"We are all dying to express our feelings and if we do not we will stop living in so many ways." — Shelley Klammer, Creativity and the Shadow

From an ecstatic e-mail I received this morning, shared with permission:

"This [Creativity Portal] website is a godsend. It really is an amazingly helpful and fantastic site. I use it so much and it has truly helped me reach a deeper level in my art. Thank you again!" — Katrina

Creative Letter Play: I M A W-T 1 * For those of you who are wondering... in my recent 52 Projects interview, I made the quip in response to Jeffrey Yamaguchi's "Any good summer creativity prompts?" question that my suggested "family-friendly prompts are brought to you by the letters C, D, B." Unknown to most, that was an embedded joke that combined a Sesame Street callout with a reference to William Steig's 1968 classic children's book titled CDB! (which translates to "See the Bee!"). More »



Chris Dunmire
Publisher, Creativity Portal

* I am a witty one.

An Open Mind
Laugh. It Makes Your Face Look Better. Humor interacts with everything else in our brains to enhance, or maybe even produce, creativity.

Creative Solutions & Inspirations from the Modern Day Muses
When the Pause is Part of the Process
The creative process has cycles. They are non-linear and fickle. The method that works to motivate and set us in motion one day is not available for comment the next.

Art of the Song Creativity Radio
Persistence as the Guide to the Creative Life Persistence is a quality that we equate to sports and business, or weight loss.

Nuggets Candy Wrapper Project Create custom, personalized candy wrappers for HERSHEY'S © Nuggets or Treasures with this tutorial and your Microsoft Word program.

The Artist: "Tortured Soul" or Joyous Participant? Stereotypes are not only potentially destructive, but also, just so limiting!

Wabi Sabi and the Dance of Life There is an inside and outside to Wabi-sabi. The outside is the beauty we see, feel, hear, touch and taste in things fleeting, seasonal, natural and imperfect.

Creativity: Turning Off Judgment to Turn On New Ideas Creativity is pretty simple. All you need to do is open your mind to new ideas.
Plus: To Solve the Problem, Ask the Right Question

Experiment Wildly! For many of us it’s difficult to truly “let go” and freely experiment with reckless abandon.

Brain Tuning In our exploration of innovation and growth we have found only one pattern of mental training that works. Plus: How to Build a Better Idea Trap

Creativity: The Constant Invitation To deny creativity’s invitation is to deny the full expression of our humanness.