How to Be Creative: Cultivating & Expressing Creativity

Often it is aspects of our own personalities that can either support or detract from experiencing the rich, productive creative lives that we desire. How do we overcome ourselves? This collection of articles and features addresses ways to cultivate the intention of creativity, practice creative thinking in everyday matters, and express ourselves in an unlimited number of creative ways. Links in the left- and right-hand menus will take you to other sections and special features on the Creativity Portal that add to and support these discussions.

Insights on the Growing Creative Self

Everyone is Creative
By Kelle Walsh
From Imagine Magazine (Fall, 2004). How to nourish and flourish your own creative style.

10 Ways to Boost Your Creativity
By Julie Plenty
Creativity is your birthright — but can often be hidden in the everyday.

Attitude
By Lance Gallup
Many principles are common to all humanity and apply as well to engineers and bus drivers as they do to musicians and artists.

Deal of a Lifetime
By Lilly Fluger
I have a genius, marvelous body for free! That body lets me experience the joys of beautiful sights, the pleasures from delicious tastes and aromas...

How to Be Creative: A Quick and Easy Guide
By Danny Thompson
First, you need to realize that there is a difference between creative and artistic.

Another Life ... I Wish I Were Someone Else
By Edward B. Toupin
In our very early years, we all strive to be like "someone else," as we're not really sure who we are at the time.

The Pendulum Swings Right
By Marianne St. Clair
A major shift is happening inside our brains.

On the Importance of Creativity
By Ashfaq Ishaq
Creativity is a quintessential attribute of human beings.

Creativity is Good for the Bad
By René Da Costa
For those of us who are naturally creative thinkers or doers we may count ourselves fortunate.

5 Steps to Benefit from Your Creativity
By Nicholas Kabarow
The ability to exercise your creativity is even more important for you than you probably think.

How to Improve Creativity
By tk
The first thing you need is the intention to be more creative, then a way of observing how the mind works.

Unlocking Your Imagination
By Arthur Levine
In order to unlock our imaginations we have to strip away years of inhibitions that have kept us from fulfilling our dreams.

Think Orange! Creativity & the Sacral Chakra
By Louise Pool
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could just flick a switch and turn on your creativity?

Understanding an Online Education
By Liz Smith
The Internet is helping to boost the availability and popularity of distance learning programs, which includes courses and degree programs related to creative skills.