Eight Habits of The Creatively Intelligent
We’d all be more creative if we paid less attention to the surfaces, our doings and achievements, our ambitions and desires; and more attention to the depths, the hidden forces and faculties that lie within ourselves and others.
Nurture Your Creativity: List What You're Thankful For
Much has been written about gratitude throughout the centuries, and with a common theme: Gratitude is a positive attitude or emotion that benefits us greatly when it's employed.
Author Lisa Crone's Inspiring Success Story
Her secret to intermixing positivity with passion and publishing her first book 'A Bead in Time: 35 Jewelry Projects Inspired by Slices of Life.'
The Joy of Creativity: Emergence
If I allow myself to speak, write words, or paint marks without knowing what I am going to say next or what I’ll end up with, eventually something will emerge.
Not-Knowing: A Sometimes Unnerving but Utterly Reliable Guide
We want to know. We want to know things beforehand, ahead of time. We want to know where we are going, why we are going there, what we will encounter (and should thus prepare for) along the way.
September 15, 2007|Funny Money: Cashius monetarius
Quoteworthy
"Ever burst into a room filled with family or friends, heart dripping with pearls, and just smell swine? Oh you can't see the pink snouts and cloven hooves, but you know they're there, lurking somewhere in the shadows ready to trample all over your shining new insight, brilliant thought, sparkling idea." — Angi SullinsPearls and Pigs: An Artist vs. Critic Phenomenon
The wait is over. My 'Cashius monetarius' Dollar Bill Origami Money Plant project is now available in a printable e-book format complete with two novelty Money Plant Seed packets (flowering and non-flowering), detailed step-by-step project photos, and expanded information about this ingenious, artful, and unique gift that is fun to make and hard to give away!More »
Incidentally, I made one of my funny Origami Money Plants for a birthday gift last week and one late night while engaged in creative dollar leaf-folding, it occurred to me that I needed a clever tag line for this precious product. Once that seed germinated, I saw a flash of light and *POOF* the tag line came to me from none other than Taglinia, creative muse of commerce and underwear.
Here it is: The Dollar Bill Origami Money Plant is...
Multicultural Muses Ninsaba’s Garden of Dreams and Delights By Molly Anderson-Childers
Her dark hands toss out glittering jewels and keys to the old mysteries. She stands at the garden-gate, beckoning. Will you answer her challenge, traveler, and wander there awhile, along the winding paths?
Art of the Song Creativity Corner Creating when you don’t feel like it... By Eileen Kalinowski
Creatively uninspired? What committing yourself to 10 minutes of creating art or writing each day can do for you — if you just do it anyway.
Embark on a Cloud Chasing Expedition By Cynthia Staples
When I reached a street corner I looked up and saw before me a magnificent sight. Rosy hued clouds, gilded by the sun, filled the sky. They took my breath away.
The Power of Off-the-Wall Combinations By Jurgen Wolff
Experience the power! Four techniques for combining unlikely elements in off-the-wall ways in order to create something new.
