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.
A new example is the response of tv network NBC to ads for the new Dixie Chicks [...]

Liz Thompson of Healthy Wealthy nWise Magazine interviews Brian Tracy:
Liz: Brian, you do so many different things. You ran for Governor, you’re a speaker, you’re an author, and you’re a mentor. You’ve done hundreds of courses, written dozens of books… To the typical person, it would seem that you would have to go out of [...]

AuthorViews / YouTube video interview with Susannah Breslin
The author talks about her book, “You’re a Bad Man Aren’t You?“
People “living on the edge” - the subject of her book - can be creatively inspiring, and help illuminate the multiple aspects of our own selves and psyches, especially those we may tend to suppress in order [...]

A recent article [Essentially Annie By Josh Getlin, Los Angeles Times, October 11, 2006] comments on Leibovitz’ preparation for her new book, a mix of her personal and celebrity shots: “A Photographer’s Life: 1990-2005.”
“On one wall of a barn in upstate New York, she had pinned shots from her magazine assignments - celebrity portraits that [...]

Kate Winslet’s director for their upcoming film “The Holiday,” Nancy Meyers says ”People do love her. The only other person I’ve ever seen love acting that much is Jack Nicholson.” [From article What Kate Winslet Knows, by Karen Valby, Entertainment Weekly, Oct 6 2006.]
Psychiatrist Kay Redfield Jamison talks about passion in terms of enthusiasm. Author [...]