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The Body: A Strong House for Your Creativity
In the chapter, "Corporalita: The cultivation of grace, ambidexterity, fitness, and poise", of his book, "How to think like Leonardo da Vinci", Michael Gelb describes Da Vinci's practices and attitudes about wellness and physical fitness. He invites us to explore and apply many principles.Self-Care.Read more…The Power of Thought
It is time to teach you a bit about the greatest power a human possesses: that is the power of thought. You think your own reality!When you think about something, thought waves escape from your brain.Read more…Creative Kids Make Intelligent Adults
Over and over, research shows that kids who receive art lessons while they are young become more imaginative and creative adults. As you may know, creativity is an essential part of intelligence, and is often used as a gauge for measuring IQ.With increasing demands being placed upon schools, teachers, and youth groups to educate our kids in the three R's, education in the arts has begun to suffer in many areas of the country in favor of the "more important" or "more practical" subjects.Read more…Make a Friend for Life with Your Own Creativity
It was an unexpectedly overcast day in California and the breeze chilled my sandaled feet. I was eleven years old. A playhouse made of brown chunks of sod piled like bricks leaned towards a wooden fence.Read more…Your Creative Genius: Moving into Vision
There is truly magic inside of each individual. No, not the magic made of illusion. You have a creative genius, a gift of God, which was yours at birth.Read more…Creative Blocks: How to Get Unstuck!
I have something a little embarrassing to admit. Over the past few days I seem to have developed a bit of a creative block. I’ve been making cups of tea, hoovering the rug, even doing my filing, anything really to avoid the inevitable, that I have to sit down and write.Read more…Creativity: The Origin of Dreams
One dictionary defines a dream as1. mental activity, usually an imagined series of events, occurring during sleep.2. a sequence of imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; a daydream; or fantasy.Read more…Six Stumbling Blocks to Creativity
Stumbling block # 1- Fear of seeming outlandish- Being unique is one of the key factors of creativity and by trying to conceal your differences in order to appear "normal" you are limiting the amount of quality ideas you can generate. the best way to release your creative side is to dare to be different. There are endless possibilities so take a chance and show your differences.Read more…How to Fall in Love With Your Life
Ask yourself honestly this question - Are you in love with your life as it is right now?Most of us can say that we love parts of our life - those parts we can’t wait to get involved in, and pour our time and creative energy into. Then there are other parts we don’t so much love, but just like, accept or tolerate.Read more…Changing the Paradigms in Your Life
Changing the Paradigms in your life is based on eleven basic principals. These principals work together simultaneously and are interconnected, yet separate.• You Create Your Own Reality:-Your beliefs and subsequent feelings Create Your Reality.Read more…Creativity Calling on the Radio!
Though we may not all fully comprehend the science behind how sound gets from a CD played by a DJ at a radio station to our radios and finally into our ears, we've all experienced the concept of radio broadcasts enough to take them for granted as a part of our daily lives.There are stations to cover every possible taste in music, conversation, news, culture and a thousand other topics, every conceivable channel any of us could ever need. The choice is overwhelming.Read more…Artists Learn To Live With Disappointment, How To Lessen The Impact Of Setbacks
One of the realities of being an artist is that we take risks with our art and often fail in the process. Sometimes things go wrong with the techniques we are using and sometimes we bring failure on ourselves. We imagine making a beautiful piece that will only take a few minutes, which we begin and it ends up taking weeks.Read more…Creativity Hotel – How do your Treat YOUR Guests?
