{"product_id":"the-meaning-in-the-making-the-why-and-how-behind-our-human-need-to-create","title":"The Meaning in the Making: The Why and How Behind Our Human Need to Create","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBecome inspired, find your voice, and create work that matters.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy are human beings driven to make?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut making things is often not enough.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWe 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.\" When 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn this journey we need a creative philosophy which 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Order\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Logos\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Breath\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Voice\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Ego\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Control\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: Attention\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8: Envy\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9: Critique\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10: Feel\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11: Shadows\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12: Meaning\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13: Time\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14: Benediction\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rocky Nook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51938585149671,"sku":"9781681987231","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_75b85359-9656-445d-8663-22075e80ab3a.jpg?v=1775064077","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-meaning-in-the-making-the-why-and-how-behind-our-human-need-to-create","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}