In Using Mental Imagery to Enhance Creative and Work-Related Processes, Valerie Thomas explores the productive use of mental imagery skills to engage with the processes of creativity. Practical and original, the book offers detailed guidance for a highly effective method that can provide rich insights into the development of a range of creative enterprises, including artistic and work-related projects. In this accessible and innovative book, Thomas pays equal attention to the theory and application of mental imagery.
Key Features
- Explains how imagination-based methods have been developed and theorised within the discipline of creative behaviour.
- Considers mental imagery as a dialogical method informed by contemporary post-Cartesian theories of embodied cognition.
- Introduces a functional research-informed framework (the Interactive Communicative model of mental imagery) applicable to creative processes.
- Provides detailed guidance on applying this method, illustrated with case vignettes.
- Includes chapters on using imagery theorised as conceptual metaphors, such as the plant image and the building image.
Additional Information
The book explains how to use imagery to represent and work with the conceptual processes of undertaking qualitative research projects. This original and wide-ranging book advances the scope and use of creative image-work in diverse settings. It will be an essential resource for everyone who is interested in developing their own mental imagery skills for creative real-world applications and for all professionals.
