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All artists hit roadblocks on their creative paths and in A Generous Spirit artist Sarah Zoutewelle-Morris tells stories of how we might overcome them. Trained as an artist, designer and calligrapher, Sarah begins by telling the story of building her own career on the 'art as a product' route until she became disillusioned with that model and sought to expand her creative work in the world. She came to realize that art is not just products or a vocation but a vehicle for healing, transformation and community-building. This beautifully illustrated book maps how several contemporary artists have stepped outside the boundaries of the studio, untethered by the emphasis on money, to re-awaken their original function as the intermediary between sacred realms and the emerging everyday world. Inspired by their innovative work, Sarah changed her own direction to bring creative projects into therapeutic environments. Artists can play a visionary role in renewal, offering fresh images to light up our imagination and alternatives to how to live on our planet. Sarah discusses many ways to bring artistic values, beauty, imagination and creative skills into the world. Finding links between art and the natural, wild and sacred realms, Sarah elucidates how art can be a path to transformation which can awaken our generous spirit. The book includes a preface by Canadian artist Keri Smith, author of Wreck This Journal.

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"""All artists face the challenge of how to not only make art but flourish in the world as well. There is no prescriptive path and most of us start by trying to sell the art we make online or in galleries or by becoming illustrators and designers. Sarah Zoutewelle-Morris enjoyed early success as a graphic designer and painter. When she relocated from the US to Holland, she found herself asking if art might go beyond product and if she might create more with her creative skills. In this beautifully illustrated book, Sarah writes about the healing value of art making and how artists can expand beyond the making of objects to bring their creativity into projects that benefit community. She gives examples of artists who altered green spaces, created performances and healing arts programs. Sarah's book makes an excellent companion for any artist at a turning point who might need new ideas about being a creator in the world. A really interesting read!"" —Cat Bennett, author of The Confident Creative"

All artists face the challenge of how to not only make art but flourish in the world as well. There is no prescriptive path and most of us start by trying to sell the art we make online or in galleries or by becoming illustrators and designers. Sarah Zoutewelle-Morris enjoyed early success as a graphic designer and painter. When she relocated from the US to Holland, she found herself asking if art might go beyond product and if she might create more with her creative skills. In this beautifully illustrated book, Sarah writes about the healing value of art making and how artists can expand beyond the making of objects to bring their creativity into projects that benefit community. She gives examples of artists who altered green spaces, created performances and healing arts programs. Sarah's book makes an excellent companion for any artist at a turning point who might need new ideas about being a creator in the world. A really interesting read! -Cat Bennett, author of The Confident Creative

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"Sarah Zoutewelle-Morris ======================= Sarah Zoutewelle-Morris (1949-2019) was born in Dublin, Ireland and moved with her family moved to the U.S. when she was a child. She received a degree in fine arts/illustration at Syracuse University New York, and a BFA Graphic design/ Calligraphy at Carnegie-Mellon University PA. She taught calligraphy, art and design at CMU and the Ivy School of Professional Art & Crafts, lectured, exhibited, and did commissions. In 1977 she moved to Scotland, to the Findhorn Foundation, where in addition to design work she also ran the art gallery and gave art workshops. In 1984 she moved with her Dutch husband to the Netherlands, where she continued teaching, working in graphic design and calligraphy, exhibiting her art work, writing articles for various magazines, and illustrating books. In the mid-nineties, she made a leap to the social side of art and joined HBG, an organization of artists that developed and executed celebratory art and creativity projects in hospitals. She also worked as a creative consultant in a home for people with dementia for several years, which resulted in her first book, 100 Ideas for a Creative Approach to Activities in Dementia Care. Both her second book, A Generous Spirit: Exploring New Directions for the Arts, and her third, Pigments of Imagination, were published posthumously in 2020. Smith ===== Keri Smith is a Canadian conceptual artist and author of several bestselling books and apps about creativity including Wreck This Journal (Penguin), This is Not a Book (Penguin), How to be an Explorer of the World -the Portable Life/Art Museum,(Penguin), Mess: A Manual of Accidents and Mistakes (Penguin), The Guerrilla Art Kit (Princeton Architectural Press), Finish This Book (Penguin), and The Pocket Scavenger (Penguin). Keri conducts workshops based on her books and recently taught a class in conceptual illustration at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, in Vancouver Canada. The main focus of her work/research is on creating what the writer Umberto Eco called ""Open works"", pieces that are completed by the reader/user. In 2012 she created a public art installation for the exhibition Urban Play, in Copenhagen Denmark entitled The Society for Exploratory Research. In 2013 Keri was invited to be a ""Resident Thinker"" for the art piece ""Nowhere Island"" by artist Alex Hartley for the Cultural Olympiad, along with Yoko Ono and several other interesting thinkers. Keri is a consultant for the Center for Artistic Activism. Her Pocket Scavenger App won Best Nonfiction Adult app at the 2014 Digital Book Awards."

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