03 Dec |
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LindaM
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Creativity, whether in art, business, or life, is the act of making new things or finding unique solutions to difficult problems. Creativity, just like writing, public speaking, or goat herding, is a skill that can be developed and improved with effort over time.
Besides being a skill anyone can learn and improve, creativity is also variable and fluid; depending on our mental energy, motivation, and circumstances, it can come and go like the ocean tide. However, by taking a few simple steps, you can develop a little more control over those tides.
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24 Oct |
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Imagination – One of the Seven Keys to Unlocking Your Unique Creative Potential
by By Maureen E. Killoran
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I have heard people say ‘I just do not have a good enough imagination’, as if it were an inborn trait. Many people get stuck thinking you are either born with it or you are not. Some times it is just a matter of learning how to develop your imagination, and allowing it to flourish and grow.
Giving the seeds of imagination, the necessary ingredients to grow will help also grow your creativity and this is sure to increase your self esteem.
Journal writing, and day dreaming, visualizing and listening to new music with no words: great ways to develop the skills you need to add depth to your unlimited potential.
It is a matter of getting out of the way, and allow your self to be in all parts of your imagination. Just like anything else that grows there will be parts that do not seem useful, yet they help to sustain some area of growth potential that will deliver fruits to the imagination process.
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05 Oct |
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Be Creative – Five Tips to Stimulating Your Creativity
By GK Eckert
No matter what walk of life you may find yourself in, creativity is an asset. I’ve seen people be creative in career endeavors and others be creative in putting together dinner parties. It adds spice and zip to life, not only to your own life but to the lives of those around you. Here are my five tips for stimulating your creativity.
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05 Aug |
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LindaM
Photo courtesy jeleneIf a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
If you create art and no one is around to appreciate it, is it really art?
We all create for different reasons, but do those reasons impact the way we feel about what we do?
This interesting article explores these questions and gives a bit of thoughtful insight into the reasons we create.
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By Valery Satterwhite
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Blocked! Words are not spilling onto the page; color choices elude you; you can’t embody the character you’ve been chosen to portray. Simply put, you’re stuck! It’s not the first time you’ve been stuck and certainly not the last if you’re a creative being. In your stuck-ness you beat yourself up, and often others, in your frustration and anxiety over your creative blocks. You worry that you may not have another creative thought, an inspired moment, ever again! Your life will be over! Argh!! And you resist your stuckness only to give your power over to it allowing the struggle to grow large blocking your vision, your expression, your talent, your gift to the world. Double ArrrggghhhH!!!
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26 Jul |
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LindaM
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As creative people we are always looking for ways to nurture our creative spirit. 26 Simple Ways to Nurture Your Creative Life is a series of short articles that give great advice for dealing with such things as focus, going with the flow, and addressing our fears. It’s a great list of creative nurturing tools and I’m sure you’ll find something useful there.
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25 Jul |
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LindaM
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Having a bad day? Even if you start your day off badly, it doesn’t have to ruin your whole day. This article will put a little perspective on things.
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23 Jul |
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By Steve Gillman
To increase creativity, you need to do two things. First, you need to encourage it. Second, you need to train your brain. Start on both of these right now, and you can experience greater creativity today.
Encourage creativity and you’ll increase creativity. This is true of most things you want to see more of in your life. Encouragement can work wonders. How do you encourage creativity, though?
First, by paying attention to it. Your subconscious mind tends to give you more of what you pay attention to. If you ignore the creative aspects of your life, you are telling your subconscious that they are unimportant. If you consciously note when you are creative, and you look for opportunities to be creative, your subconscious mind will start feeding you more creative ideas. Look for it and you’ll find more of it.
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16 Jul |
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Photo courtesy nickwheelerozRules were meant to be broken, right? Right! So why is it that the rule “we should always finish what we start” maybe gets bent a little at times, but never gets really and truly broken.
Maybe this article, Seven Ways and Reasons to Start Things You Won’t Finish, will finally give you a reason to break that unwieldy rule.
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14 Jul |
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By Andrea Beaulieu
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Definition of Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
Do you want to create something and you just haven’t been able to do it? Here’s the thing: If we want to experience something differently, or create something new, we need to get out of our regular routine. We need to expose our minds to different ways of looking at things. We need to mix things up. This is especially true if we want to stir up our creativity and hear our authentic voice. We need to be different, and to do different.
Here are some ideas:
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