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.
“Too often we don't trust our own deepest truth; it makes us feel too vulnerable or it seems incongruous with the person we think we are or must be.” — Emily Hanlon, Keeping Faith with the Creative Process
A New Year's Celebration of the Person You Truly Are! By Kristi Tencarre
Remember the words of Mahatma Gandhi: “Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle, and a victory.”
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Keeping Faith with the Creative Process By Emily Hanlon
Imagine being self-nurturing enough to give our stories and books, any of our creations, such time and patience.
Building Confidence During Transition By Rita Farin
How many times have you said no to a job or project because you didn’t think you had enough experience?
Using Photography to Inspire Writing IV By Hank Kellner
Most students probably don’t realize that they exercise the mental process of contrast every day. Here's how you can use contrast in your writing exercises.
