Today, July 9th , we begin the first discussion question for the Beyond Busy Global Monthly Book Club’s fourth book.This is yet another book by an author with a huge following. It’s the third book of this type we have read so far. The first was Some Assembly Required by Anne Lamott. The second was Alison Bechdel’s Are You My Mother? (Our first selection, Cheryl Stayed’s Wild did not originally have a huge following…but it sure does now.)
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And without further ado, let’s kick off the discussion of Imagine: How Creativity Works written by Johah Lehrer.
I had not read any of Lehrer’s work prior to reading this book. Had you read any of Lehrer’s work prior to reading this book?
Did reading his work make you any more or less receptive to this book? Do you think it would have helped you as a reader of Imagine to have already read Lehrer’s book, How We Decide?
This author seems to have a specific style of writing where he investigates a person or company with a high level of creativity and then tries to crack that code or uncover the surprising aspect of the story.
What I notice about this approach, is that the stories themselves are so complex that I have trouble recalling them after I read them. But when I look back at my notes, I find that I have agreed with almost every single one of Lehrer’s conclusions about creativity…only I have made these discoveries through reflection on my own personal experience.
What did you think about the book’s beginning? Were you pulled right in or not?
What do you think about the pattern or rhythm of the way the book is written and the ideas unfold?
Do you have as much trouble as I do remembering what you just read? But do you also find yourself nodding along as you go?
You can respond to any or all of these questions, as you like.
