Inspiration for Artistic, Expressive, Creative Living

Inspired Living: Nourishing Your Spiritual and Creative Life at Any Age

See also: Cultivating & Expressing Your Creativity

We often find our richest sources of creative inspiration through our experiences and connections with other people, places, and things. Creativity Portal wishes to help nourish the creative spiritual artist in you with our growing collection of inspiring columns and articles and recommendations for other online places where you'll find communities of writers, bloggers, crafters, artists, and creative dreamers who freely share inspiration, spiritual perspective, support, and good company with one another.

Featured Creative Living Resources

CurrentLiving.com
Current Living is a celebration of joy and spiritual, creative living and features introspective essays by Chris Dunmire.

The Muse Is In Jill's Muse Column
The delightful Web site of Creativity Coach Jill Badonsky. Features a magical monthly "Dear Muse" column and plenty of creative inspiration and procrastination busters.

Art of the Song Creativity Radio Creativity Corner Segments
"A syndicated radio show with music and interviews exploring inspiration and creativity through songwriting and other art forms. Learn why songwriters and artists create, how they become inspired, and how you can tap into that creative source in every aspect of your life." Download and listen to a selection past shows online (mp3 streaming audio) including the Creativity Corner feature clips.

Soul Food Cafe DailyWriting.net Features
Heather Blakey's portal for artists and writers alike; a safe haven where imagination soars and creativity flourishes. Amazing introspective exercises, writing prompts, and visual art fun.

Self-Care for Creative Artists
Linda Dessau helps artists to re-ignite their passion for living the creative life by gaining clarity, connecting to self and others, and taking on new healthy habits.

More Creativity-Inspiring Resources

The Practically Creative Quarter
"The Practically Creative Quarter is a webzine that focuses on exploring the creative process, increasing creative productivity, and enjoying the creative life. The site features a variety of articles, essays, tutorials, quick creative practices, and fun projects."

Creativity for Seniors: Creativity Matters for a Lifetime
Creativity: The benefits and paths of being creative targeted towards seniors. Blog column by Judith Zausner from eldr magazine.

Inspire Me Thursday
Be inspired to look, speak, create, think, connect. A weekly dose of inspiration for mixed media artists to nurture their muse, be creative, and CREATE!

Nellie Jacobs
Speaker and creativity consultant Nellie Jacobs is an author and award-winning artist. Her website offers creative inspiration, articles, questionnaires, challenges, workshops and links to a wide range of resources. Visit her site to test your creativity. Contribute to Nellie’s blogs and books-in-progress by sharing your creative ideas, opinions, experiences and stories.

All At Once: A Guide to Practically Instant Creativity
A frank and funny guide to creating authentic art from author and painter Linda Armstrong. Forget teachers and remember your soul. It takes courage to do the work only you can do.

Blue Lantern Creative Journal
Offers pages of inspirational resources to help illuminate the artist's path to higher creativity. Features creative meditations, weekly wisdom, women's creativity, haiku, and journaling sections.

Comfort Queens
"A place to be kind to yourself." Author Jennifer Louden's refreshing woman-oriented community — teaching how to "create with ease and joy in your life and in your work ... balancing your life from the inside out ... and savoring your life more."

How Much Joy
Practical tools from Suzanne Falter-Barns for creative dreamers. Includes self-assessment tests, creativity articles, tips for living your dreams, creativity courses, Web resources, and e-newsletter with practical tips on making the leap from your drone job to dream work.

Lost Soul Companion Project
A community for struggling artists of all kinds and a nurturing network of on-line free spirits. Features the books and insights of author and artist Susan M. Brackney, an online community board, and a marketplace to sell art online.

Exploring Creativity
Web site of Gary and Mary Sullivan Holdgrafer. Features essays, quotations, and healthy views for fostering creativity and encouraging personal growth and fulfillment in our lives.

Tera's Wish
Creativity for everyone! We all have talents and gifts to share... learn how to express yours. Features articles and good advice from author Tera Leigh for art, creativity, writing, and journaling.

Womenfolk on Creativity
A source of creative inspiration and information for women.

Featured Articles

What it Takes to Finally Live Your Dream
By Suzanne Falter-Barns
It seems to me there is only one real and proper way to live a joyful life, and that is to do the thing you are meant to be doing. There are people out there who make it seem like rolling out of bed, But I know from experience — pursuing your dream 'ain't always so easy.