Highlight Picks

President Obama's Committee For The Arts And Humanities Pushes For Arts And Creativity
He's promoting this philosophy: To remain competitive in the global economy, America needs to reinvigorate the kind of creativity and innovation that has made this country great. To do so, we must nourish our children's creative skills. In addition to giving our children the science and math skills they need to compete in the new global context, we should also encourage the ability to think creatively that comes from a meaningful arts education. This objective of President Barack Obama is a positive move in the world of the arts and innovative thinking.

'Dr. Hope' And His Act Of Kindness
Get to know the "doctor" and his charitable contributions to society. See how he works with teachers so that they can get the needed supplies, books and other things for their students.

Tim Anders (Doctor Hope) has certainly had an interesting childhood. His mother was an actress and his father was a Catholic priest which indeed created problems with family life.

The Secret (and Very Creative) Life of Puppets
Nurturing young children's creativity is a big job. Fortunately, we have cleverly written stories with gorgeous illustrations, recordings of beautiful and exciting music, and all kinds of props and costumes to help us stir children's imaginations. And for me, the most powerful partners in promoting creative thinking are my fabulous puppet friends.

CCA : Inspiring Creativity Excerpts

Inspiring Creativity Excerpts

An Anthology of Powerful Insights and Practical Ideas to Guide You to Successful Creating.

In promotional partnership with Rick Benzel, publisher of the CCA Press, Creativity Portal has been given permission to publish the following chapter excerpts from the book Inspiring Creativity: An Anthology of Powerful Insights and Practical Ideas to Guide You to Successful Creating.

The book, with a foreword by Eric Maisel, author of Coaching the Artist Within, and Fearless Creating, contains top-notch advice from 22 professional creativity coaches to ignite your creative potential.

Inspiring Creativity Excerpts

It’s Not What You Create, It’s That You Create
By Kate R. Quinlan
We’ve all heard it. Many of us have muttered it in frustration, or silently surrendered to the anguished thought. “I’m just not very creative.” ...

Creativity is Your Birthright: How to Get Over Feeling You Don't Have "Permission" to Create
By Dave Storer
Several common lines of thought lead many people to the false conclusion that they don’t have the right, or sufficient “permission” to create.

Getting Unstuck: 9 Ways to Escape from Creativity-Halting Goo
By Rick Benzel
Every artist gets stuck from time to time in “creativity-halting goo.” It can happen at any phase of your work: when you’re beginning a project, in the middle, or close to completion.

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