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.
“Inspiration is not just some flight of fancy. It is the air you breathe; the water you gulp down when you are thirsty; the bread that fills your belly. The process and products of your creative work will feed your soul, if you let them.” — Molly Anderson-Childers, Creative Bedrock: Standing on Solid Ground
How do you feel when you’re playing? Any kind of play — child’s play, sports, games? Lighter? Free-er? Joyful? Don’t you find play a great rejuvenator? Of course you do. Why? Because play engages our minds and bodies in so many beneficial ways and is an important component to creativity that we do well to incorporate more of it in our lives.
More »Where Do the Numbers Go? (Humor)
We've all done it: subtracted them, divided them, rounded them, and split them into fractions and percentages, but have you ever wondered where all those discarded numbers go when we're through with them?
P.S. Thank you for your many positive notes about my new Brickstorming creative writing exercise! Teachers have my permission to use the PDF printout in their classrooms with students.
Monthly Columns & Featured Series
Creative Careers In the Arts Interviews Interview with Cartoon Artist and Instructor Jeff Scarterfield By Molly Anderson-Childers
Jeff discusses his artistic inspirations, his upcoming book, and what led him to sharing his cartoonistry and drawing lessons online.
26 Simple Ways to Nurture Your Creative Life Make Time for Play By Chris Dunmire
A playful attitude is contagious and humanizing.
Multicultural Muses Creative Bedrock: Standing on Solid Ground By Molly Anderson-Childers
When I reflect upon the element of earth, this is what comes immediately to mind: The importance of allowing your creative work to be the foundation you stand upon.
How to Drop Your Creative Resistance By Valery Satterwhite
Trust that you can, are 'enough', will be able to keep a roof over your head and handle criticism of any kind.
