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Personal Creativity Articles
| Art and Life Are On: Artella's Waltz of Words and Art |
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Eugenia Toledo-Keyser Artella issue 8, The Dreamworld: Night Sees the Day is an adventure in content, structure, and style. It surpasses everything that I have seen so far in art or literary magazines. Artella's Editor and Founder Marney Makridakis is, no doubt, a visionary and a passionate person. ...  |
| Are You Fired Up? |
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Hershey Wier We are gathered together today in order to keep each other fired up. Would you agree? To the best of my knowledge, we are striving to "live on purpose. ... |
| Ten Things You Can Do to Get Out of That Rut - Part II of II |
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Dr. Sharon House, Master Certified Coach This articles offer the reader ten practical, solution oriented tips filled with loads of positive ideas and exercises they can do to get out of their comfort zone rut. ... |
| Clear Your Brain, Today! |
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Julie Jordan Scott Ever have one of those days where your brain seems clogged with some sort of unnamed gunk and grime? Can't think to save your life, much less think creatively? I depend on my ability to think on my feet to make a living. ... |
| Creative Coping in a Tragedy |
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Sharina Alongi Adkins How do we creatively cope with a tragedy of the magnitude of the devastating terrorist attacks on the United States of America on September 11, 2001. ... |
| Writers Block and Goal Setting |
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Laraine Anne Barker What is writer's block? How can writers protect themselves against it? What can they do if they find themselves suffering from it. ... |
| What's Perfect About Imperfection |
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Deborah Martin Let me try something new but please, please, please, let me do it right and well the first time. If we always do things well, always do things right, and people know us as someone who always gets it right, then we've set ourselves up. It's costing us. ... |
| Spirituality and Creativity |
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Douglas Eby '..to forge a creative alliance, artist to artist, with the Great Creator. ... |
| 10 Simple Ways to Honor Your Uniqueness |
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Julie Jordan Scott One message we hear from the time we are children is that it is better to give than receive. It is best to be humble. It is best to not shine a light on ourselves. True, and not so true. ... |
| Creativity - A RX for Wellness |
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Dee Russell . ... |
| Little Things Can Stop Creativity |
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Robert Alan Black, Ph.D. No money can stop a creative project. No resources can stop a creative project. No support can stop a creative project. Yes major things or forces can stop creativity. ... |
| What it Finally Takes to Live Your Dream |
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Suzanne Falter-Barns It seems to me there is only one real and proper way to live a joyful life, and that is to do the thing you are meant to be doing. ... |
| Getting Unstuck When You're in a Rut - Part I of II |
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Dr. Sharon House, Master Certified Coach Often what we call procrastination, a lack of motivation or boredom is really just being trapped in the shell of our own comfort zone. Our comfort zone offers a safe haven, a trusted beaten path for us to follow. ... |
| Thoughts On... Creativity and Daily Living |
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Louise LeBrun The notion of creativity is often linked to what we would consider exceptional achievements, like the art of Picasso, the invention of the laptop or the sleek design of the space shuttle. ... |
| Creating Special Moments |
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W. Bradford Swift One of the greatest gifts provided to us by the Universe is the gift of creation. Unfortunately, for too many it is a gift that is often left unopen. ... |
| Successfully Downloading and Installing 'A-Ha's' |
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Julie Jordan Scott Esther wanted to install a program on her computer. She visited a download site and began the process. The download box opened. The program started along the passageway from the internet to her hard drive. ... |
| 10 Ways to Live in 'Creative Flow' |
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Julie Jordan Scott Take a moment and hold fast to a vision of life continually in the flow. Meandering down the river, and even enjoying when the rapids get rough! Knowing in your heart and soul that the one consistent piece of the puzzle is that you remain in the "flow" mindset. ... |
| 5 Ways to Overcome Creative Block |
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Marnie Pehrson You’ve wracked your brain, but you’ve hit a wall. Nothing creative is coming forth. What can you do? How do you beat writer’s block or creative block? Here are 5 ways to side step the problem. ... |
| Enhance Your Creativity |
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Edel Jarboe Creativity is defined as the generation of a new idea or a new way of doing things. The creative person is one who generates such new ideas while the creative process is how these new ideas, solutions, and inventions are produced. ... |
| Trusting Yourself |
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Belle Wong One of the hardest things about being creative is learning to trust yourself. ... |
| How to Keep Going Even When the Going Gets Tough |
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Lea Brandenburg Every now and then we may find ourselves faced with a challenge - finishing a creative project, growing a business, moving through a job or life transition, evolving to the next level in a career. ... |
