Author: Kenneth H. Westhaver
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Imagination
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Author: Richard Holman
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 0500777225
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 117

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If youve ever embarked on a creative endeavour, then theres a good chance youll have been bedevilled by self-doubt, fear of failure or a lack of inspiration at some point along the way. This book will help you to banish those mind-forged monsters one by one, no matter how grotesque or scary they may be. Drawing on inspirational anecdotes from art, philosophy, neuroscience, nature, music and contemporary culture, creativity expert Richard Holman provides you with your very own mental armoury to see you through every stage of the creative process. By learning through the experiences of such creative luminaries as Leonardo da Vinci, Marina Abramovic, J.K. Rowling, Dr Seuss and Herbie Hancock, youll find out how best to overcome the perils of procrastination, the sting of criticism, the seductive tug of convention or the gnawing feeling that youre not up to it. Its time to say farewell to your demons and make your next creative project the very best it can be.

Author: Jimena Canales
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691186073
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416

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How scientists through the ages have conducted thought experiments using imaginary entities—demons—to test the laws of nature and push the frontiers of what is possible Science may be known for banishing the demons of superstition from the modern world. Yet just as the demon-haunted world was being exorcized by the enlightening power of reason, a new kind of demon mischievously materialized in the scientific imagination itself. Scientists began to employ hypothetical beings to perform certain roles in thought experiments—experiments that can only be done in the imagination—and these impish assistants helped scientists achieve major breakthroughs that pushed forward the frontiers of science and technology. Spanning four centuries of discovery—from René Descartes, whose demon could hijack sensorial reality, to James Clerk Maxwell, whose molecular-sized demon deftly broke the second law of thermodynamics, to Darwin, Einstein, Feynman, and beyond—Jimena Canales tells a shadow history of science and the demons that bedevil it. She reveals how the greatest scientific thinkers used demons to explore problems, test the limits of what is possible, and better understand nature. Their imaginary familiars helped unlock the secrets of entropy, heredity, relativity, quantum mechanics, and other scientific wonders—and continue to inspire breakthroughs in the realms of computer science, artificial intelligence, and economics today. The world may no longer be haunted as it once was, but the demons of the scientific imagination are alive and well, continuing to play a vital role in scientists' efforts to explore the unknown and make the impossible real.

Author: Charles Stewart
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 140088439X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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In present-day Greece many people still speak of exotikNB--mermaids, dog-form creatures, and other monstrous beings similar to those pictured on medieval maps. Challenging the conventional notion that these often malevolent demons belong exclusively to a realm of folklore or superstition separate from Christianity, Charles Stewart looks at beliefs about the exotikNB and the Orthodox Devil to demonstrate the interdependency of doctrinal and local religion. He argues persuasively that students who cling to the timeworn folk/official distinction will find it impossible to appreciate the breadth and coherence of contemporary Greek cosmology. Like the medieval cartographers' fantasies, which were placed on the "edges" of the physical world, Greek demons cluster in marginal locations--outlying streams, wells, and caves. The demons are near enough to the community, however, to attack humans--causing illness or death, according to Stewart's informants. Drawing on an unusual range of sources, from the author's fieldwork on the Cycladic island of Naxos to Orthodox liturgical texts, this book pictures the exotikNB as elements of a Greek cognitive map: figures that enable individuals to navigate the traumas and ambiguities of life. Stewart also examines the social forces that have by turns disposed the Greek people to embrace these demons as indicative of links with the classical past or to eschew them as signs of backwardness and ignorance.

Author: Draculwulf Publishing
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Scroll down to see inside the book A Gift of Imagination Let your imagination roam freely. Allow the stories within the artwork to speak to you, to transport you to otherworldly realms, and to kindle your own sense of wonder. "Demons Volume Two" is not just a collection of images; it is an invitation to explore the endless possibilities of fantasy and to revel in the beauty of artistic expression. Within these beautifully crafted illustrations and gripping tales, you'll encounter a world where darkness and fantasy merge seamlessly. Let your imagination soar as you uncover the secrets of ancient demon lore, navigate through enchanted realms, and meet characters who defy the ordinary. Inspired by the pioneering master who blazed the trail, it's the embodiment of the entirety of art that resides in the universal ether. Explore this convergence of art and technology as we transform long-held ideas into captivating visuals. Join us in this exploration. Looking for a unique and imaginative gift? THE ART OF DEMONS VOLUME TWO is the Book is the answer. Whether you're searching for a gift for fantasy enthusiasts, art aficionados, or those who appreciate the extraordinary, this book is a present that will leave a lasting impression. With 30 illustrations and short poems printed on premium paper, It's a token of creativity that will be loved for years to come. Let Demons transport you to a world where the line between reality and fantasy blurs, where demons dance and tales of enchantment unfold. This is more than a book; it's a portal to another dimension. Give the gift of imagination, Order now and experience the magic for yourself, or surprise a loved one with a journey into the fantastical realms of demons and enchantment. For those who love fantasy art and the works of Frazetta, Brom, and Royo it is a must!

