| The Van Gogh Blues: The Creative Persona's Path Through Depression Contributor(s): Maisel, Eric (Author) |
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ISBN: 1577316045 ISBN-13: 9781577316046 Publisher: New World Library OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2007 Annotation: ""The Van Gogh Blues" is a mind-blowingly wonderful book." --"Midwest Book Review" "Maisel persuasively argues that creative individuals measure their happiness and success by how much meaning they create in their work." --"Library Journal" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Mood Disorders - Depression - Self-help | Creativity - Psychology | Psychopathology - Depression |
| Dewey: 616.852 |
| LCCN: 2007039852 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.70 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Creative people will experience depression--that's a given. It's a given because they are regularly confronted by doubts about the meaningfulness of their efforts. Theirs is a kind of depression that does not respond to pharmaceutical treatment. What's required is healing in the realm of meaning. In this groundbreaking book, Eric Maisel teaches creative people how to handle these recurrent crises of meaning and how to successfully manage the anxieties of the creative process. Using examples both from the lives of famous creators such as van Gogh and from his own creativity coaching practice, Maisel explains that despite their inevitable difficulties, creative people possess the ability to forge relationships, repair themselves, and find meaning in their work and their lives. Maisel presents a step-by-step plan to help creative people handle their special brand of depression and rediscover the reasons they are driven to create in the first place. |