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.
“''We believe what we see,' my expressive art teacher used to tell her students. But more than that, if we actively engage with the visual, then it becomes even more powerful — a form of mind sculpting.” — Rita Farin, The Transformative Power of Visualization
I remember the first time I read Natalie Goldberg's 1986 book "Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within." I was struck at how artfully Goldberg wrote through ordinary life moments in extraordinary ways, using the subtractive process of "uneducation" (subtracting rules, not adding them) to write creatively.
More »10 Exciting Book Sightings! Did you know that Creativity Portal is cited as a recommended Web site resource in at least 10 different books related to creativity? Authors include SARK, Michelle Kabele, Kristen Fischer, Gayle Davidson-Shivers, and Karen Rasmussen. See the List »
Creative Careers In the Arts Interviews Interview with Travel Enthusiast Kristi Tencarre By Molly Anderson-Childers
Kristi Tencarre is an author, artist, and photographer who visited 51 countries on 5 continents before the age of 30.
Inspiring Creativity Success Story Whimsical Curiosities By Lauretta Lowell
My personal discovery of self-fulfillment and happiness.
Spotlight Book & Excerpt
Creativity 101 by James C. Kaufman, PhD
Springer Publishing Company has released Creativity 101 by James C. Kaufman as part of their Psych 101 Series, "short, reader-friendly introductions to cutting-edge topics in psychology."
Creativity 101 will be of special interest to students of psychology and anyone interested in creativity research, theories, definitions, manifestation, and measurement. Available at Amazon »
Excerpt: Defining Creativity By James C. Kaufman, PhD
A few years ago, I was being interviewed by a journalist who asked me, “Engineers give us better machines. Doctors find cures. What does studying creativity do? Does it make better art? Is the goal . . . to destroy the artist — and perhaps art itself — through a process of reductive demystification?” Aside from being an interesting break from the usual questions (such as, “Are all creative people crazy?”), this discussion made me think carefully about why studying creativity is important. More »
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The Transformative Power of Visualization By Rita Farin
Exploring different kinds of visualization tools and exercises including mind sculpting, guided imagery, expressive painting, and vision boards.
