Creativity YES! Spirituality? What does that have to do with Creativity?
August 28, 2022
August 14, 2022
Duende: The Fire of Inspiration! Are you intrigued? Let’s go! I found a book by accident that set my soul on fire. It’s called Stoking the Creative Fires: 9 Ways to Rekindle Passion and Imagination by Phil Cousineau. Since I’m not the poet Phil is, I’ll quote him directly: “Reader, beware. There are at least
August 14, 2022
Brainstorming Doesn’t Work. We all went through brainstorming sessions if we are of a certain age and worked in a team environment. That was the cutting-edge method to tap into innovation and outside-the-box problem-solving. We were told to say whatever comes to mind, don’t judge it, and don’t critique it, no matter how far-fetched or
August 14, 2022
Chill Out, Cultivate Peace? No one has ever described me as laid back. I am a Type A personality, and there is not much I can do to change my inherent characteristics. If you can’t chill out on demand, you are not alone. Enter helpful practices. Daily meditation (contemplative prayer) has changed my life. The
August 14, 2022
If you don’t like it, wait a while. Overnight, a week, a month, a year. On the craft of writing, Zadie Smith stresses the importance of putting aside one’s work and allowing the passage of time to work its amnesic magic. “when you finish your novel … put it in a drawer. For as long
August 14, 2022
Keep Your Inspirations – Collect What Inspires You and Keep it Safe. Seedbops are fleeting, capture them, plant them, then fertilize them. Seedbops arrive unexpectedly. They are sudden insights, creative blasts, and sparks of innovation. You won’t know the source or cause. They are mysterious. When they arrive, you have a sense of knowing this
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