THE MAGIC AND JOY OF CREATIVITY , is a virtual treasure house of techniques and methods to spark and expand personal creatrivity. It is a grand journey to many levels of creative energy and expression within us.

This work contains many techniques and methods to put us in touch with our creative selves and release the creative energy wellspring within. It can put us in touch with this great power and remove the mysterious component so that we can tap into it when needed, not waiting for inspiration to hit us. it can be used as ar reference guide or as a general workbook. In either case, you will rise to new heights as a creative being, ever showing your light to the world and those around you.

CREATIVITY FACTS

• FACT#1 - We all are born with at least one inate gift or unique talent.
• FACT#2 - Creativity can be developed through specific techniques
• FACT#3 - When you use creativity, you use more of your mind and potential
• FACT#4 - When you use creativity, you find more joy and meaning in life
• FACT#5 - Using your creativity can open you to many opportunities for success and posperity

CREATIVITY QUOTES

"Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth - that the momeent one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too." Van Goeth

"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." Maya Angelou

"Thinking ahead and thinking always of trying to do more brings a state of mind in which nothing seems impossible." - Henery Ford

"A man that has no imagination has no wings." - Mohammed Ali

The "MAGIC AND JOY OF CREATIVITY" is a guide to the deep levels of the creative self. An exciting journey and exploration of our full creative potential that is a God given gift within each of us. Each of us were blessed with unique and special talents and gifts to be used for our personal happiness, joy, survival and self expression. These gifts when shared with the world around us adds new dimensions to our lives. This is evidenced by the many inventions, poetry, art, music, architectures, books and other contributions to and from humanity.

This work is for everyone, as well as the creative artist. Creative intelligence flows through us all, moment by moment from the small child, the housewife, the laborer, blue and white collar workers, doctors, to the highly skilled creative artist. Many possess creative ability, yet are not using it, due to many reasons, all of which are not helpful in reaching our full potential. The need to create is an inate function of our being and personality. This when repressed causes many other internal problems and limitations. Even creative hobbies can be a great channel for creative expression that gives us a greater sense of purpose and joy in our lives.

THE MAGIC AND JOY OF CREATIVITY - ANTONIO NEWTON - $19.95 - Published by Novastar Communications, Los Angeles, Ca.

1. VISION/IMAGINATION
Vision and imagination are the catalysts and fertile ground of creativity. A well developed and sensitized imagination and the ability to see beyond what’s in front of you or unmanifested possibilities can take one to unparalleled heights of creativity.
2. DETERMINATION
Determination is the driving force of creativity. It is the fuel that powers the mind forward toward logical conclusions and manifest reality. This means that determination is the energy of intended desire that carries one through the unorganized states of mind and material realms of chaos and possibilities to the concrete reality of the material. Determination keeps the imagination operating at it’s highest performance level as well as actual physical activity towards the intended goal.
3. ATTUNEMENT/EMPATHY
Attunement or empathy is the ability to become attuned or in harmonious empathy with our goal or subject. Ultimately it is the ability to feel and view at deep emotional and mental levels the same perception as the object. In otherwords, You feel as it feels,you see as it sees. This ability allows through synchronization of the two components to become in harmony with each other, thereby an exchange of knowledge and experience occurs on deep mental levels.

4. FOCUS - CONCENTRATION - CONTINUITY
Concentration is a powerful and very necessary component of creativity. The ability to be able to concentrate deeply yet focus and relaxed is vital to development of creative energies and insight. What this factor does is allow one to follow a line of connecting, continuous thought over long periods of time. This ability allows the mind to explore deep and profound areas of knowledge, information and possibilities through reaching the core energy and data level, ultimately to expansion and new - relational possibilities. You can experiment with this concept using any object, event or experience.
Try concentrating on one thing for one week. Don’t make any conclusions, but just observe with your objective self, how many possibilities come to mind. The key here is relaxation. The more you relax, the more you will be able to explore. If you concentrate too hard you will tire easily and quickly. However, the more you develop your concentration, the longer you will be able to sustain it.

Breaks are highly important to concentration and creativity. What breaks create is the ability for the mind to assimilate and digest the incoming information to an intuitive as a logical conclusion. You then move to a new level of conclusion. Thus, you come to several small conclusions along the way to the final or larger conclusion, so to speak. Breaks can be long or short, however it is best not to take too long a break because the line of continuity has to be re-established. Internally you never really lose the original accumulation of facts.

I can remember many projects which I started and returned to them days, weeks, months, and even years, amazingly starting off exactly at the point that I left at. Sometimes of course there will have to be a review or re-acquaintance with the information to bring it to the forefront of consciousness, but the process happens very quickly, bringing you to a new broadened start point.
Sometimes it is necessary to “consciously” re-think the information while on the break, while away from the actual material, processing it consciously, making conclusions and relational connections. At other times you can just put it in the back of your mind at a deeper level. This does not mean that you forget about it and put it out of your mind, even though this also is an effective techniques as well for certain levels of creativity which I’ll discuss shortly. When we put the subject in a deeper part of our mind, actually our sub-conscious. The information is still being processed and will emerge at some point with an effective conclusion, perhaps with very little conscious thought from us. This is because our sub-conscious mind is constantly working to find a conclusive solution to any information which is search for a goal. This is different than just inputting facts and information for the sole purpose of memory storage. However in memory storage the higher self will always and continuously try to come to a new conclusion to benefit the organism/you as a whole.
When we put a subject totally out of our mind and forget about it, as mentioned previously, we have forgotten about it consciously, but the higher intuitive mind-self has not. All data and input information is assimilated and used, therefore, we can return to that area of concentration and it will still be there. Sometimes more often than not, we will “act out” the new information because it has processed itself automatically, quickly and throughout each of the mind levels into the physical and material levels of activity.
5. EXPANSION - GROWTH - CHANGE
Expansion is the ability to accept, view and progress to new levels of growth and change. This means that if we are stuck in one single mode of operations or viewing, that it is very difficult to see and accept new levels of progressive growth. Basically all things in the cosmos, our environment and internal functions are always in a natural state of constant change. Ever evolving and adjusting itself so as to reach new heights of operation and efficiency. We are constantly evolving each moment of our existence. The key is to be keenly aware of these subtle changes within ourselves as well as other concepts and relationships.
6. CAUSE AND EFFECT
The ability to recognize and understand cause and effect relationships on various levels of the spiritual, mental and physical planes. All effects have a cause and all causes have an effect on some level or another. This is the relational thread that runs through the energy of creativity. This is the glue so to speak. It is very hard to create without understanding cause and effect because creation is the direct result of cause and effect relationships. If you want a desired affect, then you must understand the causes behind the effect. Cause and effect internal is a deep understanding of internal and specific functioning and working mechanisms of a given concept or object. In other words you can create a new car without first understanding how the first car made and functions, then you can expand on the original concept. Cause and effect also has a direct relationship to knowledge and facts. Ultimately this means the more facts and knowledge that you have at your disposal, the more you will be able to do with that knowledge in shaping the object of your desire.
7. REVISION - ADJUSTMENT
Revision is the ability to make constant changes and adjustments, small and large over time until the desired goal and state is reached. In creation, many adjustments and changes occur toward the end of a perfected functioning state of being. Actually revision is very much aligned with the concept of change in that changes are occurring. However, in this case, you affect the change through adjustment and revision. Experimentation and exploration are definitive components of revision. One must be willing to venture into the realm of the unknown as well as the known to explore the possibilities of adjustment to reach the end goal of perfection. Sometimes continuous revisions lead to directions and paths that are not useful in the end result, however, even these paths contribute to our overall knowledge and perception, ultimately making the end result a much better creation.