011 - Zig Zag: The Surprising Path to Greater Creativity

Field Notes on Music Teaching & Learning · May 12, 2020 · 13m

Last summer, I discovered a book one day that piqued my curiosity while browsing in the OverDrive app: Zig Zag: The Surprising Path to Greater Creativity by Keith Sawyer.I’m always interested in learning more about the creative process and gleaning insight into our creative processes as musicians, thinkers, educators, and creators, and when I found out that Keith Sawyer was not only a scientific expert on creativity but also a jazz pianist, I couldn’t wait to start reading.In the book, Sawyer outlines 8 stages of the creative process but explains that there are multiple ways of entering and…