A Creative Evening

Thank you Judy Schmidt for graciously hosting our meeting with a bit of creativity in our meal - cauliflower crust pizza!  Glad to try this curiosity and found it to be quite good.  Will sneak some into the freezer so husbands won't see what they are getting (until it's too late!).  A delicious and cozy evening filled with friendship and conversation.

Our read this month, "Big Magic" by Elizabeth Gilbert, is a self-help guide which defines creativity (the relationship between a human being and the mysteries of inspiration) and explores methods of enhancing and expanding it.  The author states that she wrote this book for herself as she mused about creativity, filling it with personal stories.  And filled with stories it was, so much so that we found it to be a tedious read, one which should have been edited down and turned into a magazine article.  We feel any book which sparks good discussion is worth our group reading, and discuss we did!  Several commented that they found the book improved if you stuck with it to the end.  All the basic information regarding creativity was included; not many new revelations.  One comment discussed was there are more useful and inspiring books on creativity.  Also, the avenue of creativity pursued seemed to make a difference.  The basics of creativity applied to each aspect of creativity, but some were more important for one discipline over another.  I feel everyone in our group is so creative, this book had little to add.  Persons just beginning to explore their own creativity will get more out of this book than we did.

Our next read will be "A Morbid Taste for Bones" by Ellis Peters.  This is the first installment of a historical mystery series.  Nika will be our host on December 6th.  I'm looking forward to seeing everyone then!