In addition to endless ways we can self-limit and self-censor our creative expression, there are often subtle – and not so subtle – forms of censorship that can impact creative endeavors, sometimes even before they can find an audience.
Citing its policy barring ads dealing with “public controversy,” NBC said it rejected a TV commercial for [...]
House [Dr. Greg House of tv series “House M.D.” - played by Hugh Laurie] began taking pills for chronic pain after developing an infarction in his right leg…
But while the drug habit was treated merely as a character quirk until now, it’s about to become a full-on vice.
“House is an addict, and we wanted to [...]
Bill Moyers: On Faith & Reason – Margaret Atwood | PBS
Bill Moyers on Faith & Reason [July 28 on PBS]: writers Margaret Atwood and Martin Amis show how the imagination of the creative mind can help cross the boundaries between faith and reason and to see the best and worst of human possibilities.
Related page: spirituality
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“The manic end of is a lot of fun. I try to encourage people to envy my mania. A lot of it is just fantastic.
“Mental illness sounds so horrendous and it can be. But it’s kind of a broad term. People that are depressed have mental illness.
“A lot of what’s wrong with me is, I [...]
The psychologist Erich Fromm said, “Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.”
This is definitely true for entrepreneurs and guerilla marketers. We do not know how a particular book, workshop or product will turn out, or if it will be widely accepted by our intended audience.
What we do know is that we have [...]
Q: Are you still as shy as you were back in 1975?
Steve Wozniak: “I would not have been able to have this conversation, you know, back in the extreme shyness period, which extended all the way through starting Apple. I would sit in the back of a computer club and never raise my hand to [...]
“Work is love made visible. And if you can’t work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of the people who work with joy.”
- Kahlil Gibran
> quoted by Healthy Wealthy nWise magazine
> Etching by Rembrandt – [...]
Those who can, do; those who can’t, become critics. Negative judgements alone do nothing but stilt growth.
That is unless you ignore it as did Elvis Presley who was fired from the Grand Ole Opry after only one performance and told by the manager, “You ain’t goin’ nowhere, son. Better get y’all job back drivin’ a [...]
Oliver Wendell Holmes said that “most men and women go to their graves with their music still in them.”
The whole purpose and mission of Healthy Wealthy nWise magazine is about helping people begin to find ways to release what Elizabeth Browning called the ‘imprisoned splendor.’
Not to take your music with you; to do that which [...]
