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 believe my self-esteem is not measured, but expressed. I see it in my artwork and suddenly I begin to remember WHO I AM.” — Tatiana Kuzyk, Self-Esteem and Creativity
Congratulations to all participants and the winners of our Jennie Nash 'My Own True Genius' essay writing contest. All contestants were sent a personalized Creative License for participating, and Jennie Nash has declared the following winners:
Valery Satterwhite is a whimsical, inspiring and empowering Artist Mentor. She helps creative people travel down their own yellow brick road to discover the magic, power and wisdom of their Inner Wizard while harnessing the unwanted effects of their Inner Critic, the voice of self-doubt and fear. Her first article on Creativity Portal is How to Create More Business Creatively. Visit Valery's Web site at www.InnerWizard.com.
New April's Foolery
I have always wanted to create a "dropped memo" kind of April Fool's Joke, where a seemingly normal-looking office memo gets 'accidentally' dropped on the floor and when it's picked up, all the words on the memo are scattered and messed up on the page as if they could be so easily displaced.
So I did a version of this gag after creating my latest April Fool's Puzzle (Artist's Studio Word Search #3). I decided to piggy-back on the you-can't-find-any-words-in-this-puzzle joke with a "dropped" version of the word search, most effective when introduced before sitting your victim down with the real (fake) puzzle. Print both of these jokes from my World's Hardest Puzzles page (not to be confused with my new real Easter-themed puzzle below) and have a Happy April Fool's Day!
Chris Dunmire
Creative Director & Publisher
P.S. Congratulations to my mandala-making friend Cheryl Finley! (Scoop...)
Monthly Columns & Featured Series
Creativity Portal Playground Projects Printable Easter Word Search Puzzles By Chris Dunmire
Chickly eggcellent Easter brain-strengthening word find puzzles. Permission is granted for teachers to use in the classroom.
Artist's Musings On Creative Process Self-Esteem and Creativity — Which One Comes First? By Tatiana Kuzyk
Couple of years ago I heard Caroline Myss talk about developing one’s intuition. She said that without a healthy self-esteem a person will never have courage to acknowledge and follow that authentic inner voice.
Riding Lessons for Artists It's (Almost) Never Too Late By Judy Wood
The artist's mind, lateral thinking, Grandma Moses, and the multiple definitions of the word "practice."
More What's New @ the CP
Personal and Creative Growth Working Together By Patrick Frank
I have learned something about the value of subtlety — in making music — and that focus on ego gets in the way of in-depth communication with the audience.
Using Photography to Inspire Writing 8 By Hank Kellner
Using humor, trigger words, reading books, image files, and the lowly onion to stimulate imagination.
