I like the best. The best food. The best technology. The best movie, book, play…you name it. But isn’t ‘the best’ subjective? Sometimes I have to slow myself down and ask why do I believe this is the best? Who determined that gold is more valuable than silver? When was it decided that if I pay… Continue reading The Best: Creativity from Carbon
When Saying Yes to Others, Means Saying No to Yourself
[box options]Today’s post is a guest post by Amber Kane. Amber holds a Masters of Arts from Union Institute and University of Vermont, crafts amazing scarves/necklaces and writes about it all on her blog. Enjoy![/box] You’re creative, which means that you might have trouble saying yes and saying no at the right time. If you are a… Continue reading When Saying Yes to Others, Means Saying No to Yourself
Revealing Your Creativity: Cut, Discard, Reject
The sculptor starts with a mountain of stone. He chisels away and discards much of the rock to reveal the statue within the stone. He must cut and abandon parts of the stone first. The editor starts with a manuscript. She slashes words from the novel to focus the reader on the essentials of the story. She must release… Continue reading Revealing Your Creativity: Cut, Discard, Reject
Two Limiting Beliefs Killing Your Creativity
As artists, we may have limiting beliefs that sabotage our success. The challenge: we don’t always know we’ve adopted limiting beliefs unless we allow ourselves to be influenced by a creative community. Limiting Belief One: Perfection Have you ever said: “Someone else always does it better.” “I tried before and it wasn’t right.” “I can’t.”… Continue reading Two Limiting Beliefs Killing Your Creativity
Make Lists
Lists are powerful. Lists remind us of what’s important. Lists help us focus on the task at hand. Lists help us celebrate accomplishments. Recently, I combed through a journal I wrote in October of 1997 and stumbled across a list of eighty people and things I was thankful for. Reading this list early in… Continue reading Make Lists
The Company You Keep
[box options]Today’s post is a guest post by Haiku Kwon. Haiku is a traveler, foodie, writer, and wanna-do-everythinger. You can follow her journey of starting all over again on her blog, Life’s a risk… and I’m all in. She would love to make a new friend on Facebook.[/box] Take a look at your friends. No, really–not just a… Continue reading The Company You Keep
What Gives You Goosebumps?
We act out of duty or out of passion. Sometimes we act out of duty and passion. But passion always wins. Always. For creatives, we have to feed ourselves some daily goodness to replenish our levels of passion and creativity. I have a list of go-to things that always fills me up with passion, inspire me… Continue reading What Gives You Goosebumps?
Not My Proudest Creative Moments
If you want to make an omelette, you’ve got to break some eggs. And I broke a few eggs this weekend. Come to think of it, I’ve broken a lot of eggs. As I look at my blog over the past year I realize I’ve had some great successes and some pretty awesome failures. But… Continue reading Not My Proudest Creative Moments
When You Don’t Feel Creative
Confession: I haven’t felt creative this week. +Perhaps it’s because I was on an awesome vacation last week and am back at my (very good, but not always inspiring) day job this week. +Perhaps it’s because I’ve got a cold. +Perhaps it’s because I haven’t exercised enough. +Perhaps it’s because fill in the… Continue reading When You Don’t Feel Creative
Precision Walking
People are amazing aren’t they? The Japanese video below is like marching band without the instruments, weird outfits and Americans. When I see something like this it makes me wonder how many other ideas are out there that no one ever thought to develop. I hope this gets your creative juices going too! Like this… Continue reading Precision Walking