Book Description

Remember those childhood days spent running in your bare feet, playing make-believe, and most of all, living life with wonderment? That youthful enthusiasm and playfulness are key to discovering who you are and what you love to do. Living Out Loud is the perfect prescription for a creative jump start to your life. Included are games, projects, activities, crafts, postcards, and playful ideas that will send you off on an exciting adventure, where you'll discover inspiration around and within you.

About the Author

Keri Smith is an author, illustrator, guerrilla artist, and maintainer of the blog "The Wish Jar".

Smith's writing is usually on the topic of creativity. Her books include bestsellers such as Wreck this Journal, How to be an Explorer of the World, The Guerilla Art Kit, Living Out Loud: Activities to Fuel a Creative Life, and Tear up this Book! She has also written for such publications as How Magazine. A recent book, This is Not a Book was released in the fall of 2009.

Keri spends her days playing with her husband and son, reading, cooking and writing books. As from fall 2010 she teaches part time at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In the last few years (before 2011) she has given lectures on a variety of topics for various institutions and schools across North America.