Midlife creativity and identity : life into art /

Where does 'art' come from, and what is the 'meaning' of creativity? What inspires an artist in the middle phase of life and what value is placed on the pursuit of originality? Where do innovative ideas come from and how do they transmogrify into songs, art and stories? These...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miles, Philip (Author)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
Subjects:
Creative ability.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Midlife crisis.
Social Science > Sociology > General.
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography.
Online Access:Full-text access
Table of Contents:
  • Prelims
  • Introduction: Life into Art
  • Transformations
  • Music, Midlife and Authenticity
  • Lost in Space: Music and Aura
  • Music, Sociality and Identity
  • Art and Identity
  • The Subterranean River
  • Down in the Woods
  • Inspiration by the Sea
  • Literary Midlife Solitude Sitting
  • Living a Dream and Dreaming a Living
  • Shifting Rhythms and a Sense of Purpose
  • Philip Miles (pp. 129 - 144)
  • The Mezzanine and Midlife Creativity
  • Afterword: Monday Afternoon and the Millennium
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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