Creative writing articles
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Attraction: what we attract with our creative choices
- I used to be a jazz singer. Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, they were wonderful and I strived to sing like they did. But no one impressed me as much as Billie Holiday. The tragedy and the talent meshed together into a musical offering unlike any I'd heard. I was inexplicably drawn to the drama and the heartache.Louise Montello points out, in her book, Essential Musical Intelligence, that I ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Fear & creativity
- My fears are most powerful when they're simmering just under the surface of my awareness. I'm resistant to a new idea, I'm defensive about holding on to my old ways, I feel excited and panicked at the same time ? these are sure-fire signs that there's some fear under there.Shining a spotlight on my fear has been the best (and only) way to get to the other side of it."Perhaps everythi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Self-care for creative artists: 10 reasons to care about it
- 1. To be more comfortable in performance situations ? performance anxiety usually stems from a variety of causes ? physical, mental and emotional. Maintaining your overall health and wellness, including keeping your stress at a manageable level, managing your negative thinking tendencies and getting the emotional support you need, will diffuse some of this anxiety before you hit the stage.2...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 7 things sapping your creativity right now
- This was a very easy article to write. I was late in getting started this month, and as my publication deadline got closer and I could no longer wait until I "felt" like writing an article, I was forced to sit down and do it. In doing it, I thought about the last month (when I meant to be getting started on this as well as other creative projects), and I identified seven things that have...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creating and living your ideal legacy
- A legacy is more than a gift that lives on after you. Certainly, a legacy is a contribution to humanity. A legacy provides value to future generations. However, if you are creating your ideal legacy, it will also make your heart bubble with passion and excitement today!Louisa Alcott wrote: "When Emerson's library was burning at Concord, I went to him as he stood with the firelight on his st...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Sleep and creativity
- In my life, sleep is the number one way that I can either enhance my self-care and nourish myself or defeat my self-care and deplete my energy, peace of mind & productivity all in one shot.When I'm rested I'm more resilient to stress. My body is more flexible and willing to work, my head is more clear and focused, I feel happier and more at peace and I'm nicer to myself AND to everyone else...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creative dreams - what winter driving taught me
- We had a winter storm the other day here in Toronto. And as I was driving, I started thinking about what my winter driving had in common with my creative dreams. Here's what I came up with.1. Being grateful to be in my car, pointed in the right direction and moving (however slowly). Some days I don't accomplish as much work towards my creative dream as I set out to. Other days it seems like...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Think & grow rich
- All wealth is a product of mind. Some economists will try to convince you that wealth comes from productivity. Many people believe that wealth is a matter of ownership or the accumulation of possessions. They are blind to the truth. They see only effects, not causes.It is ideas that produce wealth. The process of creating anything, including wealth, begins with the idealization, the concept...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 10 ways to thrive as a creative artist
- 1. Connect with your DREAM ? Indulge yourself in a vision of the bigger picture and get out of the mire of self-doubt, details and challenges of today. What's the purpose of it all? What are you working towards? What is your unique mission to carry out?Daily Practice: Spend a few quiet moments reflecting on your BIG CREATIVE DREAM. Then, capture your thoughts through words, images and/or mu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Self-care for creative artists: 5 ways to start today
- Self-care is the path to creative expression. By paying closer attention to your self-care, you can have easier access to your creativity, to your muse and to your inner strength and resilience. You'll also have more energy, more tolerance for others and yourself and more confidence in your work.Start. Have you been procrastinating about something? Do you need to update your resume so you'r...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Breathing out stage fright
- You're stepping onto the stage, amidst opening night flurry and last minute stage directions. In the audience are the director you'd like to work with, the reviewer everyone listens to, and your first acting coach. The blood pumps in your ears, your heart is racing, and your throat is so dry you can't possibly speak your lines. Every muscle is tense and you want to run.It's called the "figh...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The art of keeping a journal
- Journal keeping is basically without rules. It is an uncensored invitation to cut & paste, sketch & chart, and to visualize and unravel every great and small thought. At its most basic it is a decision that your life has value.Just listing your experiences and endeavors can reveal incredible things and encourage you to work for the nearly impossible, the rigorous, and the unseen. Recently, ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top ten brainstorming techniques for business success
- We experience creativity every time a fresh idea pops into our minds. We recognize creative imagination in everything from a pastel painting to a business plan. By trying these ten tips, you will discover some amazing creative abilities that may surprise you.1. Substitute someone else's perspective for yours. How would a teacher, lawyer, actor, artist, explorer, journalist, psychologist, en...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How you can improve your creativity - what you need to know
- Would you like to enhance your creativity? Do you think that increased creativity is something that would improve your life?Before you answer yes or no to that question, take some time to explore what the word "creativity" means to you.If you think that creativity is something that you only need if you're an artist, while you happen to be a middle-manager in a corporation, ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Shyness - another view
- We are all born shy, aren't we? When we see little children clinging to their parents, hiding behind Mom or Dad, we are reminded about the shyness of first coming into this World. As this early stage of our life we are not ready to be seen just yet. We want to hide until it feels safe to come out and be visible.Becoming visible is what Life is all about. Revealing ourselves, showing ourselv...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Improve your bottom line, kens idea saved over $100,000
