The Place of All Possibility taps into a deep current interest about how creativity and imagination can help us build a better world.
Drawing on the Torah, and the subversive interpretive strategies of ancient rabbis, The Place of All Possibility offers new creative strategies for building a meaningful lifeand for responding to our current crises of climate change, racial injustice, and more.
The book reveals the spiritual underpinnings of creativity to help readers access pathways to creativity in their own lives.
The book will interest fans of canonical books on creativity like Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way and Rick Rubin's The Creative Act.
The book is designed not only for Jewish readers, but for a broader audience seeking to draw on ancient wisdom to seed imagination, and employ the forces of creativity to transform our personal lives, communities, and ecosystems.
The Place of All Possibility offers a unique perspective by connecting biblical thought to contemporary research about creativity and guidance for creative practice.
The Place of All Possibility reframes biblical material in a way that allows easier contemporary access for progressive readers of any background.
The Place of All Possibility offers practical methods and exercises to help readers cultivate creativity and creative practice in their lives.
The author is a celebrated rabbi and Jewish educator, and founder of the Jewish Studio Project's regular programs. These programs reach approximately 30,000 people annually, and include trainings and classes for educators, clergy, executive leaders, artists, and activists.
The Jewish Studio Project will also launch reading groups across the country using The Place of All Possibility for discussion and community-building.
This book received grants from two major philanthropic groups within the Jewish world, The Covenant Foundation and the Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah, who will bring the book to their wide networks and work to make it a success.
The author is the daughter of the well-known art therapist Pat B. Allen, whose book Art Is a Way of Knowing has sold over 40,000 copies and remains a foundational book in the field of art therapy. Pat B. Allen's name will bring her fans and other readers interested in art therapy to this book.