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.
“I love being creative, although for the longest time, I held back all of my creativity and originality. I held back because I was afraid of what people would think of me, placing their own opinions of me higher than my own.”
— Author Kimberly Richardson
Welcome to an exciting moment in Creativity Portal history... I'm ecstatically (without the cling) pleased to share this monumental news with you:
Bestselling author Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy (aka SARK from planetsark.com, and our guest Creative Careers interviewee from March) has named Creativity-Portal.com an "Excellent Writing Resource" in her newest book "Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper: Gifting the World with Your Words and Stories and Creating the Time and Energy to Actually DO It." More in CP News »
This wonderful, unexpected surprise highlighting our virtual creative community is so very appreciated. Thank you, Susan, for this extreme honor. Thank you also, dear subscribers, and all of our partners for helping us co-create this enjoyable 'extravaganza of creativity' together.
A hearty congratulations goes out to our friends Heather Blakey from dailywriting.net, Jill Badonsky from themuseisin.com, and Barbara Abercrombie from writingtime.net for also being recognized in "Juicy Pens" for their inspirational Web sites and books.
More about "Juicy Pens" is featured in the Book Spotlight below. Read my '15 Minutes of Fame' reflections here.
In deep glittery gratitude always, Chris Dunmire
Creative Director and Publisher
P.S. We now have an Amazon affiliate search page available on our site for your convenience. Please feel free to use it when you buy books, gifts, music, or anything else — thank you, we appreciate it!
Monthly Columns & Featured Series
Creative Careers in the Arts Interviews Interview with Author Kimberly Richardson By Molly Anderson-Childers
Kimberly is a writer and owner of Viridian Books, “The Bookstore for the Strange and Unusual Reader” in Memphis, Tennessee.
More What's New @ the CP
A New Look at Photography By Angela Hook
Photos make people appreciate the things their naked eyes see every day.
"Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper is your non-judgmental witness, resoundingly supportive friend, and practical guide to the craft of writing and storytelling. For anyone who knows that a writer lives within them but doesn’t know how or where to start; for writers who need new ways to accelerate their process and be reinspired; for anyone who loves SARK’s wise words and art, Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper will help start the ink flowing and keep it going." Available at Amazon.com »
