Secret Art PowersSecret Art Powers

What is the mysterious power of art to excite, confound, challenge and transform us? While artists themselves often struggle to articulate the value of their work, this volume describes artistic thinking as a mindset, a collection of secret powers that we all have access to. Identifying six areas of creative expertise -- lies, multiplicity, fluidity, failure, live body, and imagination -- Secret Art Powers shows how thinking like an artist can increase personal resilience, unleash innovation, dissolve unhealthy power relationships, and help us describe and navigate the complex situations we find ourselves in. Author Jo Randerson weaves together observations, inspirations, reflections and examples from their upbringing in the Anglican church and their experiences as a celebrated writer, playwright, director, performer, comedian, and public speaker.