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by Hisae Sophia Dias (Author)
Part one of a human development series exploring how creativity, perception, and understanding form across life.
Every person begins the same creative journey - from the first moment of contact, through line and shape, colour and flow, pattern and structure, until imagination becomes form.
The First 9 Discoveries are not skills to master. They are stages of awareness that arise naturally in early life, shaping how we see, understand, and create. These discoveries continue to return throughout life, offering a way to reconnect with presence, imagination, and meaning whenever needed.
Written by artist and educator Hisae Sophia Dias, this book is for adults, educators, and thinkers who want to understand how creativity forms and how early experiences shape confidence, perception, and expression across a lifetime.
Clear, grounded, and deeply human, The First 9 Discoveries offers a way to notice, support, and protect the creative foundations that take shape early in life and continue throughout the human experience.
