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.
“Books defy universal physical laws — they are time machines transporting us backwards and forwards to lost civilizations and futuristic worlds.” — Renie Garlick, An Ode To Books
It's coming, it's coming! Only two more weeks until the official launch of Creativity Portal's first-ever worldwide collaborative daily prompt project, 365 Pictures.
I am so grateful and thrilled at the overwhelming response coming in from people all over the world for this project. Artists, photographers, writers, and other creatives generously sharing their personal pictures and thought-provoking prompts to inspire others with unique perspectives and manifested expressions of creativity. It's so beautiful! Stunning photos of nature and animals, snapshots of artwork, funny illustrations, mixed media imagery, and so much more are lined up in this exquisite prompt machine. We need a ribbon-cutting ceremony!
We're still accepting submissions for 365 Pictures, so if you've been intending to get around to participating, please do! We'd love to include some child art and folk art, so parents, teachers, and folk artists, come on in! Need more convincing? Print yourself a Creative License and know that if you feel even a small tug inside at participating, you have been called into this magnificent project.
STILL GOING: The Jennie Nash My Own True Genius essay writing contest is running until March 15, 2009. There's more time to participate and Jennie looks forward to reading your submissions. Thank you all who have submitted so far. Your personalized Creative Licenses will be zipped out to you later this month.
Finally, if you'd like to listen to streaming audio of the Feb. 24 Live Book Club Event between Jennie Nash and Mollly Anderson-Childers, it's keyed up in the MP3 player in our extras section at Coach Creative Space. Enjoy!
Chris Dunmire
Creative Director & Publisher
Monthly Columns & Featured Series
Creative Careers in the Arts Interview with Queen Bee Susan Brackney By Molly Anderson-Childers
Susan Brackney is a freelance writer and beekeeper in Indiana, and the author of "Plan Bee: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Hardest-Working Creatures on the Planet."
Riding Lessons for Artists Forging a New Path in Art and Life By Judy Wood
If the world of art and horses has an equivalent of "coming out of the closet", I was on the verge of "coming out of the box stall."
More What's New @ the CP
Creative Essence By Shelley Klammer
When we fall into a state of spontaneous creativity we have to be willing to no longer recognize ourselves.
An Ode To Books By Renie Garlick
Books take on a grander, more inspiring role than mere escape or instruction. They bring us together to share our creativity with one another and build strong, nurturing relationships.
Creative Doodling Down Memory Lane By Chris Dunmire
My noodly thoughts and doodled examples to the research findings in the article "Take Note: Doodling Can Help Memory."
