A lovely look at at creativity and how to cultivate it, no matter what art form you play in. I enjoyed that it looked at the concepts of wabi-sabi and synesthesia.

As someone who does not feel themselves to be naturally creative, I loved the way this book encourages you to explore your own creativity and what works for you, whilst guiding you through the process.

Ein Buch zum immer wieder lesen, denn es ergeben sich immer wieder neue Aspekte. Allein schon die Fotos und inspirierenden Fragenblöcke laden zum verweilen ein.
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The title explains the book very well- it is about being conscious of the world around you, and it is about developing your creativity. There is no specific art or craft being taught here; what is being taught is how to figure out what type of creative person your are, and how to find inspiration around you. There's a very mindful feeling to this book- there are exercises scattered throughout the text, meant to help you notice the world in ways you haven't before, to explore each of your senses, to allow yourself to just "be." It's a lovely book to look at too, filled with gorgeous photography. A great book for anyone wanting to explore and/or kickstart their creativity, and a great book for anyone wanting a new approach to mindfulness.

Disclaimer: I was provided with an Advance Digitial Download of this book from NetGallery, in exchange for a fair and honest review.

While I wanted to love this book, I may have picked it up at the wrong time. I am realistic enough to know that some books need to be revisited if we aren't in the right mindset.

Yes, it is a challenge to get out of your creative rut, but I found much of the writing to be regurgitated from other books on mindfulness and creativity. Almost twenty years ago I read SIMPLE ABUNDANCE and much of that book was about rediscovering your creative nature.

This is a lovely book, but just seems a little too fluffy for my taste. I will try to look at it again at some other point and will amend my review if my opinion changes.

This book is more of a guide to helping you unlock and unleash your creativity. It's a good way to develop what inspires you. Lots of beautiful colors and good thinking points.

There are a lot of book on the market these days about getting your creative juices flowing, this one is lovely, very colourful with photo inspirations on every page. Every page has a challenge to your creativity such as looking into a puddle for inspiration, finding and looking at texture or just pick a colour and find inspiration around from that one colour or scent. There are many more, and all a worthy of a look and try, as they do evoke a sense of creativity and exploration int0 artistic pursuits
This is one of the good ones.

Thank you Quatro Publishing - Leaping Hare Press and Netgalley for an ARC in return of my honest review.

This beautiful book is so much more than a book to inspire creativity. The author has Synaesthesia Which I am sure positively enhances the way she encourages consciousness to enter everyday creativity. There are so many beautiful photographs throughout the book. I love colour so all the photographs of similarily arranged hues won me over. There are questions and projects to entice the reader as well as good information, especially the chapter on overcoming creative obstacles.

A gorgeous book, not only for the reader seeking more creativity but also readers seeking to live in a more conscious way.

Thank you for the opportunity to read and review this book.

This is a lively book.
Truly inspiring for any artist.
I really enjoyed the photography throughout the book.
Conscious creativity offers s unique opportunity to explore different perspectives around you, and encourages boundaries to be pushed .
I enjoyed the daily practices, and particularly enjoyed the colour section.
The abstract section was especially interesting to me as an abstract painter .

I voluntarily read and reviewed a copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

It is not a really long book, does have some good information and suggestions with a few personal stories. It goes through the creativity process. There is different topics and projects. So there is points that some readers can get out of.

I quite enjoyed this book. It is really a guide to help you find your creative voice, although I did find the authors tales quite annoying after the first few chapters and hence the three stars. The author has a form of synesthesia which admitted gives her a unique creative view. It does however clearly predominate her way of viewing the world but also communication about creative ideas.

I enjoy creative activities but have never really found my voice. I was really hoping that this book would help me along that path. I thought the exercises were well thought out and varied, and in reviewing the book I did try out a few. But after a few chapters I found the authors narrative very distracting and so ended up skipping just to the exercises, consequently I think I missed a great deal.

So in conclusion I would recommend reading a few chapters to see if the authors style is something that you can live with or even like, otherwise this book is probably not for you. It's a shame because I think it could have been great.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I love reading books on creativity to help bust through creative ruts or just to try something new. This book is visually beautiful and also contains inspiring action steps for everyday creativity.

Thank you, NetGalley for the preview of this digital ARC.

I have been following Philippa Stanton's Instagram for a few years now. Her knowledge of enhancing our creativity by using things around us is astonishing. I have been looking forward to Conscious Creativity ever since she announced it and this book met all my expectations. I cannot wait to put some of her ideas into advice!

