Review the Book of "The Power of Creativity" Chapter: 3&4

Okay readers this is the next review of book “the power of creativity”.

Chapter 3: TRACE YOUR CREATIVE ROOTS
In this section the author invites readers to spend our lives on thousands of valuable creative endeavors. He also invited us to immediately find our passion in art, because if we don't know where we are going, life today will sweep away like an object floating on a river. In this chapter there are also several small titles, namely:

Your Guiding purpose
Here the author tells of his experience, when moving jobs and even being unemployed, because he was confused what to do while he was writing his passion. At that time he thought that if he liked writing meant he had to become a journalist again while he didn't like the job.

While searching for her identity, he saw people enjoying themselves with their work despite being in a state of crisis. But from there he realized that "creativity doesn't just appear at will. It takes months and years of hard and purposeful work.

After that, he also told stories about artists who really loved art and even spent their last time with works namely Poet Patti Smith and Henri Matisse. Both artists pay attention to what drives them. Each figured out the lives of the people and pursued it to the end. There we are very made readers to immediately find creative value in us and feel the happiness and success of it.

The Personal Mission Statement
These are the personal mission statement from the author to find a way out of the darkness and decide what he was going to do with his career.
Step 1: Map Your Life
Step 2: Draw on External Resources
Step 3: Ask Clarifying Questions
Step 4: Consider the Wider Canvas
Step 5: Bring it All Together
Step 6: Put Your Mission Statement into Practice

Chapter 4: LEARN WHAT YOUR CRAFT (AND YOUR AUDIENCE) DEMAND
In this section the author teaches us about understanding or following our audience's wishes so that our work is successful. This is the only way to learn your craft and your audience demand.


Pass the Salt
The author in this section tells about A creative master, Edison challenged the assumptions of other-things when he wanted to work. Before offering a job, Edison took the applicant out for dinner and gave them a bowl of soup to eat. He is believed to be candidates for who seasoned soup without finding out what is needed full of unhelpful assumptions. This person is of no use to Edison. He is a knowledgeable person who is full of preconceived ideas.

Learn What Your Audience Wants
To find out what your audience wants instead of relying on assumptions is you should remember that intuition is helpful, but knowing your idea works is better. So, get an early version or minimum viable product of your idea in front of your would-be audience or peers. Ask them for constructive feedback that you can use to improve and expand upon your original idea.
Learn What Your Craft Demands
To find out what your craft demands are, you have to practice a lot if you need to take part in several competitions, so that you are aware of what you need to fund what you need to learn or even need and leave.

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