Think Like an Artist,
Create Like a Mathematician
HARNESS LOGIC AND INTUITION
TO FIND YOUR FLOW
AND STEP INTO WHO YOU ARE BECOMING
Move from what WAS to what's NEXT
What do you do when life shifts, but the path forward is unclear? This liminal place can feel disorienting and isolating—even painful. Yet it is also the birthplace of your most authentic growth. When facing this uncertainty, the instinct is often to go into planning mode, using logic to maximize control. Or, you may swing to the opposite extreme: surrendering entirely, waiting for inspiration to strike. But neither strategy alone will get you there.
Real transformation happens when your head and your heart work together. There is a natural way to move through change, a way that merges the logic of nature with the power of intuition. This is the creative process. Every living thing on our planet uses it to grow. Whether you’re experiencing a personal transformation, career shift, or creative block, this book offers the support you've been longing for. It unlocks the blueprint for expansion already within you, guiding you from feeling stuck to feeling aligned. Discover who you are becoming.
Expected Release Date: November 22, 2026
619 Wreath Publishing
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Meet The Authors
Since childhood, Esther Loopstra has been fascinated by the unseen patterns that link people to each other and to the natural world. She earned a BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and spent fifteen years working as a commercial illustrator and creative director while teaching art and design in higher education. Over time, her curiosity led her to become an interdisciplinary artist, using art, writing, and performance to deepen her exploration of the living structures that support us—within our bodies, our relationships, and the environments we inhabit. As her practice evolved, Esther began researching the neuroscience of creativity to inform her coaching, workshops, and curating. This inquiry led to The Flow Spiral Path, a framework that guides others through change by reconnecting them with their intuition, creativity, and sense of purpose. She has taught at Kent State University, Cornish College of the Arts, and Pacific Lutheran University, and has presented workshops, articles, and talks for organizations including Adobe, AIGA Link Program, Amazon, Artist Trust, the Bend Design Conference, and CreativeMornings. Esther also co-hosts The Flow Into Authenticity Podcast with Allison. Think Like an Artist, Create Like a Mathematician reflects her belief that creativity is a fundamental human capacity for responding to change, solving problems, building connections, and imagining new ways forward.
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Allison Henrich has spent her career at the intersection of logic and intuition — starting with a double major in philosophy and mathematics at the University of Washington and continuing through a PhD in mathematics from Dartmouth College. As a full professor at Seattle University, she teaches across the spectrum of mathematical experience: from students who arrive carrying a heavy burden of past math trauma to the most exuberant young researchers in the field. Her own research in knot theory has taken her beyond mathematics into archaeology and cultural evolution, studying how knots and string figures travel and transform across human societies. She has profiled mathematical artists for Mathematics Magazine, created a course called “Mathematical Playground,” and co-edited Living Proof: Stories of Resilience Along the Mathematical Journey, winner of the Mathematical Association of America's Euler Book Prize. She has published six books and is a recipient of the MAA's Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching, the Halmos-Ford Award for Expository Excellence, and the Beckenbach Book Prize. In Think Like an Artist, Create Like a Mathematician, Allison shares what she has learned from two decades of researching and teaching and many more years of being a human.
