When I go on a roller coaster, every time I want to scream, I laugh. It’s very simple. You see, I am not a roller coaster girl. I am more of a carousel girl. I like to ride the pretty ponies as they rise and…
Category: creativity Exercises
Pull out a pair of dice and head to your local library. We’re going to do a little research. Once there, throw your dice. Add the numbers together. Whatever number comes up, head into the nonfiction section of your library and find it. You can…
Have some fun with your creative ritual this week! Incorporate some whimsy. Have you always wanted to do your work while wearing a tiara? Dust off your rhinestones and be the queen of your studio! Or do you dream of lounging on a couch in…
“…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,…
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…