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The Creative Call to Action

By Barbara Bowen

Highly Creative people must heed the creative call and take action. If we ignore the Creative Call, it will always re-emerge to nip at our heels. We may have to find a creative space amidst other commitments, but we pay a price if we ignore the call completely, and sometimes a serious one indeed. More »

Sneak Preview of The Awe-manac: A Daily Dose of Wonder
By Jill Badonsky
Hi. Be cool. Don't look suspicious. I'm letting some of my new book leak out before it is released this December 8 because you Portal Peeps are fun and creative readers that appreciate a little playful mischievousness.

Is It Commerce, or Is It Art?
By Naomi Rose
If you read the popular literature on book writing, you may get the feeling that writing a book is all about producing a product.

Free Cartoony Art Lesson: How to Draw Fluffy Popcorn
By Chris Dunmire
Remember Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving? Ponder turkey day with popcorn, jellybeans, and toast while doodling your own king-sized kernels of popcorn goodness in the melted butter of Nit Wits #45.

101 Ideas for Living Creatively
By Deanne Fitzpatrick
Creativity inspiring ideas, expression-prompting activities, curiosity-satisfying quests.

Fall Writing Prompts
#13: As kids we learned how to make a turkey by tracing around our hands. This activity is similar, but takes it a step further by facilitating a sense of "thankfulness" you can write about as you visual journal and reflect on thoughts of gratitude with the four symbolic fingers ("thankful four") aimed high toward the sky. To do this project, download and print my free Thankful Four Writing Activity kit and follow the instructions on the sheet.