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"Unleash Your Imagination is all about the wonderful adventure of developing a vision for a new life. Written by acclaimed fine artist and designer Dennis Kleidon, Unleash shows how to use design thinking to challenge your normal routines, increase the power of your imagination, and harness new sources of creativity. A designer's approach encourages an open mind and curious spirit, leading to fresh solutions you may never have imagined. By approaching change like a designer, you can find your life's purpose and shape a direction guided by it. Both analytical and creative, this process replaces blank-page panic with the thrill of new possibilities. Unleash Your Imagination brings in the wisdom of many artists, architects, and designers, from ancient philosophers to today's leaders in positive psychology, letting great thinkers guide you toward an exciting future of optimism, happiness, and achievement. Kleidon reminds us that we are each responsible for our life and for designing our life. As Buckminster Fuller said, ""You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."" As the designer of your life and with Unleash Your Imagination as your guide, you can plan an extraordinary life with greater purpose and meaning. This is especially useful if you are facing or planning for an important turning point in life. Unleash helps you think through the process of change by using your imagination to unleash your long-standing desires and integrate them into your current life. Changing in this authentic way can enhance the quality of your life. It can let you go beyond yourself to contribute to the world. Life is a continuous design process, Kleidon says, as he describes a thoughtful, methodical approach to discovery, experimentation, and planning."

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"""Unleash Your Imagination encourages the reader to investigate deeply held values and beliefs and to view the future with an open mind and optimistic spirit."" -Thomas Moore, Ph.D., #1 New York Times bestselling author of Care of the Soul, available in a twenty-fifth anniversary edition. ""Unleash Your Imagination is a powerful affirmation of how each of us can apply design thinking to create a great life - not only to benefit ourselves but to be better for each other, too. Leveraging an optimism that we all have within, Dennis Kleidon provides resources to guide the decisions we can make as we choose with intention to be more creative, more engaged, and more fulfilled in and by our lives."" -Stuart I. Graff, President & CEO, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation ""Daydreaming, imagining, visualizing are all abilities we have instinctively, and that make us human beings. When we allow ourselves to truly let our imaginations go and develop goals we want to accomplish - now or in the future - we are halfway there. Dennis Kleidon's Unleash Your Imagination provides us with the tools to help sharpen our creative imagining to bring our goals(s) to fruition and nourish that sometimes elusive right side of our brain. All of us will benefit from this encouraging book that provides clarity and sound guidance in the 'how to' of letting our creative spirits soar and become creative problem solvers in the process. This is a must read - especially for parents and teachers of our children."" -Barbara Rosen, Ph.D., Retired Clinical Psychologist, Vancouver ""As someone who has known and worked with Dennis Kleidon, I can tell you that he is the ultimate professional. When he speaks, everyone listens. His book, Unleash Your Imagination, will inspire you to open your mind, imagine a happy, productive life, and design a strong, viable personal plan for achieving it."" -Janice Troutman, Director, Myers School of Art, University of Akron ""For those of us with a dream or unrecognized dreams ""Unleash Your Imagination is a must read. Its step-by-step approach uses artistic and imaginative design thinking as a disciplined process for achieving your goals and dreams in life."" -Walter Wickiser, President, Walter Wickiser Gallery, NYC ""Having now finished reading your book, I must congratulate you on a job well done. The writing was excellent, and the extensive use of quotations spoke to the research that went into your writing. I think that the book will be very helpful for those looking to break from their routine and make a mark for themselves. Your prevailing theme of being proactive about the future sure makes a lot of sense. Your early chapters have already caused me to take a few mini steps, reminding me that I need to take action on some things that I've been intending to do but procrastinate."" -Dick Amundsen, Structural Engineer, Atlanta, Georgia ""Your book Unleash Your Imagination is certainly remarkable. My hope is that many young artists will have the opportunity to read Unleash and grow and develop their aspirations whether it is art or other paths chosen in life."" -David Brandt, Art Educator, Millersburg, Ohio ""I started reading Unleash today. It is riveting. It will take me some time to finish it, doing all the 'list making' and exercises, but I will do it. Even at 81 years old there are thoughts and actions that I must embrace."" -David Wood, CEO, Retired, Agency Management Roundtable, Boise, Idaho"

