{"product_id":"the-dialectic-of-creativity-hermann-vaske-9783775752923","title":"The Dialectic of Creativity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCreative artists from David Bowie to Zaha Hadid address the tensions and contradictions of making\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy are we creative? Why are we not? In \u003ci\u003eThe Dialectic of Creativity\u003c\/i\u003e, film director, author and producer Hermann Vaske explores these questions in conversations with Marina Abramovic, Vivienne Westwood, David Hockney, Georg Baselitz, Björk, Jeff Koons, Zaha Hadid, Christo, Yoko Ono, Damien Hirst, Jim Jarmusch, Shirin Neshat, David Bowie and many more of the most influential creatives of our time, identifying the stimuli as well as the beta blockers, the killers of creativity: spirituality, sex, money, fear, nurture, ambition versus censorship, self-censorship, bureaucracy, compromise, distraction, gatekeepers. But often it is these very blockages, the threat to creativity that makes it thrive. Today, as we are facing an existential threat to our planet, it is time to come up with new ideas, to be more creative than ever. \u003ci\u003eThe Dialectic of Creativity\u003c\/i\u003e explores creativity in all its facets--artistic, intellectual, philosophical and scientific.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hermann Vaske\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3775752927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783775752923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hatje Cantz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 7.00w x 1.30d","brand":"Hermann Vaske","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48930124169471,"sku":"9783775752923","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dialectic-of-creativity-hermann-vaske-9783775752923","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}