The first person to really teach me about the playful side of art and creativity was author Joy Sikorski. In the mid-1990s I came across a review for her book How to Draw a Radish: And Other Fun Things to Do at Work and was immediately captivated by her pairing of "fun" and "work".
Discovering Joy and her whimsical how-to draw books couldn't have come at a better time in my life. I was in a "serious" corporate job where I constantly wrestled between being my playful creative self and being a corporate hologram. Her book was an affirmation that having a playful side at work was okay, and as soon as I let that in, the dry-erase board doodling began and the desktop gumball machine came out. More »
How to Play Creatively with Sidewalk Chalk Art
Joy Sikorski-inspired fun! Chalk is cheap and the canvas is free so take advantage of some inner-child indulging to freeatively doodle and play.
A Self-Coaching Journey through "The 12 Secrets Highly Creative Women"
When I first read the cover to Gail McMeekin's book I assumed it would focus on the prolific creative habits successful women artists, writers, and performers dedicated themselves to on a regular basis. I expected tried-and-true action-oriented nudges such as "writing every day", "painting in a well-organized studio", and "acting when inspiration strikes." Then I read the book and found the material was developed far beyond a mere list of secrets and habits, including several that influenced big changes in my life.
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and was immediately captivated by her pairing of "fun" and "work".