As creative people, ideas are our currency, our lifeblood. Creativity itself could be defined as “having and developing ideas”.If we have no ideas then we have nothing to build upon, nothing to cherish, nourish and encourage to grow.Read more…Creative Acts
My earliest adventures in art read like a baby boomer’s TV guide. I began with “Winky-Dink,” an interactive show, in which viewers drew the starry hero to safety on a magic screen. I colored by number with luscious, Venus Paradise pencils.Read more…Life: Lessons Ad Infinitum
I spent last week making art in two different workshops. It was a very humbling week. I encountered that first hard bump of learning something new, that first jolt of, "Oh no, I can't do what I want to do, I can't make what I see in my head or feel in my heart.Read more…Your Playful Imagination - What a Jewel
New life and adventure are as close to you as your imagination. It’s pure magic. Why?Read more…Ways to Use Freeform Collage to Boost Creativity
One way I like to use to boost my creativity is freeform collage. Now you may be asking “What the heck is freeform collage?” Freeform collage is where you take images and use them to generate ideas for your writing, painting, beading and other forms of artwork.Read more…Creative Magic and Serendipity
One of the most interesting aspects of Creative Visualization is the seemingly magical or mystical nature of events. Some think of it as serendipity or coincidence and others just dismiss it all as superstition or simply shrug it off as just one of those quirky things.I have so many coincidences happening around me and to me that I can’t help but pay attention.Read more…7 Tax Tips for Artists
With tax season coming upon us, I decided to sit down with Amanda Mills of Loose Change, Inc. and capture some of the wisdom she's gained in over 20 years experience as a financial and business management consultant for artists.The tax system can be hard on artists.Read more…Awakening the Senses
The "Sensazione" chapter of the book, "How to think like Leonardo da Vinci", by Michael Gelb, is dedicated to re-awakening and sharpening each of the five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste and touch.As artists, we get to play in the land of the senses as often as we allow ourselves to. And our gift to the world is that we help others to engage their senses through what we create.Read more…
Most Recent Articles in Creativity category
- Creativity and Original Thinking: Act Like a Child - By: Lucretia Torva
When you feel you are not creative, remember what it was like to be a child. Tap into that fresh and creative point of view. - What is Creativity? - By: Lucretia Torva
Creativity is not mysterious. It can be learned and enhanced with some effort. - Creativity: The importance of Incubation. - By: Lucretia Torva
When do your best ideas appear? Is it when you least expect it? There's a reason for great ideas appearing at odd moments and it's just how our minds work. - Creativity and Original Thinking: Suggestions from Personal Experience. - By: Lucretia Torva
A successful visual artist shares tips and tricks to support creative and original thinking. Your great idea may be one simple step away from taking shape. - Access to the Creative Flow - By: Patrice Julien
Imagine what you call reality as being the images of a movie on a screen, the source being a "realistic" scenario inside the projector you are.Without this "SHIFT" we continue to be the slaves of an illusion of "reality" and the victims of our cultural overlays. To illustrate how those overlays shape the energy around us I will take the example of a very deep evidence we all share : the fact that we have to work to get money... - Lessons From The Subway - By: John Dir
In solving problems, I often recall a valuable lesson I learned while traveling the subway in Washington D.C. Some years back, a friend and I attended a large gathering of people from all over the country. - Perfect Gift Wrap Ideas - Master the Art of Wrapping Your Gifts Beautifully - By: Michael Douglas
Haven't there been times when you've received presents that have been wrapped so beautifully that you've let them remain unwrapped simply to admire their beautiful state? Now you too can wrap gifts to perfection and know that people will admire and remember them for a long time to come. Here's how... - You Can Fly! - By: Mark Hamer
Well, it depends on what you mean by ‘fly’ doesn’t it?Let me explain. If you want to fly in business, or in your social or creative life, to fly means to be able to fulfill your potential, to allow your creativity to flower, to exploit your own uniqueness as an individual, to enjoy the freedom of feeling fulfilled and successful. - How to Draw Fantasy Creatures - By: Will Kalif
Drawing fantasy creatures takes some skills that go beyond the normal realm of drawing because you can’t find a subject to pose for you – unless you live in an enchanted forest! So you are faced with not only the task of learning how to draw you are also faced with the challenge of tapping into your imagination and then putting this down on paper. Here are some solid tips that will help you imagine and draw better fantasy creatures. - Mindfulness and Painting: Playing Without Expectations - By: Maya Talisman Frost
Painting is my new passion. Who knew?A few days ago, I was talking to my mother on the phone.