Revealing the Obvious: finding the creative genius in your everyday life - Softcover

Buck, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798985261905

Verlag: Elephantine Press, LLC, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

Revealing the Obvious breaks new ground on everything you already knew. The only difference is... everything!

This is a rich and multi-layered, snackable content tour de force. It can be appreciated and enjoyed on only the surface layer for a quick and entertaining read. Or, you can use it as self-help workbook to help you find the creative genius in your everyday life. The depth to which you explore it is entirely up to you. It is interactive, entertaining, challenging, amusing and often filled with laugh out loud ironies and observations.

Just remember: It is a workbook. It is not the Great American Novel. It is meant to be written in, used, bent, folded, spindled and mutilated. You can highlight it, tear pages out, cover it with Post-It’s, fold over the corners and wear it out.

When I was first becoming aware of having become co-dependent in a specific relationship years ago, I came across a very seminal discourse on co-dependency. The first time I read it, I highlighted a couple of things. The second time, it looked more like a used college textbook. By the time I had read through it three times, practically the entire book glowed neon yellow from all the highlighters I had used up in its interior, and thoroughly wrinkle-warped by all the ballpoint pen notes in the margins. It is my hope you will thoroughly enjoy your copy of this book, as well.

The book is not particularly long. It is not complex. In fact, it’s deceptively simple. It can be read in a single (if not protracted) sitting, but not fully absorbed after several readings. I won’t put it in the same category as “The Art of War” by Sun Tszu, but it is equally as easy to gloss over – and miss the point. Your call.

I have highlighted obvious focal points in visual “note form” throughout. They make handy visual references when scanning or re-scanning the book. I have also included an "obvious Checklist" at the end of each chapter so you can make sure you saw and/or grasped the key messages in each one. Additionally, I have included numerical keys adjacent to words, idioms or concepts that may not be in your current toolbox. These key references are linked to the, “What the heck did he just say…?” section in the back of the book. You can ignore it, reference it when necessary or use it continuously throughout your obvious adventure to find all the little nuggets of wisdom embedded in this simple little book. It is not required reading, but you never know what you might find if you just dig a little deeper.

Finally, for those of us (me included) who really prefer a “book with pictures,” I have included “The Obvious Path.” It is a cartoon adventure of two unlikely friends named Schnitzl & P’Nut (I’m sure you can figure out which is which.) Schnitzl is a wired (possibly over-caffeinated) little seeker that just can’t sit still. Her mouth often works before her brain is engaged. P’Nut, on the other hand, is a lumbering, gentle giant with a slow internal clock speed. But, don’t underestimate him. He’s very smart. Between the two of them, they wrestle with the concepts of “obviosity” in each chapter. Sometimes they do well, other times, not so much. Kinda’ like me.

However you choose to use the book IS the right way. There are no wrong ways. Should you end up using it to prop up a wobbly kitchen table, so be it. At least it’s functional and serving an obvious purpose. I will consider it a success.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Elephantine Press, LLC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798985261905
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zeichner: Ortiz Phillip
• Anzahl der Seiten: 248
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.de/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxemburg