The Adjacent Possible - Hardcover

by Nancy Hillis (Author)

In the life cycle of being an artist, the thorny issue of moving past emulating not only other artists but also yourself is a perennial one. There is a path through this predicament.

Being an artist is about continually evolving your art. It's about cultivating your fullest self-expression and getting to the elusive deepest work your heart yearns to create.

This is a revolutionary method influenced by groundbreaking research in biology and physics to guide you to embrace the unfolding of your art.

Every brushstroke, every decision in your art, creates a set of possible paths that were not only invisible before, but didn't exist before you made that creative move. This is the adjacent possible.

• guide you to evolve your art
• nudge you to create art that excites, scares and wows you
• inspire you to move past emulating not only others, but yourself in your art

With one foot in the known and one foot in the unknown, you'll become aware of your creative edge where the adjacent possible lives.

At the pivot point between creation and collapse, you'll experience a state of poised instability. This is the art and science of the possible- a world of continuous creation.