“…your Muse is you, the best part of yourself, where your finest and only true work comes from.” – Steven Pressfield, The War of Art Did you know that you have a boss? Yep. It’s true. When you sit down to do your creative work,…
Category: creativity Exercises
You know who can’t stand it when you celebrate your guts and your work? The Fear Monster. He runs from that! Celebration is one of those things that shuts him Right. The. Hell. Up. So, now it is time to dance! Let the music take…
Scents plunge you into memory faster than almost anything else I know. Walking the dogs yesterday morning, I smelled a wisp of flowers, ones I couldn’t even identify, and they dropped me into the memory of spring mornings in late May in Steamboat Springs when…
Does nothing seem to be working in your project? Are you swirling around the same problem with no solution in sight? Throw caution to the wind and put your project on the “Goes Wrong Show”. For the “Goes Wrong Show,” go through your project and…
Tarot decks carry art, mystery, and mysticism in their forms. The artistic interpretation of the myriad of decks available means that almost everyone can find a tarot deck to match their taste. The illustrations and words provoke reactions, evoke emotions, and spur new thought. And…
Way back at the turn of the century, I owned an internet service provider called SpringSips. Our service was available regionally, though most of our clients lived in a fifty-mile radius. The majority of the technical support came from our small team, so it wasn’t…
Every once in a while, an inspirational image appears. It provokes and endears, and makes me want to find out more. At these times, I spend a few minutes playing with the art – writing a poem, singing a song, dancing with the figures traveling…
To cultivate creativity, we must make space. Most times when I speak of making space, I’m talking about time. Finding little nooks and crannies of time and attention for your creativity through meditation or deliberate practice. However, making physical space creates mental space as well.…
On Saturday, Spring arrives. The Vernal Equinox announces her return with the smell of dirt, small bursts of floral color, and the soggy squish of rainsoaked ground. Who’s ready to rejoice? I feel lucky as I watch the warm rain fall outside and think of…
Great tools are the ones we use over and over again. They stay well-honed from practice and continual use. We love them because they are familiar and reliable. And then, there’s the Allen Wrench. You know the Allen Wrench, even if you have no idea…