Phil Cousineau Encourages Nine Ways to Rekindle Passion and Imagination

San Francisco, CA, April 20, 2008 -- In Stoking the Creative Fires (Conari Press, May 2008), award-winning author and filmmaker, Phil Cousineau, gives readers the tools they need to alleviate burnout and rekindle passion in all areas of their lives. Based on twenty years of teaching, Cousineau offers a multitude of stories, ideas, and exercises drawn from historical and contemporary figures, artists of all kinds, and from his own experience, to inspire readers on ways to live a passionate and creative life. Cousineau writes, "Creativity is as natural as breathing. To create is to grow, which in turn makes us feel vitally alive."

Divided into three parts: Inspiration, Perspiration, and Realization, Stoking the Creative Fires brings the reader full circle through the process of creation -- from the initial impulse to finding the time and tapping into the source, to focus, to be disciplined, and to deal with the fear of failure or the failure to rekindle one's resources; and finally to making it real -- doing it over and over again, and keeping the fires alive.

One of today's preeminent mythographers, Cousineau uses fire as the symbol for the urge to create, the drive to express one's innermost self. In his own words, "Throughout the ages the symbol of fire has been synonymous with soul, spirit, and creativity. Its presence, its heat, and its light always represent the force of life itself."

Following in the footsteps of Joseph Campbell's famous injunction to "follow your bliss," Cousineau gives readers the fuel to continue their journey to find passion in Stoking the Creative Fires.

For more title information, visit: www.conari.com.

Phil Cousineau is an author, editor, teacher, adventure travel leader, photographer, and documentary film maker. He began his writing career covering sports for the Detroit Free Press, while working at the Ford Factory at night, and began pursuing his passion about mythology, travel and adventure writing more than 25 years ago. Making a pilgrimage to California, Cousineau became a student of Joseph Campbell, whose famed teaching "Follow Your Bliss" Cousineau took to heart. In Phil's own words, following your bliss is "pursuing your passion whatever it is as long as you create, and thus express yourself." Among his many works, Cousineau is author of the best selling The Art of Pilgrimage, Once and Future Myths, Soul Journey, and The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work. You can find him online at www.philcousineau.com.

Stoking the Creative Fires by Phil Cousineau; Published by Conari Press; Publication date: May 2008; Price: $16.95; Paperback; ISBN: 978-1-57324-323-0; Category: Self-Help; Available wherever books are sold or through the publisher at (800) 423-7087, orders @ redwheelweiser.com, or online at www.conari.com.

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