I think the big value of this book is to invite the reader to open the eyes and reconnect with reality. In fact in this cyber era we act like robots, as workers and consumers, too much concentrated on ourselves and obsessed by material things. Curiosity, observation for its own sake, are long forgotten activities. The book contains useful ideas on how explore your ambient seeing objects with new eyes and experiment them with all your senses. This hopefully would help you as artist to be more creative (I would have liked to see some concrete examples), else you're supposed at least to live better,

Awaken all your senses to begin a new journey of creativity. Whether you are a painter, a photographer or a weekend hobbyist, this book by Philippa Stanton will encourage and inspire you to take your art to a whole new level. The book is broken down into different sections that awaken all of your senses. The daily practices bring color, shape and texture to a whole new level of meaning and understanding with a few simple exercises. The bonus in this book is all the amazing photography that makes you sit back and appreciate each detail. Philippa not only tells you, but shows you through the photos what your creativity can soar to. An excellent book to awaken the artist within you. Thank you to NetGalley and Leaping Hare Press for an advanced copy of the book to review.

Conscious Creativity is a wonderful book for anyone finding themselves in a creative rut, or for anyone who wants to avoid getting into a rut.
It's filled with fantastic tips and beautiful photography, and would make a wonderful gift.

Conscious Creativity was such an interesting read. I feel like that statement doesn’t say enough though, so let me clarify further. I feel like I’ve been in a creative rut lately. Between stuff going on in my life, and being so hyper focused on getting Christmas gifts made in time…I feel like I haven’t been giving myself enough time to other creative outlets. This book helped spark that little fire I had let go out, and that means the world to me.
I love that this book was more focused on making you think than trying to make you sit down and do something at that moment. I think the identity of the artist is very important, but sometimes we get so wrapped up in everything else that we forget that. Forcing us to stop, think, and decide what sort of art and style we want to create? It’s priceless.
That’s not to say that there aren’t suggest art projects in this book – there are. I just felt less pressure about it. It’s clear that the projects themselves were designed to help us formulate our style and way of thinking when being creative, as opposed to being focused on the end result.
There are twelve chapters in total here, going from trying to analyze the type of creative in the reader, and eventually making its way to giving advice on continuing projects. In between those it covers all sorts of art basics, from how to look at art to how to understand the elements behind it all. It was extremely comprehensive.

Come for the inspiration, get lost in the beautiful photography, find yourself experiencing change and appreciate the world around you in new ways. There will always be passionate discussions on the nature of creativity. Whether or not you believe creativity can be taught, I believe that if you pay a little more attention and put some effort into the exercises provided in this book, anyone can grow as an artist or creative.
Let the author lead you gently as you explore the world as perceived by your senses.
Even flipping through the book quickly will change the way you view the world.
This book makes a great gift.

Thank you to Netgalley and Quarto publishing group for allowing me to read a digital copy. I would love to get a print copy for my shelves and to refer back to in moments of curiosity and enforced (manufactured) boredom. Langeweile.

n a very short time, I read "Conscious Creativity: Look. Connect. Create." by Philippa Stanton and "Awakening Your Creative Soul: A 52-Week Journey to Artistic Discovery" by Sandra Duran Wilson. The two books, while on surface talk about the same thing, could not be any more different.

"Conscious Creativity" is far more general in terms of the target art you want to develop and practice. In fact, it does not talk about the act of artistic creation at all - it is what you do in your "other time". And while many exercises use photography to document (and the book is full of great photography), I would not necessarily limit the book audience just to photographers. The exercises are designed to make you look, see and make sense of the world around. There is no step by step instructions, just ideas, and assignments. There are simple observation tasks, doing, like collage or photography, or even hearing - making it applicable to all arts, is it music or writing or visual arts.

"Conscious Creativity" is a beautifully illustrated book with color photographs and could serve as a coffee table book (if it was not published as the paperback). And some of the photos were clearly taken with an iPhone, showing you that you do not need any special tools to do the assignments in the book, just set out to follow the instruction.

"Conscious Creativity" is simply a great gift idea for a creative (or aspiring to be a creative) person in your life.

Who are you creatively? In this book, the author helps readers to learn how to experience their world through exercises. This book addresses different ways to look at color and texture, light/shadow, how to look at the world creatively, and where to look for ideas when you’re in a slump. Included are pictures to inspire and give readers examples. The author’s narrative is well complement by eye-catching, colorful photographs, Exercises are easy to follow and are interesting. Great for readers who are stuck in a rut or need help thinking creatively. Would make a good addition to collections focused on creativity or as a gift.