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Halloween Candy

Be a Smartie. Don't forget the Halloween candy.


Halloween Fun
Halloween

Renate Smith

Misconceptions

Disguises are rampant among artists.


Telltale

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Enchanted Mirror Puzzle

You figure as figures emerge.

Soul-etry

Dream

The Dream as muse revealing symbols

In my dreams, I am a raven hunting the night on oily wings. A queen in a lonely blue tower. An octopus escaping shyly into a cloud of indigo ink. And you are a hummingbird sucking sweet nectar of paradise from a bloom the color of sky. A bat, biting his dinner out of the air. A man who never stops to ask for directions and travels long and lost on deserted roads.

The symbols, images, people and places found in my dreams are my richest source of inspiration, wisdom, and self-knowledge. Dreams contain riddles, hints and clues, with red herrings galore and winding paths to lead you ever more deeply into your deepest heart.


Spotlight

Art by Angela Blaha

Angela Blaha

Art as an act of time travel

Every creative act carries an imprint of the moment it was born. A brushstroke holds the energy of a heartbeat; a phrase carries the breath of the one who wrote it. When another person encounters the work, it is as if they touch that moment directly.

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

Creativity 101

James C. Kaufman, PhD

Creativity and Mysticism

The history of creativity research started with mysticism.

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ChristmaStrees Card

ADVENTure #23

ChristmaStreess Card

Channeling holiday energy.

Strategies

Painting

Whitney Freya

Create an Intentional Life

Using your creative mind.


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

The Great Creativity Illuminator

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The Great Creativity Illuminator

Curious? Crack your openness to experience and let the light shine in!

Creativity Coaching

Rethinking Depression

Eric Maisel

The Existential Ideal

...and its reality.

Teaching children

Fostering Creativity in Children

Abby Connors

Finding the Beauty of Burnout

When you teach young children.


Art-making

Bird

Joy Sikorski

Draw a little bird

From Squeaky Chalk.

People

Profiles of Creative Empowerment

Lhasa de Sela

A Bid Farewell

Performing artists with an ability to relinquish their ego can go so deep within their human form that they traverse to the formless.

Printables

Swing into creative play

Chris Dunmire

Swing into creative play!

18 mini-golf brain-stretchers. Play now!


Writing

Writing

Estelle Erasmus

Mining Your Life for Ideas

Partner with science to get those ideas out.

Deeper

Art by Angela Blaha

Angela Blaha

The Art of Seeing: Beyond the Surface

Seeing deeply isn't just about what's visible.

Muses

Audacity

Modern Day Muses

5 Belief strategies

From an audacious muse.