Tagged: creativity
Summer Solstice Writing Creativity Retreat by Paula Chaffee Scardamalia
Indulging in a summer writing creativity retreat is a great way to satisfy your Muse and spend time on your latest writing or creativity project.
Passion and Voice: An Excerpt from Making Your Creative Mark by Eric Maisel
A logical — and vital — relationship exists between passion and voice. It is very hard to be passionate about what you’re doing if you haven’t found your voice as an artist. Imagine being forced to sing an octave too high or an octave too low, straining to hit notes that you can’t really hit and that aren’t natural to you. It would be very hard to be passionate about singing in that situation.
Creativity: The Bull That Wouldn’t Die by Gordon Rothwell
Then there’s the idea that simply won’t go away. It lingers in the back of your mind and takes permanent residence there. So it was with my bullfight story.
You Are a Whole-Brained Entrepreneur: True or False? by Aletta de Wal
Why not apply some of that sense of discovery to finding new directions in your art business? And let’s reframe those old terms into “art brain” and “business brain,” both of which involve creativity.
Tying the Muse to the Chair by Laura Bickle
There are a lot of writers who have healthy relationships with their muses. They take their muses out on coffee dates and have long conversations at the beach while holding hands.
Authors, What Inspires You? Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
What inspires you? Where do you get your ideas? Do you get these questions a lot? I do!
Here’s what I told them recently…
Creative Inspiration to Bring in the New Year: John Cleese on the 5 Factors to Make Your Life More Creative
As you bring in the New Year and set the tone and day dream and desire, enjoy some inspiration and wisdom from funny man John Cleese. A video I found on BrainPickings by the brilliant Maria Popova — a wonderful weekly newsletter I just discovered:
Escape Into your Art: Seven Ways to Get Out of Your Own Way #5
We must take action to create our art. We must play at it, as a child approaches playing. I love this Madeleine L’Engle quote, and want to share with you how we can escape into our art. How to open the door into the sumptuous world of our own creativity.
Is Your Creativity Ready for an Island Adventure?
Is your creativity ready for an Island Adventure? Marney from ArtellaLand.com is presenting “The ARTsignment Island Adventure” teleclass on Wednesday June 20. We’ll be playing with Island-Themed ARTsignments (think pina coladas, hula dances, and beach umbrellas) as you take your imagination on a magical adventure to apply your creative power to the very biggest questions in your life right now, receiving new solutions in new ways. And it’s free!
Creating Time
People used to be tied to things like families, communities, rituals, worship, curiosity, and beauty. Now we are tied to schedules, watches, datebooks, computers, and keeping up with the latest gadgets that start with i. It seems like time is going by faster than ever these days, and we’re all exhaustively trying to find, chase, save, and manage time.
#Occupy Your Life
I sit here writing. I occupy my chair. I occupy my mind, my heart, my body. I occupy a place on this planet. What I say, do, express to others, impacts them. My intention...
5 Tools to Get Your Novel Done
Many people think getting their novel done is all about having a cat do all the work for them, but actually cats have more writing handicaps than people realize. In this video you’ll learn...
What is an Artist Entrepreneur?
To define what an artist entrepreneur is I think we first need to define what an artist is and what an entrepreneur is. But why even go there? I’ll tell you why. To sort...
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