Author: Ruth Webb
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674031920
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 326

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Compared to the wealth of information available to us about classical tragedy and comedy, not much is known about the culture of pantomime, mime, and dance in late antiquity. Webb fills this gap in our knowledge and provides us with a detailed look at social life in the late antique period through an investigation of its performance culture.

Author: Jennifer Anna Gosetti-Ferencei
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231548168
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 364

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Imagination allows us to step out of the ordinary but also to transform it through our sense of wonder and play, artistic inspiration and innovation, or the eureka moment of a scientific breakthrough. In this book, Jennifer Anna Gosetti-Ferencei offers a groundbreaking new understanding of its place in everyday experience as well as the heights of creative achievement. The Life of Imagination delivers a new conception of imagination that places it at the heart of our engagement with the world—thinking, acting, feeling, making, and being. Gosetti-Ferencei reveals imagination’s roots in embodied human cognition and its role in shaping our cognitive ecology. She demonstrates how imagination arises from our material engagements with the world and at the same time endows us with the sense of an inner life, how it both allows us to escape from reality and aids us in better understanding it. Drawing from philosophy, cognitive science, evolutionary anthropology, developmental psychology, literary theory, and aesthetics, Gosetti-Ferencei engages a spectacular range of examples from ordinary thought processes and actions to artistic, scientific, and literary feats to argue that, like consciousness itself, imagination resists reductive explanation. The Life of Imagination offers a vital account of transformative thinking that shows how imagination will be essential in cultivating a future conducive to human flourishing and to that of the life around us.

Author: Patrick Curry
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443850128
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 455

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From the artistic genius to the tarot reader, a sense of communication with another order of reality is commonly affirmed; this ‘other’ may be termed god, angel, spirit, muse, daimon or alien, or it may be seen as an aspect of the human imagination or the ‘unconscious’ in a psychological sense. This volume of essays celebrates the daimonic presence in a diversity of manifestations, presenting new insights into inspired creativity and human beings’ relationship with mysterious and numinous dimensions of reality. In art and literature, many visual and poetic forms have been given to the daimonic intelligence, and in the realm of new age practices, encounters with spirit beings are facilitated through an increasing variety of methods including shamanism, hypnotherapy, mediumship and psychedelics. The contributors to this book are not concerned with ‘proving’ or ‘disproving’ the existence of such beings. Rather, they paint a broad canvas with many colours, evoking the daimon through the perspectives of history, literature, encounter and performance, and showing how it informs, and has always informed, human experience.

Author: Andrew Wommack
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
ISBN: 1680312871
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 147

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Too often believers pray for healing but never experience it. They pray for prosperity but never receive it. Why? Because they don’t know how to use a godly imagination correctly. They don’t see themselves healed. They don’t see themselves prosperous. They don’t see themselves victorious. In The Power of Imagination...

Author: Sara E. Belanger
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781612960173
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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Sometimes when we are very young and need someone to play with, we make up imaginary friends; friends that share secrets with us, friends that help us to understand the world. This is the case with many children. This is the case for Leigh, but her story is different than most. She held onto her imaginary friends up until she was seventeen. Her friends and family became worried that these "friends" may be the first sign of mental illness so they decided to see a doctor who prescribed her medication. Unfortunately even those didn't work. It wasn't until her friend, Jordan Valune, believed in her imaginary friends and helped to make them disappear. Following Leigh's "friends" disappearing, Jordan also disappeared. Leaving her alone once again. She soon realizes....that this isn't the case. When she hears that her long lost friend Jordan has been brutally murdered things take a turn. Her imaginary friends come back. Come back from the black pit of imagination. But it would appear, That these imaginary friends, are more real then she would ever care to find out.