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February 1 NewZine

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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.

Crafting Your Business Vision and Values
Where Is Your Business Headed, and What Do You and Your Company Stand For? Your work, like that of most creative entrepreneurs, expresses who you are. Your creative business reflects your vision, values, and voice.

Your vision is the big picture of your business (and your life). It's where you see yourself heading and includes how you're making a positive difference, what success looks and feels like to you, and what makes life and work ripe with fulfillment and meaning.

The 7 Stages of The Creative Process
People's and organisations' big dreams are not becoming reality due to procrastination, confusion, overwhelm or self-sabotage. ...

... Understanding how the creative process works is the first step to freeing us from the block and resistance brought about by this suppression. ...

... The seven stages are: Intention, Incubation, Investigation, composition, clarification, correction, completion.

Newsletter Archives : 2006 : January Issue 1

January 2006 Newsletter #1

Creativity Portal Celebrates 5 Years

Reason #1: Why you might need an artist retreat day:

"You feel resentful about the success that other artists are enjoying." — Linda Dessau, Top 10 Signs You Might Need an Artist Retreat Day

In This Issue

January 2006 Journal
What's New @ the CP
Q & A: Help Along The Way
The Creativity Self-Coach

January 2006 Journal

by Chris Dunmire

Creativity Portal "Komando Worthy"
An exciting stampede of visitors came our way on December 21 when Kim Komando, a syndicated radio show host for one of the Top 10 Programs in the US, featured the Creativity Portal as her "Kool" site of the day.

This honorable mention was a big boost for the Creativity Portal and completely unexpected. If someone out there suggested our site to Kim, we truly thank thee.

Five Years of Creativity Portal: Best Features 2000 to 2005
If you would have asked me five years ago what my plan for the Creativity Portal Web site was, I would have smiled and said "who plans a creative adventure?" ...

Chris Dunmire

Chris Dunmire
Publisher, Creativity Portal

What's New @ the CP

Belly-Dancing with Your Inner Muse: Wonderful Ways to Inspire and Delight Yourself
By Molly J. Anderson-Childers
If you are feeling creatively blocked or stuck in the muck, your Inner Muse may be feeling a little neglected.

Awakening the Senses (da Vinci's Sensazione)
By Linda Dessau
As artists, we get to play in the land of the senses as often as we allow ourselves to.

Interview with Radio Host Frances Halpern
By Nancy Mills
Q. You're considered an expert in publishing — what tips can you give us on getting a book published? Plus: Interview with Susan Miller

Q & A: Help Along The Way

Writing for a Greeting Card Company
Q: Do you have any information about writing for a greeting card company?

The Creativity Self-Coach

The First Piece of Art I Released into the World
By Chris Dunmire
My painting was displayed under spotlights on a table with an official card bearing my name and the title of the piece. For the first time, I experienced the anxious anticipation and fear that so many artists routinely deal with when they decide to make public a private piece of themselves.

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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®