Unleash Your Imagination encourages the reader to investigate deeply held values and beliefs and to view the future with an open mind and optimistic spirit. -Thomas Moore, Ph.D., #1 New York Times bestselling author of Care of the Soul, available in a twenty-fifth anniversary edition. Unleash Your Imagination is a powerful affirmation of how each of us can apply design thinking to create a great life - not only to benefit ourselves but to be better for each other, too. Leveraging an optimism that we all have within, Dennis Kleidon provides resources to guide the decisions we can make as we choose with intention to be more creative, more engaged, and more fulfilled in and by our lives. -Stuart I. Graff, President & CEO, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Daydreaming, imagining, visualizing are all abilities we have instinctively, and that make us human beings. When we allow ourselves to truly let our imaginations go and develop goals we want to accomplish - now or in the future - we are halfway there. Dennis Kleidon's Unleash Your Imagination provides us with the tools to help sharpen our creative imagining to bring our goals(s) to fruition and nourish that sometimes elusive right side of our brain. All of us will benefit from this encouraging book that provides clarity and sound guidance in the 'how to' of letting our creative spirits soar and become creative problem solvers in the process. This is a must read - especially for parents and teachers of our children. -Barbara Rosen, Ph.D., Retired Clinical Psychologist, Vancouver As someone who has known and worked with Dennis Kleidon, I can tell you that he is the ultimate professional. When he speaks, everyone listens. His book, Unleash Your Imagination, will inspire you to open your mind, imagine a happy, productive life, and design a strong, viable personal plan for achieving it. -Janice Troutman, Director, Myers School of Art, University of Akron For those of us with a dream or unrecognized dreams Unleash Your Imagination is a must read. Its step-by-step approach uses artistic and imaginative design thinking as a disciplined process for achieving your goals and dreams in life. -Walter Wickiser, President, Walter Wickiser Gallery, NYC Having now finished reading your book, I must congratulate you on a job well done. The writing was excellent, and the extensive use of quotations spoke to the research that went into your writing. I think that the book will be very helpful for those looking to break from their routine and make a mark for themselves. Your prevailing theme of being proactive about the future sure makes a lot of sense. Your early chapters have already caused me to take a few mini steps, reminding me that I need to take action on some things that I've been intending to do but procrastinate. -Dick Amundsen, Structural Engineer, Atlanta, Georgia Your book Unleash Your Imagination is certainly remarkable. My hope is that many young artists will have the opportunity to read Unleash and grow and develop their aspirations whether it is art or other paths chosen in life. -David Brandt, Art Educator, Millersburg, Ohio I started reading Unleash today. It is riveting. It will take me some time to finish it, doing all the 'list making' and exercises, but I will do it. Even at 81 years old there are thoughts and actions that I must embrace. -David Wood, CEO, Retired, Agency Management Roundtable, Boise, Idaho

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"Dennis Kleidon has decades of experience as a professor, designer, entrepreneur, and fine artist. He worked as a designer and illustrator for architectural firms in Chicago, studied at the University of Illinois, and received degrees from Illinois Wesleyan University and Illinois State University.Kleidon, who is dedicated to academia, taught at the University of Illinois and the University of Akron as a Professor of Art. ""There is nothing more thrilling than to share ideas, investigate new concepts and interact with the fresh young minds of university students.""Kleidon taught thousands of students over his long career in higher education. His design students won top awards in regional and national competitions, year after year. Now an emeritus professor, Kleidon is often a guest lecturer in creative personal development.In 1975, he co-founded Kleidon & Associates, an award-winning marketing communications firm serving clients in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Kleidon also created Designer Grids, a three-point perspective system used worldwide by architects, designers, and illustrators.Kleidon has received multiple honors, including the Distinguished Sales and Marketing Award by the Sales & Marketing Executives International and a Lifetime Achievement award from the American Advertising Federation.As a fine artist influenced by mid-century abstract expressionists, Kleidon has had paintings shown across the United States in solo and group exhibits. He is represented by galleries in New York City, Scottsdale, and Italy.Kleidon shares his decades of experience as a professor, entrepreneur, designer, and artist to inspire his readers to open their minds, stretch their imaginations and use their deepest desires and highest aspirations to shape their personal pursuit of happiness and excellence."

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