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Get Unreal: A Writing Exercise
Are you a fiction writer? Do you struggle making your written word as real as possible? Does your story need to be realistic? Can this way of thinking squash your imagination? Part of the fun of writing a story is convincing your audience that the plot could happen within the framework of your book. Develop your Picasso within you!

Building Teams to Help Creativity at Work
As a team leader, do you want to spend your time building your team for creativity at work? ... How do you lead your team? Are you a "star with helpers" or are you "first among equals"? The best approach is a flexible one that depends on the situation. Still, if you want a more "first among equals" style, here's a team building approach that doesn't require using a consultant.

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Alleviating That Thin Constant Writer's Anxiety

Whitney Ferre is on a mission to open you to living life as both the ART and the ARTIST.

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Art of the Song : Maria Mikhailas

Art of the Song Creativity Radio

Creativity Corner Segments by Maria Mikhailas

Maria Mikhailas Maria is a long time painter, teacher and dreamer... dreaming the dream, painting the dream and teaching the dreamer to dream. She dreams and paints in northern New Mexico where while enfolded by mountain peaks one can touch the sky and hear the quiet prayer of the wind. Maria apprenticed for 10 years with Taos mystic painter Herman Rednick, studied with San Francisco sculptor Harriet Moore, and completed Michele Cassou and Stewart Cupley's 3 year Teacher Training Program in process painting. She has shown and sold her work through many venues and galleries and she has sworn off showing and selling her work. Who knows what she is doing now?! She can be reached at maria153@taosnet.com.

Featured Creativity Essays by Maria Mikhailas

What is Creativity and how do we access it?
By Maria Mikhailas
The only thing that can stop us from accessing our creativity is fear… fear of failure, fear of our own limitations, of comparisons, of success, and the list goes on.

Mistakes
By Maria Mikhailas
Mistakes are a new take on life that you might ordinarily miss… which could become a missed take.

Creative Blocks: An Artist's Best Friend
By Maria Mikhailas
The creative block is the artist’s best friend. She is an uncompromising friend that demands ALL that we are to come forth and bless the world.

Creativity: Balancing Training and Process
By Maria Mikhailas
We can use the technical tools that we have acquired in our training in service to our creative lives and the seeker of truth within.

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