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.
“Art starts simply, with fragility. Chug through it. The thinking about art as Art trips us up. Just put one foot in front of the other.” — An Artist in Brooklyn, Curious Creative Blocks
Happy birthday to artist/humorist Jill Badonsky (www.themuseisin.com), founder of Kaizen-Muse creativity coaching and the brilliance who updated the nine classical Greek Muses for our times with names like Aha-phrodite, Bea Silly, Spills, Lull, and Muse Song. Oh, and she's added a bodyguard named Arnold for good measure. More » 'Artist Soul Retreat' Essay Published in Tombstone Times
I'm thrilled to share that the essay I wrote after returning from my Artist Soul Retreat in May has been published in the July 2009 issue of the Tombstone Times, a monthly history and information journal published in Tombstone, Arizona.
P.S. Did you know You can zoom in and out of a Web page by holding your keyboard’s Ctrl key and rotating your mouse wheel? Ctrl + 0 will return the view to normal. Try it on Creativity Portal's home page!
Monthly Columns & Featured Series
Multicultural Muses The Fount of Inspiration: Muses of Water By Molly Anderson-Childers
The rain itself served as one of my Muses for this piece, creating in me a dreamy, contemplative and sweetly sad mood that was perfectly suited to writing about Lenan Sidhe and Moriath, Cliodhna, and the rest.
Riding Lessons for Artists The Enriching Value of Community By Judy Wood
How finding our tribe, sharing knowledge and experiences is beneficial to our artistic life.
Curious Creative Blocks By An Artist in Brooklyn
I’ve read on a lot of creativity blogs that “if I’m feeling blocked, I just don’t do the work that day,” which is usually presented under the idea that this is being gentle with ourselves, or being good to ourselves in some way.
Juicy Journaling with SARK By Chris Dunmire
There’s a whole lot of journlin’ going on! If you’ve enjoyed Creativity Portal's Juicy Journals & Wild Words series, look at Juicy Journaling with SARK, a new 30-day eProgram, “A Nourishing Adventure to Start Your Day off Write!”
SARK has a wonderful way of inspiring and facilitating creative expression in people at all levels, and I know writers will especially love the abundance of multi-media tools, stories, prompts, and resources included in this self-paced program aimed “to unearth your writing voice and nourish your soul.”
I’m helping spread the word about Juicy Journaling with SARK 1) because if you enroll by July 1, 2009, you’ll get a sweet early-word discount, and 2) I’m featured in the Program as one of the contributors! Learn more at PlanetSark.com.