| All the Time |
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Joyce Jace When asked whether he only wrote when inspired, a famous author told a journalism class, "Yes, I write only when inspired. ... |
| Kickstart Your Creativity |
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Charles Cave Enhancing your creativity and thinking skills can and should be a life-long journey. This page offers suggestions based on my experience over the last few years. ... |
| Gratitude Poster |
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Belle Wong Last year we suffered through a disastrous renovation that left us with an incomplete, unlevel addition. After experiencing all the turmoil and chaos of construction, we now live in what seems like permanent chaos. ... |
| The Plunger |
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Joyce Jace "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. ... |
| Creativity Beyond Art |
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Tera Leigh I would be a billionaire today if I had a dollar for every time someone said to me "I'm not creative". (Okay, so maybe a thousand-aire.) Here is a newsflash. Everyone is creative. ... |
| Straight Line Syndrome |
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Belle Wong Do you suffer from the Straight-Line Syndrome? Not sure? Here's a quick way to check. ... |
| The Art of Play |
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Belle Wong Have you ever noticed how creativity comes so naturally to children? Dreamy hot days of summer, cold cozy winter weekends ... ... |
| Ten Ways to Find Your Inspiration |
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Jan Gordon The word inspire comes from the Latin word for inspirare, which means to breath upon or into. When we inspire others, we're living from our higher selves. When we're being inspired, we expand beyond what we previously were, or know our selves to be. ... |
| Your Personal Style Log |
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Belle Wong Sometimes it's hard to trust in our own creativity when we've spent a lifetime listening to others' opinions and letting our own thoughts slip away in doubt. ... |
| Point of Decision |
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Julie Jordan Scott Think about that for a moment. Isn't everything a decision? Do I get up as soon as the alarm goes off in the morning, or do I hit the snooze button? Do I wear my pants today, or my skirt? Do we smile or scowl at the people around us first thing in the morning. ... |
| Who Says You Can't Wear Red Shoes? |
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Carolina Fernandez . ... |
| 10 Tips to Becoming a Gold-Dust-Person |
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Julie Jordan Scott "There is Gold Dust in the Air-for me!" These are the words spokenby a successful business man in Catherine Ponder's classic work, " The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity". In the opening chapter, his story is included for inspiration. ... |
| Save Your New Year's Resolutions: Set Goals Now |
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Bev Bachel Creative people revel in making something out of nothing, so when a new year and a blank calendar appears, the possibilities seem endless. Suddenly, impossible editors aren't so intimidating, artistic debuts are only one workshop away and sales goals are easy to achieve. But John C. ... |
| Goal Setting Can Empower Your Creativity |
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Beverly K. Bachel When you feel like screaming, "I'll never come up with anything creative!", it's time to turn to goal setting. Setting goals will not only help you become the successful person you aspire to be, but goal setting can foster creativity. ... |
| Tips For Personal Brainstorming |
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Chuck Frey Everyone has problems and challenges that need solving; they're an inevitable part of living. ... |
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| Expect the Unexpected (Or You Won't Find It): A Creativity Tool Based on the Ancient Wisdom of Heraclitus |
 By Roger Von Oech. "The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus was famous for his brilliant and provocative sayings. Today, more than 2,500 years after they were written, his ideas about life, nature, and the cosmos remain as startlingly original as ever. In Expect the Unexpected (Or You Won't Find It), Roger von Oech uses thirty of Heraclitus' epigrams as springboards to dazzling creativity. Treating each saying as an inexhaustible source of inspiration, he supplies amusing anecdotes, mind-bending riddles, hidden jokes, and intriguing questions designed to topple old habits of thought and fire the imagination. |
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| Your Heart's Desire : Instructions for Creating the Life You Really Want |
 By Sonia Choquette. "Nationally known intuitive and spiritual leader Sonia Choquette shares the nine universal principles for creating the reality of your dreams. Step by step, with practical advice, specific exercises, and modern-day parables, she teaches readers to make the changes in thought and behavior that will lead them to the attainment of their most heartfelt desires." |
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| Affirmations for Artists |
 by Eric Maisel. "Creativity requires introspection, self-examination, and a willingness to take risks. Because of this, artists are perhaps more susceptible to self-doubt and despair than those who do not court the creative muses. This book of affirmations is compiled with the special needs of artistic persons in mind. Arranged in alphabetical order by topic (Disbelief, Imitation, Talent), each page includes a handful of relevant quotations by writers, musicians, actors, or other creative people, a commentary by the author, and, of course, an affirmation." |