The Adjacent Possible: Guidebook & Stories Of Artistic Transformation (The Art Of The Possible Series)

Art stuck in a rut? Ever wish you could not only break through… but spark a whole new adventure every time you step into the studio?

If you loved The Adjacent Possible, Book 3 will take you even deeper—through the lived stories, breakthroughs, and real-life artwork of artists just like you.

The Adjacent Possible: Guidebook & Stories of Artistic Transformation
By Nancy Hillis, M.D. & Bruce Sawhill, Ph.D.
Book Excellence Award Winner in Art

“A truly original book that makes the perfect gift for any artist or to-be artist.” — Book Excellence

Ready to delight and surprise yourself with your art again? This book will help you:

• Break free from artistic ruts and fall back in love with creating
• Build real confidence, not just technique, through guided creativity exercises and reflection prompts
• Understand and harness surprise—the secret fuel for all creative evolution
• Explore the ISEE Creativity Methodology: your roadmap for moving past self-doubt and into the extraordinary (more below)

What Readers Are Saying:

“After years of painting the same things, this book woke me up again. I haven’t felt this kind of excitement in my studio since I first started.”
— Jane, Artist

“The stories and methods here got me out of a rut. Now, I actually look forward to making art—even when I don’t know how it’ll turn out.”
— Carlos, Painter

Go Behind the Curtain—25 Artists, 200+ Works, Real Transformation

You’ll find yourself in the stories of 25 contemporary artists who took the leap into the unknown—embracing science, uncertainty, ugly art, and bold experiments. Discover what happened next…

• How real-world artists overcame blocks and self-doubt
• The personal breakthroughs and emotional highs (and lows!) that led to their most original work
• The wisdom and practical lessons they wish they’d known sooner

What’s Inside: Concepts That Will Transform How You Create

• Zero To One: Escape creative paralysis and finally start
• The Magic of Embracing Uncertainty & Surprise
• The Science of Growth Mindset, Constraint, and Phase Shifts
• The True Benefits of “Ugly Art” (and how it leads to breakthroughs)
• The Hero’s Journey as the path to the deepest self-expression
• And dozens more, drawn from chemistry, psychology, mathematics, and art

Introducing the ISEE Method

1. Inner Journey: Move past self-doubt, trust your intuition, build resilience
2. Start: Open your creative channels—get moving before “crystallizing” your vision
3. Experiment: Allow mistakes and ugly art, break out of old patterns
4. Evolve: Tap into the adjacent possible—create new, meaningful, unmistakably YOU art

BONUS: Free 5-Video Creativity Challenge Workshop
Order now and get exclusive access to the Companion Workshop—a guided, hands-on video series to get you into the studio, loosen up, and put your new insights into action right away.
(Details included inside your book copy.)

For fans of The Adjacent Possible, this is your next step—and your artist’s passport to continuous reinvention.

More Artist Praise:

“ISEE changed everything—Nancy and Bruce blend science and soul. My art (and confidence) are on a whole new level.”
— Suki, Mixed Media Artist

Ready to create art that surprises and excites you?
Get your copy of Book 3 in The Art of the Possible series now—plus your free creativity challenge workshop—and begin your own story of transformation.

[Buy Book 3 + Video Workshop Bonus]

Nancy Hillis, M.D. is an abstract artist, Stanford educated psychiatrist and author of best-selling books The Artist's Journey(R) Bold Strokes To Spark Creativity, The Artist's Journey: Creativity Reflection Journal and The Adjacent Possible: Evolve Your Art. From Blank Canvas To Prolific Artist. She helps artists transform their art from the inside out, operating from the conviction that artistic creation has as much to do with psychology as with the medium of expression. She's been featured in Inc. magazine and The New York Observer.

Bruce is a Stanford educated theoretical physicist, mathematician, composer and concert organist. Bruce's life has been centered around transportation, both physical and psychological. Bruce has swum solo across Lake Tahoe and is an open water swimmer in Monterey Bay. Bruce and Nancy enjoy conversations on art, science and the generation of novelty in the universe. They make their home in Santa Cruz, California.