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Creativity Corner Segments by Eric Maisel

America's foremost Creativity Coach Eric Maisel, Ph.D. is a frequent contributor to Art of the Song: Creativity Radio. These essays are reprinted with permission from his on-air segment and are excerpted from his books: "Creativity For Life"; "A Writer's Paris"; "A Writer's San Francisco"; and more. For a complete list of publications, podcasts and workshop opportunities please visit www.ericmaisel.com.

Book Interviews & Excerpts by Eric Maisel

The Van Gogh Blues: Meaningful Life, Meaningful Work, Meaningful Days
By Eric Maisel
In order for you to live an authentic, meaningful life, which is the principal remedy for the depression creative people experience, you must articulate a life plan and articulate what constitutes worthy work. Excerpted from chapter three of The Van Gogh Blues.

Eric Maisel Interview — The Van Gogh Blues
By Eric Maisel
Learn what The Van Gogh Blues is all about by reading this Q & A discussion on creativity, depression, life purpose statements, and meaning-making.

Featured Creativity Essays by Eric Maisel

Meaningful Life, Meaningful Work, Meaningful Days
By Eric Maisel
In order to create, we must take the bad with the good.

Taking a Creative Escape
By Eric Maisel
A creative escape is a little time-out-of-time that you carve from your schedule to devote to running away to art.

Cultural Permission to Create
By Eric Maisel
You feel at home in Paris because the things that you care about — strolling, thinking, loving, creating — are built into the fabric of the city.

The Opinions of Others
By Eric Maisel
Isn't this a lesson that we have to learn again and again, that every "objective opinion" is an assertion of idiosyncratic personality and not anything like the truth?

Crafting a Starting Ritual
By Eric Maisel
One of the best ways to help yourself create every day is to craft a starting ritual that you begin to use regularly and routinely.