Creativity is not a gift for a select few, but an ongoing process of growth and self-realization available to anyone who puts in the effort to pursue the spark. In this book, Chris Orwig offers a unique perspective on the creative process, showing you how to find meaning in your work, be inspired, and discover the life for which you were designed.
With thoughtful and engaging chapters such as “Keep the Edges Wild,” “Einstein’s Game of Connect the Dots,” and “Grit and Glory,” Chris presents each concept through personal examples—his own and others’—showing how to live a more creative and meaningful life.
Drawn from his 12 years as a faculty member at the prestigious Brooks Institute as well as his experience leading creative inspiration and photography workshops and speaking on global stages, Chris’s stories are designed to teach you how to discover your own creative voice. Each chapter includes exercises to help you incorporate what you’ve learned and connect the topics directly to your own experience.
Features the friendly, approachable voice of Chris Orwig, whose photography, teaching, and speaking have inspired countless aspiring amateurs and professionals alike Includes exercises in every chapter to help you put the concepts you learned into practice Offers an elegant design filled with the author’s original photographs captured to visually support the ideas discussed in the book
For resources and inspiration, check out the book’s companion site, thecreativefight.com.
Chris Orwig’s ‘The Creative Fight’ is absolutely brilliant. I have the book in my hands and … Chris Orwig’s ‘The Creative Fight’ is absolutely brilliant. I have the book in my hands and am sincerely moved. A complete interrupter. I believe it sets a new watermark for catalyzing creativity. I could not recommend this more highly.
Much much much more about creativity than photography. Excellent book that tries to help one with creativity but be aware that it is much much much more about creativity than it is specifically about photography. It may be written by a photographer and aimed at photographers but it could just as easily be aimed at artists in almost any medium/genre.
A Must-Read for Every Artist, Freelancer, and Idea-maker Being creative should be hard work … but it should also be fulfilling. The Creative Fight is an insightful and encouraging hands-on guidebook on how to turn our dreams and ideas into something we can be proud of. Chris Orwig astutely addresses how to bring shape to our creative vision and how to overcome the barriers that can so easily stop us in our tracks. Ultimately, this book provides us with an approachable framework by which to produce something meaningful from our creative…