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.
“Words can flow like a river, washing away the pain and carving a new valley, breaking down the boulders that mar the path." — Kristi Tencarre, It's All Write
Each spring I am so inspired by the 'explosion of color and scent' all around the Midwest in the form of blossoming trees, budding bushes, and blooming flowers.
Eckhart Tolle, in the evocation for chapter one of his book, A New Earth, beautifully describes the inspiration flowers have provided to countless artists, poets, and mystics since the beginning of time through their delicate beingness of artful beauty, color, and scent. More »
P.S. Speaking of inspirational flowers, please, please, don't miss reading our featured Creative Careers in the Arts interview with 'Writing from the Deeper Self' book developer and writing coach Naomi Rose this month!
Creativity & Wellness: Body Blissmas Sculpting Your Health as a Creative Outlet By Jill Badonsky
Exercise and good nutrition are creative fuel. Be a rebel and eat well. It's not the norm.
Love of the Craft Looking at Your Preferences and Passions By Dave Duggins
Q: I want to write. I do write. I don't finish anything. So, when my friend emailed me your article about unfinished projects, I dictated it into a tape recorder and I will listen to it while falling asleep each night, to get it drilled into my head....
Creative Careers in the Arts Interviews Interview with Book Developer & Writing Coach Naomi Rose By Molly Anderson-Childers
Naomi Rose is a writer and Book Developer with over 30 years in the publications field. She works with writers, frequently first-time book writers, to nurture their book into being.
Art of the Song Creativity Corner The Silly Monkey By Jan Haller
Working with children makes it clear why so many adults have lost contact with their creativity. We are making the results so much more important than this incredible gift of exploring that children have.
More What's New @ the CP
It's All Write By Kristi Tencarre
Honour yourself through the development of the gift that God has given you. Honour your voice through writing.
Ideas for Decorating Wood Picture Frames By Jessica Ackerman
Basic wood picture frames cost very little, and they can be decorated to look just as impressive as more expensive decorative frames.
Listening: Basic to Creativity and to Business By Mary H. Ruth
Creative people attend their subjects with skilled concentration. They're intimately familiar with the state of intense absorption that characterizes profound listening.
