The place of all possibility : cultivating creativity through ancient Jewish wisdom

The place of all possibility Cultivating creativity through ancient Jewish wisdom

Adina Allen

Book - 2024

"The Place of All Possibility is a paradigm-shifting work that reframes the whole of Torah as a contemporary guidebook for creativity. Drawing from the deep well of Jewish sacred texts, and the radical interpretive strategies of ancient rabbis, The Place of All Possibility provides teachings and tools for those who seek to employ creativity as a force of transformation. Putting spiritual wisdom in conversation with the contemporary disciplines of art therapy, liberation theology, and creativity research, this essential book invites us all to rediscover our place in a world of mutual thriving. Packed with practical exercises to inspire your creative practice, The Place of All Possibility is for all people--from any tradition or none--wh...o want to seed a world of imagination, abundance, and joy."--Page 4 of cover.

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Subjects
Judaism > Doctrines.
Creative ability > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Spiritualism.
Self-help publications.
Religious materials.
Genres
Self-help publications
Religious materials
Published
Brooklyn, NY : Ayin Press [2024]
Language
English
Hebrew
Main Author
Adina Allen (author)
Edition
First edition
Item Description
In English with some Hebrew script and transliterated Hebrew.
Physical Description
203 pages ; 20 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
9781961814035
  • Welcome
  • Introduction
  • A Torah Of Creativity
  • Creativity as Torah
  • Torah as Creativity
  • The lewish Studio Process
  • Paths Through The Place Of All Possibility
  • Setting Out on the Path
  • We Are Created Creative
  • Creation Comes from Chaos and Void
  • We Are Called to Journey into the Unknown
  • God Is Process
  • What Else Could This Be?
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Rabbi Allen explores in her stimulating debut the "immense potential of creativity" to cast "ancient Jewish wisdom" in a new light. Defined here as a way of working through "thorny issues within ourselves" and the world while remaining "open to new insights," the creative process inspires readers to use their experiences to interpret traditional Jewish texts in new ways, yielding "energizing, exciting, and useful... insights." More broadly, creativity also offer new angles from which to understand key elements of faith. For example, Allen suggests that the knowledge that God fashioned creation from the "void" can inspire readers to experience "darkness... chaos" as "generative." Through a clever mix of artistic exercises and rabbinic wisdom, Allen encourages readers to "peel back layers of what we think we know" to construct new understandings of their faith and themselves. It's a unique and invigorating lens on Judaism. (July)

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