In alphabetical order, 17 potent, inspiring, and relatively unknown books on the power of art, imagination, learning, and metaphor. Enjoy.
- The Aesthetic Dimension: Towards a Critique of Marxist Aesthetics by Herbert Marcuse
- Alone with the Alone: Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn Arabi by Henry Corbin
- Animals of the Four Windows: Integrating Thinking, Sensing, Feeling and Imagery by Stephen Gallegos
- Artful Leadership: Awakening the Commons of the Imagination by Michael Jones
- Deep Knowing: Entering the Realm of Non-Ordinary Intelligence by Kim Hermanson (had to list it…)
- Ensouling Language: On the Art of Nonfiction and the Writer’s Life by Stephen Harrod Buhner
- Getting Messy: A Guide to Taking Risks and Opening the Imagination for Teachers, Trainers, Coaches, and Mentorys by Kim Hermanson (again, same reason…)
- If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence, and Spirit by Brenda Ueland
- Learning by Heart: Teachings to Free the Creative Spirit by Corita Kent
- A Life in School: What the Teacher Learned by Jane Tompkins
- The Living Classroom by Christopher Bache
- Metaphoric Mind: A Celebration of Creative Consciousness by Bob Samples
- No More Secondhand Art: Awakening the Artist Within by Peter London
- Radical Presence: Teaching as a Contemplative Practice by Mary Rose O’Reilley
- The Reenchantment of Art by Suzi Gablik
- Saved by a Poem: The Transformative Power of Words by Kim Rosen
- Zen of Seeing: Seeing/Drawing as Meditation by Frderick Franck
If I’ve missed something, please let me know. I’d love to hear it. My list was meant to focus on books that aren’t commonly known, so that’s why some popular books on creativity and imagination weren’t included.
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