There is no GPS for the creative life; the pathways we may follow are too winding and the influences and inspirations come from so many places and times. Divergent thinking can even come into play when promoting creative projects. The photo is writer Sherrilyn Kenyon, who has some interesting comments below about influences on her [...]
Julia Cameron Live online course and artists’ community: From the program site: “As author of The Artist’s Way, The Vein of Gold, and The Right to Write, her bestselling works on the creative process, Julia Cameron is credited with founding a movement that has enabled millions to realize their creative dreams. “Julia eschews the title [...]
“I have always spent most of my time staring out the window, noting what is there, daydreaming, or brooding.” Joyce Carol Oates How do you use your time to encourage creative imagination and expression? In her post If you don’t value your imaginative life, no one else will, author and writing teacher Lisa Rivero notes [...]
Matt Cardin is a horror writer, teacher, and musician-composer. Below is an excerpt from Chapter Two: A Brief History of the Daimon and the Genius, in his (free) ebook: “A Course in Demonic Creativity” available at his site Demon Muse – “a blog about the creative daimon muse: what it is, how to meet yours, [...]
~~~ Creativity researcher Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, PhD (pronounced me-high chick- sent-me-high) explains in his article The Creative Personality: Ten paradoxical traits of the creative personality (from his book Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention) that “Creative people tend to be smart yet naive at the same time.” He says that “a core of [...]
How we think about having and developing abilities can have a strong impact on actually using our talents. If we think creative expression has to wait for inspiration from a muse, or that there are only a few “chosen” geniuses with exceptional “gifts” in computer graphics, fashion design, writing novels or whatever – and think [...]
One of the theoretical four stages of creativity (along with preparation, illumination, and verification), incubation is defined as “a process of unconscious recombination of thought elements that were stimulated through conscious work at one point in time, resulting in novel ideas at some later point in time.” (Wikipedia) The photo is John Dabiri, a Professor [...]
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“Fear is good. We view fear as a disease. It’s not a disease.” Psychologist Robert Maurer “I don’t do anything anymore that feels safe. If it doesn’t scare the crap out of you, then you’re not doing the right thing.” Sandra Bullock Fear is a simple label for a variety of experiences from mild discomfort [...]
By Steve Pavlina. According to a well-known stereotype, left-handed people such as myself are supposedly more creative than right-handed people. I don’t know if that stereotype has any basis in reality, but when I learned about it as a child, I assumed that because I was left-handed, I was supposed to be highly creative. That [...]
Deepak Chopra once commented: “Creativity is ultimately sexual – I’m sorry — but it is!” Other people agree. Writer Eve Ensler says that she believes “sexuality is the greatest gift we’ve been given. “Its energy is the basis of creativity, love, ambition, desire, life. Sexuality has gotten all these bad raps because it’s so powerful.” [...]
Einstein reportedly was expelled from school for “undermining the authority of his teachers and being a disruptive influence.” Of course, that was a long time ago – but do current schools encourage creative people? “Montessori taught me the joy of discovery…It’s all about learning on your terms, rather than a teacher explaining stuff to you.” [...]
By Cynthia Morris, CPCC It would be nice to believe that the life of a creative person is one long, happy adventure. But despite the freedom and satisfaction that can come from working as a creative professional, it’s not all fun. As a coach for writers, entrepreneurs and other creative types, I’ve seen the range [...]
A number of therapists and others think hypnosis can help creative people improve thinking and awareness. In his article Writers Thrive On Anxiety, hypno-psychotherapist Dr. Bryan Knight declares that hypnosis can help writers in a number of ways – and be helpful for other creative people as well, of course. He says it helps “first, [...]
Talking about the topic of her movie “Marie Antoinette,” director Sofia Coppola once commented, “You’re considered superficial and silly if you are interested in fashion, but I think you can be substantial and still be interested in frivolity.” One way many talented people can be self-critical is to judge their wide-ranging serial interests as superficial [...]
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Site author: Douglas Eby, M.A./Psychology, is a writer and researcher on the psychology of creative expression and personal growth, especially for high ability adults. He is publisher of the Talent Development Resources series of sites.
