Like an onion, Michael Mupotaringa has various layers to his creative being.
Some know him as a dentist and to others his just a comic who loves to tell stories using illustrations with cartoon characters.
Recently, the South African based Zimbabwean creative published his first book, ‘Chapter Zero Create Your Creative Genius’.
The book covers core principles on creating a system of creativity and building it into one’s day to day life.
According to Mupotaringa, the title was birthed from the premise that no matter how many ideas will be given by the book, it can only scratch the surface as there are always many ways to attack the subject besides those suggested in the book.
“I felt I needed to condense my personal creative processes into a small book, mainly because I have hordes of young people coming frequently into my inbox and asking me how creativity works,” said Mupotaringa.
“Some of the chapters in the book are based on advice I was giving my protégé, whom the book was created for.”
The book does not confine creativity to the arts only but views creativity as a component of every field that evolves and advances.
Chapter Zero Create Your Creative Genius also features opinions from various personalities in different fields including Tadiwa Chimbodza (Maison De Rouge), Carl Joshua Ncube (Polymath), Nobuhle Nyoni (blogger/ entrepreneur), Monalisa Chishato (podcaster/ blogger/ poet), Rayo Beats and Maynard Manyowa.
Mupotaringa adds that the book is more a minimalistic cheat code for harnessing creative prowess.
“The greatest take home from Chapter Zero is how it’s not a motivational book but a technical book filled with fact based techniques and principles which are guaranteed to yield results when applied,” shared one individual who read it, Tanya Masaire.
The book is available on Amazon here.
