davide mana: my inspirations (future of storytelling creative task 4)

Creative Task:My

Inspirations

Hi!My name is Davide.I'm a paleontologist.I write, both non-fiction and fiction.

… I believe nothing is cast in stone, when it comes to storytelling.

… And while there's the Ten Commandments on my cover...

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There's a lot of inspirational stuff out

there, and I've a long list of indispensible titles.

Books.Movies.

Visual Art.Music.

I'll just list three books.I'll just list three books.One about One about WHATWHAT I write I write - One about WHY I write - One about HOW I write - One about WHY I write - One about HOW I write

I'll just list three books.I'll just list three books.One about WHAT I write -One about WHAT I write - One about One about WHYWHY I write I write - One about HOW I write- One about HOW I write

I'll just list three books.I'll just list three books.One about WHAT I write - One about WHY I write -One about WHAT I write - One about WHY I write - One about One about HOWHOW I write I write

WHAT

I write about science, I write about the future.COSMOS, by Carl Sagan is a classic of science popularization – one of the first multi-media approaches to communication.

There's the book.There's a wonderful TV series.There's a marvellous soundtrack.

But there's more – Cosmos is about a vision, of the universe, and of Humanity place in the universe.It asks questions, and provides alternatives.Cosmos is certainly my book about «What?»

WHAT

I write about science, I write about the future.COSMOS, by Carl Sagan is a classic of science popularization – one of the first multi-media approaches to communication.

There's the book.There's a wonderful TV series.There's a marvellous soundtrack.

But there's more – Cosmos is about a vision, of the universe, and of Humanity place in the universe.It asks questions, and provides alternatives.Cosmos is certainly my book about «What?»

WHAT

I write about science, I write about the future.COSMOS, by Carl Sagan is a classic of science popularization – one of the first multi-media approaches to communication.

There's the book.There's a wonderful TV series.There's a marvellous soundtrack.

But there's more – Cosmos is about a vision, of the universe, and of Humanity place in the universe.It asks questions, and provides alternatives.Cosmos is book about «What?»

WHY

The works by James Burke are all about structure: chains of events, networks of influence, viral ideas.That's absolutely great.But there's more.

THE DAY THE UNIVERSE CHANGED is a short course in scientific relativism – worldviews are not «wrong» until we find better explanations.

This is also a book about the transformative power of knowledge – sharing ideas changes the Universe.That's «Why?» I write.

WHY

The works by James Burke are all about structure: chains of events, networks of influence, viral ideas.That's absolutely great.But there's more.

THE DAY THE UNIVERSE CHANGED is a short course in scientific relativism – worldviews are not «wrong» until we find better explanations.

This is also a book about the transformative power of knowledge – sharing ideas changes the Universe.That's «Why?» I write.

WHY

The works by James Burke are all about structure: chains of events, networks of influence, viral ideas.That's absolutely great.But there's more.

THE DAY THE UNIVERSE CHANGED is a short course in scientific relativism – worldviews are not «wrong» until we find better explanations.

This is also a book about the transformative power of knowledge – sharing ideas changes the Universe.That's «Why?» I write.

HOWI collect writing handbooks – I've got about 80 different books on my shelf, from very general, to highly specialized.

THE ZEN OF CREATIVITY, by John Daido Loori, who was a photographer and a Zen master, does not talk about the tools of the trade (dialogue, structure etc), but about the attitude that is best suited to the act of creation.

So, it's basically about the psychology of creativity, but it uses a language I can connect with, and offers some great insight in those basic tools.A good, pluralist approach to the question of «How» to write.

HOWI collect writing handbooks – I've got about 80 different books on my shelf, from very general, to highly specialized.

THE ZEN OF CREATIVITY, by John Daido Loori, who was a photographer and a Zen master, does not talk about the tools of the trade (dialogue, structure etc), but about the attitude that is best suited to the act of creation.

So, it's basically about the psychology of creativity, but it uses a language I can connect with, and offers some great insight in those basic tools.A good, pluralist approach to the question of «How» to write.

HOWI collect writing handbooks – I've got about 80 different books on my shelf, from very general, to highly specialized.

THE ZEN OF CREATIVITY, by John Daido Loori, who was a photographer and a Zen master, does not talk about the tools of the trade (dialogue, structure etc), but about the attitude that is best suited to the act of creation.

So, it's basically about the psychology of creativity, but it uses a language I can connect with, and offers some great insight in those basic tools.A good, pluralist approach to the question of «How» to write.

And this is it.

Cheers!