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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.

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.

Get Unreal: A Writing Exercise
Are you a fiction writer? Do you struggle making your written word as real as possible? Does your story need to be realistic? Can this way of thinking squash your imagination? Part of the fun of writing a story is convincing your audience that the plot could happen within the framework of your book. Develop your Picasso within you!

Newsletter Archives : 2006 : January Issue 2

January 2006 Newsletter #2

Five Ways to Stay Creatively Blocked

"Art is the symbolic, interpretive expression of your perspective on a given subject. Creativity is shifting your perspective to look at a given subject in a new light." — Danny Thompson, How to Be Creative

In This Issue

January 2006 Journal
What's New @ the CP
Inspiring Success Stories

January 2006 Journal

by Chris Dunmire

Resolution Number Nine (not a Beatles song)
#9: I will remember that "success is not a measure but a feeling," and I will strive to feel success in any effort I make towards pursuing my creative interests and goals.

...every little bit of effort counts towards investing in my creative interests and moving towards my creative goals. Whether I spend three hours painting or writing, or simply ten minutes planning the next day's creative agenda, I have been successful. Small successes stitch together to form larger successes.

Oh, look! Nine more...

P.S. Print the "Five ways to stay creatively blocked" poster and browse some recommended reading for self-coaching your creativity.

Chris Dunmire

Chris Dunmire
Publisher, Creativity Portal

What's New @ the CP

Facilitating Creative Freedom in Performance
By Valerie Kampmeier
One moment I would be working on a Brahms cello sonata, the next a Messiaen song or an operatic ensemble by Verdi. I loved the variety of repertoire and performers — but I often would feel anxious as the performance date grew nearer.

The Body: A Strong House for Your Creativity
By Linda Dessau
da Vinci obviously believed strongly in the mind-body connection. We know from the Law of Attraction that, "what you focus on, grows". A positive attitude and beliefs, healthy and supportive relationships and a sense of personal empowerment can all do wonders for your physical health.

Stay Creative with an Idea Journal
By Kristine Kadlec
Some artists prefer to create collages and photomontages in their sketchbooks to express themselves. I keep idea journals which contain a wide variety of inspiration and information such as clippings from articles, drawings, color combinations and pretty pictures.

Chronic Creativity Symptom #9: Epidemic
By Angela Mack
The problem with having Chronic Creativity is that it is HIGHLY contagious! It can spread rapidly through a large population or a village such as the one that I live in.

Inspiring Success Stories

Creating Your Blissness: Living in Rhythm with Your Heart and Soul
By Anne Marie Bennett
Anne Marie is a writer, artist, website builder extraordinaire, and experienced SoulCollage® facilitator. Read her inspiring story about KaleidoSoul and her SoulCollage® Playground.

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