"Parallel Mind, the Art of Creativity" by Aliyah Marr was received through LibraryThing's Member Giveaway in an EBook format.

The wonders of creativity are explored and the book contains several exercises that you perform. These were fun and easy to do.

Book opens your mind to think at different levels for all aspects of your life.

A simplistic approach to life but one that you could consider in some circumstances.

The book was easy to read and some what interesting. ( )

This book struck me like one of those self-help meetings you promise someone you will go to. You arm yourself with coffee, pen and paper and try to stay awake but sneak away at the first chance. Couldn't force myself to finish it. Never gave it a second thought beyond feeling guilt for not writing a review as promised. I find a good walk or visit to my supply closet works best to access my creativity. ( )

Parallel Mind, the Art of Creativity by Aliyah Marr
The book is combination of cheerleading, philosophical explanations, and cute activities designed to help the reader figure out what life is about and how to unleash one’s creativity. Marr was fairly convincing that my creativity is just waiting for me to open the prison gates and let it out in all its power and strength.
Marr’s philosophy of life (“Do you know that you have the power within you to grant any and all of your wishes?”), which seemed quite narrow considering this is a book on creativity, may have sounded inspiring in a speech but came off as pompous and egocentric in writing. Still, and here is the gem of the book, I think she gave an important message: most of us are too passive. We limit ourselves, allow other’s view of us discourage us and we become so self conscious and responsible as adults that we lock away our creative nature.
I tend to cringe when someone tells me what to think and what to do and not to do, but if you like that kind of guidance, then you will probably like this book because she has a strong sense of what she thinks you ought to think and uses the imperative case quite frequently.
I suspect Ms. Marr is better at speaking than she is at writing; maybe a better editor would have helped her rid her writing of the excessive quotations (shows lack of confidence in her ideas) and clichés. I would suggest to her that it is not so easy to “. . . transfer general principles from one medium to another (p 174).”
I wouldn’t mind listening to Ms. Marr speak, but I don’t think I’ll ask to do an early review of her first music album! ( )

Currently working on this book - full review still to come. Finding it very flimsy to start off and difficult to engage in.

As I said, more to come.

I received this book through LT's Member Giveaway in an EBook format. The title of this book pretty much says it all. It is a wonderful little book dealing with the wonders of creativity. The exercises were fun and it was a very fast read. It helps to open the mind to other things, and in my book, that is a great accomplishment. I enjoyed this book very much. ( )