often not enough. We also want the things we make to be filled with meaning. We're each trying to describe what we know about life, to create a collective sense of \"safety in numbers.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen we reach the end of our traditional descriptive powers, it's time to weave collective meaning from poetry, painting, writing, dancing, photographing, filmmaking, storytelling, singing, animating, designing, performing, carving, sculpting, and a million other ways we daily create Order out of the Chaos and share it with each other for comfort.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn this journey, we need a creative philosophy that will help us find our voice, discover our message, deal with the responses to our work, maintain inspiration, and stay mentally healthy and motivated creators as we strive to find \"the meaning in the making.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Order\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Logos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: Breath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Voice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: Ego\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: Control\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Attention\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: Envy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: Critique\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: Feel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11: Shadows\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12: Meaning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13: Time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14: Benediction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 278g\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 113 x 180 x 23 (mm)\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781681987231\n                            \n                          \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sean Tucker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44101252088058,"sku":"9781681987231","price":12.43,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/fb0bdd895e91e9137ebdad85babb089f.jpg?v=1638158646","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/meaning-in-the-making-the-how-and-why-behind-our-human-need-to-create","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}