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Spotlight

Art by Angela Blaha

Angela Blaha

The power of negative space

We tend to look at what fills the canvas — the strokes of color, the images that emerge, the story the artist places before us. But just as powerful, and often overlooked, is what is not there. Negative space — the unpainted, the empty, the in-between — isn't absence at all. It is presence in disguise.

Musing

9 Greek Muses

Molly Anderson

Invoking the 9 Greek Muses

The original nine Athenian muses were the nine sister Goddesses of Imagination, Inspiration, and The Arts in ancient Greek mythology. Many cultures have celebrated, worshiped, and tried to entice the Muses: Calliope · Clio · Erato · Euterpe · Melpomene · Polymnia · Terpsichore · Thalia · Urania


Genius habits

Genius Habits

Genius Habits

Unblock Creative Expression

Getting out of a rut.

funmire

Counting on numbers

Creativity 1-2-3

Counting on numbers

Where does the stream flow?

Strategies

Window view of trees

Donald M. Rattner

The Psychology of Space

Impact of environment.


Inspiring Art

Joy Sikorski

Joy Sikorski

Whimsical drawing lessons

From How to Draw a Clam and Squeaky Chalk.

Essay

Perfect Personal Essay

Nancy Slonim Aronie

Crafting the story only you can write

Write in a way that moves, connects, and resonates.

Writing

Erasmus

Estelle Erasmus

Writing that gets noticed

Get your essay writing ideas flowing and seen.


Interact

Swing into creative play

Chris Dunmire

Swing into creative play!

18 Mini-golf brain-stretchers.

Creativity Coaching

Collage

Jill Allison Bryan

Reframing a tangled mess to meditation

Reframing is a liberating technique to take a challenging situation and put a different spin on it.

Teaching children

Fostering Creativity in Children

Abby Connors

Music and movement

Help children learn.


Art-making

Pterodactyl

Joy Sikorski

Draw a pterodactyl

From Squeaky Chalk.

People

Profiles of Creative Empowerment

Yann Tiersen

Imagination + Mystical Synchronicities

Appreciating the capricious main character played by Audrey Tautou.

Printables

Swing into creative play

Chris Dunmire

Swing into creative play!

18 mini-golf brain-stretchers. Play now!


Writing

Memoir as Medicine

Memoir as Medicine

Why Write?

If no one ever reads what you write, will you still be fine?

Deeper

SoulCollage

SoulCollage®

Inner vision

What do you see?

Muses

Marge

Modern Day Muses

The Just-Get-Started Muse

8 Ways to stop creative neglect.