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Getting Started With Macrame
Do you enjoy working with the threaded arts & crafts?

Macrame can be used to create almost anything you can think of—bracelets, earrings, necklaces, purses, belts, wall hangings, frames, curtains, dresses, shorts. It's extremely versatile as an art form. This article will help you to understand the basics and get you started.

The Tree-mendous Memory! Game
Sharpen your mind with a fun simple game that is available to everyone as a free printable download in PDF format. If you want to exercise your brain and you like board games, print the game out for your table top. Great fun for kids and family. Elderly people benefit too by strengthening their mind muscle with the "Tree-mendous Memory! Game". Be sure to check out the autumn version of this game.

The Red Door:
Expanding Your Capacity for Inspiration
Break through creative blocks with this guided imagery exercise.

Learn:

Everything I Ever Needed to Know I Learned Painting
Clear Writer's Block: Reader-Centric Writing, Profiling Your Readers
Your Book's Bottom Line: Tracking and Totals
There is No Wrong Way to Doodle
Being Open... for Creativity
What is Creativity? (9 Creativity Triggers)

Newsletter Archives : 2005 : October Issue 1

October 2005 Newsletter #1

Creativity & Halloweenies

In This Issue

October 2005 Journal
What's New @ the CP
Q & A: Help Along The Way

October 2005 Journal

by Chris Dunmire

I've received permission to share part of an e-mail from a reader named Cheryl. It's so wonderful to know how much our work is appreciated:

"I love your site. It's truly inspired me this week, and I've made some leaps in my life. It's so good do find a wealth and variety of creative enthusiasts and resources. This week I've discovered the CP, CCA, and have signed up to take Muse Training through CCA, all because your Portal is so rich. Thank you very, very much! … Thank you for such a plentiful portal of creativity, and kinship with others who share the passion."

What's New @ the CP

9 Steps to Your First SoulCollage™ Card
By Anne Marie Bennett
SoulCollage™ is a unique blend of spiritual practice and the fun of collage.

Creative Spirit Doll Project
By Violette
Create a delightful spirit doll to help you connect with the divine in you and bring more creativity into your life.

Innovative Wire Sculpture for Grades 2-12
By Elizabeth Berrien
This lesson plan by Elizabeth Berrien, one of the world's foremost contemporary wire sculptors, will help children and teens learn how to create their own innovative wire sculpture art like a professional.

It's a catastrophe!
By Michael Bungay Stanier
Many of us unknowingly invite catastrophe (the modern definition) into our lives on a regular basis.

Q & A: Help Along The Way

What Wires Not to Mix?

Q: I took a 3-D art class and wire was one of the projects. I remember something about not being able to mix various wires such as copper with anything. Could you please let me know what types of wire you can and cannot use together. — Amanda

—> Elizabeth Berrien's Wire Art FAQs

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Next Kaizen-Muse™ Creativity Coach Training Begins Feb 15

Chris Dunmire By Chris Dunmire

I'll be available as a Master Coach to coaches-in-training in the next online and teleconference Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coach Training session beginning February 15, 2012.

If you're planning on taking this 17-week coach certification course with Jill Badonsky, MeD, and Robert Maurer, PhD, and want to work with me as your Master Coach, you can request me when you sign up. See you there!

Chris
Chris Dunmire, Editor-in-Creativity
Creativity Portal®