The Great Creativity Illuminator

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The Great Creativity Illuminator

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


Abstract

Michael Michalko

What's not taught in school

About creative thinking.


Daily routines of famous creatives

Donald M. Rattner

Designate a Creative Space

Establishing place.


Da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Genius habits

Arte & Scienza · Sfumato · Dimostrazione · Corporalita · Sensazione · Connessione · Curiosita

Piet Mondrian is known for De Stijl paintings

Mondrian and the artists who shaped modern design


By Chris Dunmire | Posted 4/3/26

Each time I watch Green Acres, my eye catches the Mondrian-style painting hanging on the wall as Lisa "adores the penthouse view." The square-and-rectangle piece hanging in the living room is undoubtedly a less-expensive prop than a multi-million dollar Sotheby's piece and a fascinating thread into how design movements rise. More …


Duology bookset by D.L. Taylor

On discipline and the quiet work that turns ideas into books


By Chris Dunmire | Updated 2/25/26

I had the pleasure of attending a book release party where I met two standout YA fantasy authors, D.L. Taylor and Logan Karlie, celebrating the release of the second installment in Taylor’s duology The Beasts We Bury and The Beasts We Raise. More …


Dear Muse typewriter letter

How collaboration and focus help you finish what you start


By Susan M. Brackney | Updated 2/15/26

Dear Muse,

My creative energy is like a Ping-Pong ball bouncing off the walls, and there are not enough lifetimes for me to accomplish all of my goals. I'm very frustrated, because I can't seem to concentrate on one project at a time or even place them in any order of importance. More…


Fostering Creativity in Children

Abby Connors

Robert Henri's 'The Art Spirit'

Inspiring ideas since 1929.

Math grave

PUN-ish #1

Math grave

The place where subtracted, reduced, and rounded numbers go.

Perfect Personal Essay

Perfect Personal Essay

Why You Have to Make Up with Your Siblings

If you don't show me your broken heart, then I can't find myself in your story.

Creative Outlets

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Creative Outlets

A lifetime of creative opportunity.

Joy Sikorski

Joy Sikorski

Whimsical drawing lessons

From How to Draw a Clam and Squeaky Chalk.

Daffodil

Joy Sikorski

Draw a daffodil

From How to Draw a Radish.


Audacity

Modern Day Muses

5 Belief strategies

From an audacious muse.


9 Greek Muses

Molly Anderson

Invoking the 9 Greek Muses

Calliope · Clio · Erato · Euterpe · Melpomene · Polymnia · Terpsichore · Thalia · Urania


Da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Genius habits: Sensazione

Awakening your senses.


Creativity Illuminator

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The Great Creativity Illuminator

Creative thinking shifts perspective.


Collage

Jill Allison Bryan

Reframing through the eyes of a child

Take something in your life that needs your attention and try this.

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