- Engaged employees can show us the way to continuously improve. Customers want our products and services to be better, delivered faster, and produced less expensively. This means that everything we do needs to be improved. All employees can be thinking about how to reduce costs, looking at safety issues, reducing wastes, and improving the environment, while at the same time developing skills to ide...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A new discovery of an old secret
- Some years ago, when the world seemed to close in on me and I felt as though I was trapped between the sword and the wall, I made an exciting discovery. Actually, it was a phenomenon that was as old as dirt but it took on significant meanings for me because it freed me from all my problems and all the stresses and pressures that were being imposed upon me.I discovered that there is only one...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Internet business: 10 important creative ways to get new product ideas
- Creativity is one of the most important keys to success in any business.If you want to succeed in any business, you have to be more creative and pragmatic.Below are a few internet business tips on how to generate new product ideas:1. Solve an existing problem for people. There are thousands of problems in the world. Create a product that can provide a solution to one of those ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Recharge your battery
- It was 4:15PM on a Thursday when I arrived at the hair salon to get my haircut. My hair appointment was at 5PM but I arrived there quite early.As I set down in the comfortable leather chair in the little "waiting corner," I looked down to my left with an intention to pick a magazine from the big basket that was filled with maybe over 50 magazines.I sorted through the magazines but no...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Becoming radiant: boost your teams creativity with mind mapping
- I don't take notes anymore. Instead, I create one wildly colorful, creative and inspiring page whenever I need to make a decision, prepare a presentation, or plan an event. That whole two-column plus and minus approach? Gone.Bring on the Mind Maps!I read Tony Buzan's first book on Mind Mapping back in the early eighties, but I was too caught up in the old-school world to see how it c...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Overcoming artists block (part 2)
- Once you are ready to start working again you will know it instinctively. All artists go through periods of 'creative block' - it's normal, but after one such episode there are ways of stimulating ideas and getting the creative juices flowing again.Visit your local library and take out books that cover materials, techniques and subjects that are not familiar to you. If you are a watercolour...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Overcoming artists block (part 1)
- How many times does an artist stare down at that blank piece of paper thinking "What on earth do I paint - Where do I put my first mark?" More often than you would imagine! It happens to all creative people actually, from visual artists, designers, poets, through to musicians and writers.When this situation arises, you are in the grip of creative block. When you wrack your brains to come up...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The elements of creativity: attributes listing method
- Attribute listing is one of the best ways to generate ideas, whereby there any many parts to the problem/ challenge faced. If you are asked to generate ideas or solutions to a complex challenge, the first thing you can do is to list all the attributes of your problem.These may include:PhysicalMentalEmotionalSocialand more (de...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Charge your imagination (1)
- "The challenges are not in the marketplace. They are in the mind"....... Jean BernardAs we progress into year 2005, it is time for the professional and business class to "charge your imagination" for greater exploits this year. Take this message from IMAGINATION himself. Is IMAGINATION a person you ask? Yes he is, and he wants to address you, this season. It would be worth your while to lis...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The creativity creed
- I believe that creativity is a natural order of life itself and it provides my life with the purest of energies.I believe there is an underlying creative force infusing throughout my life.I believe that when I open my creativity, I am opening the Creatorâ??s creativity.I believe creativity is part of my destiny and just as important as all living things....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Quiz -- are you creative?
- Worried you may not be creative or you may not be creative enough? This quiz will help you find out just how creative you are.Take a piece of paper and number it from one to seven. For each question, write down the corresponding letter of your answer.1. When you come across a rose, you immediately:A. Smell it. B. Quote every rose poem you can remember. C. Write your ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Becoming more creative -- what we can learn from disney
- When you think about the legacies Walt Disney left us, do talking mice and a multigizillion dollar company come to mind? Actually, those are only the products of his prodigious and rich creativity - dig deeper and you start to realize one of the most intriguing heritages Disney left was his processes.Disney was a creative and problem-solving genius. He knew how to make fantasy come alive in...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Seeing problems from their creative side
- Did you know that winning actually puts less wear and tear on the body than worrying? And did you know that you could worry yourself sick to the point that you'll end up in a hospital bed? And that, depending on the severity of the problem, when it becomes chronic and acceptable mode of conduct, it could lead to options beyond hospitalization? It could very well lead to imprisonment or interment!...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creativity and communication lessons from crossing the street
- Spring is in full bloom, which means it's 'get back in shape time!' For me, that means strapping on the sneakers and going for a run (well, at this stage it's more of a slow loping jog...).I live in a city (Philadelphia) so I have to deal with traffic and crosswalks when I jog. A few days ago I was out for a run and I came to a red light. I jogged in place and looked for an opening in traff...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creativity: the key to getting more done in less time
- If your to-do list seems as long at the end of the day as it did at the start (or worse yet, longer!) then you could definitely use an injection of creativity in your work day.Here are five simple ways of using your creativity to improve the quality of your day:1) Stop banging your head against the wall -- A good chunk of the time people waste in a day is due to stressing over...
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