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The rise : creativity, the gift of failure, and the search for mastery
- Title
- The rise : creativity, the gift of failure, and the search for mastery / Sarah Lewis.
- Author
- Lewis, Sarah Elizabeth, 1979-
- Publication
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
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- Description
- xii, 259 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- Looks at creativity and mastery in the arts, science, and business, as well as the sometimes surprising ways that they are achieved through serendipity, failure, simple determination, and hard work.
- "It is one of the enduring enigmas of the human experience: many of our most iconic, creative endeavors--from Nobel Prize-winning discoveries to entrepreneurial inventions and works in the arts--are not achievements but conversions, corrections after failed attempts. The gift of failure is a riddle. Like the number zero, it will always be both a void and the start of infinite possibility. The Rise--a soulful celebration of the determination and courage of the human spirit--makes the case that many of our greatest triumphs come from understanding the importance of this mystery. This exquisite biography of an idea is about the improbable foundations of creative human endeavor. The Rise begins with narratives about figures past and present who range from writers to entrepreneurs; Frederick Douglass, Samuel F.B. Morse, and J.K. Rowling, for example, feature alongside choreographer Paul Taylor, Nobel Prize-winning physicists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, Arctic explorer Ben Saunders, and psychology professor Angela Duckworth. The Rise explores the inestimable value of often ignored ideas--the power of surrender for fortitude, the criticality of play for innovation, the propulsion of the near win on the road to mastery, and the importance of grit and creative practice."--Publisher's description.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The riddle : Archer's paradox ; The unfinished masterpiece : The near win ; Blankness : The gift; The gap; Private domains: studios and inner worlds; Letting them in: on critique and pressure -- The crucible : Arctic summer: surrender ; Beauty, error, and justice ; The blind spot -- The gift : The iconoclast ; The deliberate amateur : Friday night experiments; At play ; The grit of the arts : Samuel F.B. Morse: art and science; The crit -- Epilogue: The stars.
- ISBN
- 9781451629231
- 1451629230
- 9781451629248
- 1451629249
- 9781451629255 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2013028434
- OCLC
- ocn852226586
- 852226586
- SCSB-5735586
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries