1. Do something that scares you…like making pasta from scratch.
2. Visit The Creativity Post. I love this blog.
3. Give away something you made…that you normally don’t give away.
4. Charge for something you normally give away.
5. Read an inspiring book. Here’s a list of my favorites. Continue reading “17 Ways to Inspire Creativity”
My wife and I were listening that “not-gonna-write-you-a-love-song” catchy tune the other day on the radio.
You know it right?
If not, here it is…
Wanting to know the song’s meaning, I did a little digging about why and how Sara Bareilles came up with they lyrics to “Love Song.” Here’s what she said:
“[referring to her music label] They had encouraged me to keep writing, and I just wasn’t having any luck, and I was turning in the beginnings of ideas and snippets of moments of a song, and I was just getting a really sort of blasé reaction to everything. I started to get really insecure about it, and then I got really pissed off at myself for caring what anybody thought…. I went to a rehearsal space one day. I sat down and wrote something for me. And ‘Love Song’ basically wrote itself. It’s totally honest, and I’m very lucky the label liked it as well.”
Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1583067/sara-bareilles-love-song-basically-wrote-itself.jhtml Continue reading “Frustration to Creation in Three Steps”
Whilst traveling, my wife and I ran into a friend who had this book:
It’s a fascinating (tiny) book of idea generators, saucy illustrations and super teeny-tiny stories. Coupled with this post of writing prompts I read yesterday, I thought I’d try my hand at a few tiny stories as well.
Please leave your own tiny story in the comments so we can all enjoy your creativity.
She didn’t like it when Janice talked that way.
But then again, Janice didn’t like the way she listened either.
When in doubt, stop doubting.
He liked watching people draw, but his favorite was brush on canvas. That sent him reeling.
Creativity, ideation and innovation from the inside out. . . Hollywood style.
Do you love getting an idea? What barriers do you have to push through to make the idea a reality?
“I just don’t feel inspired right now.”
“Not really feeling creative.”
“I can’t work under a deadline. My creativity doesn’t happen like that.”
Bull@#$*. For real. I don’t like to use strong language, yet sometimes you gotta call it what it is.
Especially if it’s ruining your artist and your life.
Making it all Hollywood style today. . .
