"We have to learn to think of failure as "just-not-yet." There's no such thing as failure, as long as you get back up and keep going." — Angie Dixon, If You Knew You Couldn't Fail...

Are You Validating Your Creativity by Blogging Your Journey? If you are regularly blogging your creative journey, I would like to hear from you.

When I started quasi-blogging pieces of my creative journey on the Creativity Portal in July 2003 in a feature named Inner Diablog, something unexpected happened to me. I found that the more I engaged in my own inner dialogue through writing, the larger my creative appetite grew. You would think just the opposite would happen — that I would eventually exhaust my energy and run out of things to write about. Not so. More »



Chris Dunmire
Publisher, Creativity Portal

Interview with Jewelry Designer Katy Leakey Spirited Woman Q & A about a talented jewelry designer/artist/writer and savior to millions of Masai women in Kenya.

Poetry that POPS!!! Part 2 Kidz Word Play: Polishing poems and making a poetry book.

Printable Project: Design a Door Hanger Claim your creative space with a customized door hanger message that you design yourself.

Melpomene: Muse of Tragedies and Elegies Melpomene is a guide for the lost; a dark-haired woman, clad in widow’s weeds.

How NOT to Be Creative A humorous perspective with excellent advice on how to absolutely avoid engaging in creative behavior. Plus: Why Does Creativity Seem So Hard?

Creating Doorways Don't beat yourself against the wall! When you know what you want, the best way is to create your own doorway and walk right through. Plus: Creative Threads

Break Through Self-Doubt and Fear Self-doubt and fear are the voices in our head telling us, "You'll never succeed, so why try?" and "who do you think you are?"

Converting a Painting to Needlepoint
How do I turn photos into cross-stitch designs?

Artist Retreat Day
Where can I download Linda Dessau's Artist Retreat Day Guidebook?