In this book, James Rolling challenges commonplace notions of creativity as the inspired activity of select, uniquely endowed individuals. He advocates for restoration of the vital and contagious possibilities of collaborative ventures to restore potential to communities and the individuals who draw upon their shared resources.  This wonderfully readable and researched text takes its readers by the hand and points to what we are, and what we can be, as a people whose destinies intertwine and affect one another in countless complex ways.                           -Christine Marmé Thompson, Penn State University   In Swarm Intelligence, James Rolling takes on many long- held beliefs about creative behavior as an individual human capacity, and instead offers a picture of creativity as a swarming enterprise of social activity, common impulses, and fluid systems for shaping our lives in meaningful ways. This activity is found in private or public spaces, businesses, communities, and places of collective learning. It is not surprising that the evidence of this phenomenon is found in abundance in the arts. Rolling paints an optimistic, yet convincing picture of how we can see things differently as we look to our common futures.   -Graeme Sullivan, PhD, Director, Penn State School of Visual Arts.