Pencil Dancing Book

	Introduction--An Invitation to Dance	1
	How to Use This Book	5
1	Creativity 101: Practicing the Basic Steps
Chapter 1	Raffia in the Doorway: Uncovering the Creative Self You Were Born With	8
Chapter 2	Going Into Your Egg: How to Find Your Own Inspirational Space	15
Chapter 3	Time... and Time, Again: "Hurry Sickness" and Creativity	21
Chapter 4	Lots of Butterfly Nets Catch Lots of Butterflies: Capture Creative Ideas on the Fly	27
Chapter 5	Rusty Water: Getting It Wrong the First Time	34
2	Polishing Your Powers of Observation
Chapter 6	Wake Up and Notice the Fuzz on the Rose Petals: The Treasure in Detail	40
Chapter 7	The Principle of Devoted Attention: Learn to See Beyond Predatory Vision	47
Chapter 8	Think Like an Alien: How to Clarify Your Vision	52
Chapter 9	Up to Your Neck in Swamp Water: Experiencing the Creative Point of View	59
Chapter 10	Pencil Dancing With Talking Rocks: Drawing As a Way of Seeing	65
3	Creating With Your Whole Self
Chapter 11	Lessons From the Velveteen Rabbit: Becoming "Real" Energizes Creativity	72
Chapter 12	The Cow and the Racehorse: Get Your Two Minds to Dance Together	78
Chapter 13	The Roots of the Lotus Are in the Mud: Messy Feelings Speak Your Creative Truth	84
Chapter 14	Drawing Inspiration From Your Past: Memories, Dark and Light, Aid Creativity	91
Chapter 15	Coming to Your Senses: The Body As Creative Instrument	97
4	Losing Your Logical Mind
Chapter 16	A Kid's-Eye View of Creativity: What You Can Learn From Childhood	106
Chapter 17	Play As a Way To Fire Creativity: Two Sets of Tennis Don't Count	113
Chapter 18	Flamingos in the Men's Room: The Uses of Useless Information	121
Chapter 19	Visualization: The Magic of the Mind's Eye	127
Chapter 20	Can the Cat Kill Your Curiosity?: What to Watch for, Just in Case	133
5	Freeing Your Creative Elres
Chapter 21	Ice Fishing: Four Steps to Creative Inspiration	142
Chapter 22	Bursting Your Shell: A Strategy to Expand Your Creative Comfort Zone	147
Chapter 23	Deliberate Ridiculousness: Bump Up an Ordinary Idea and Tame an Outrageous One	154
Chapter 24	Learning to Wiggle: To Be More Creative, Loosen Up!	161
Chapter 25	How a Man Jumped Off a Building: Risk Practice, Step-by-Step	167
6	Befriending Your Beasts
Chapter 26	Spinning Straw Into Gold: Identifying and Coping With Fears	176
Chapter 27	Uncle Wiggly and the Giant Squid: Creative Chaos and Ways to Survive It	184
Chapter 28	Aiming for Join-Up: How to Tame Your Inner Critic	191
Chapter 29	Sailing Through Seaweed: What to Do When the Wind Won't Blow (and You're Stuck)	199
Chapter 30	Leafing Out in Impossible Places: The Three D's: Difficulties, Detours and Distractions	207
7	Creating From the Inside Out
Chapter 31	Setting Out on a Steed, Riding Backward: The Courage to Begin	216
Chapter 32	A Knight to Remember: Mental Armor for Your Soft Spots	223
Chapter 33	The Mother of Invention: How Limits Promote Creativity	230
Chapter 34	The Value of Being Weird: Keeping the World From Pretzelizing You	236
8	Dancing With Your Creative Spirit
Chapter 35	The Big Awe: Nourishing a Sense of Wonder	244
Chapter 36	Being There: Practices to Calm Your Skittery Mind and Tap Your Creative Source	250
Chapter 37	The Handmade Life: Piecing Together the Creative Way	258
Chapter 38	For the Love of Liverwurst: Allowing Your Dreams to Live	264
Chapter 39	Listening to Dolphins: A Creative Person's Responsibility	271
	Afterword--The Angels' Share	277
	Index	278