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.
Humoring me today is creativity coach Jill Allison Bryan's perspective on perfectionism and 'doing more things badly.' She writes in her new article, Two Wrongs Might Make A Right!:
"Many of us set the bar so high for ourselves, that rather than take a chance on sketching a less than perfect drawing, writing a less than perfect song, or hosting a less than perfect dinner party, we don’t even try." More »
Chris Dunmire
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Multicultural Muses Fear: Muse and Motivator By Molly Anderson-Childers
Do one tiny thing every day to face your fears — even if you’re still scared inside.
