Archive for July, 2009
Auditioning creative ideas
For a couple months, I have been floating ideas about a new creative project. In more fertile creative times, I’ll jot down ideas and plot elements in a notebook about the story. (I would like to graduate to using index cards in the future, but right now there is too much of a chance that [...]
Creativity holds The Power of Thinking Differently
A new creativity guidebook is out on the market, complete with an island of pickles and doughnuts. Written by Javy W. Galindo, an electrical engineer and creative performance arts instructor, he was laid off in 2007. Since then, he has focused on writing his 250-page map of the creative process. According to a press release, [...]
Creative “shoulds”
I know when I get busy I often get stuck in the creative “shoulds.” I pack guilt around the pleasures I “should” be doing. Unfortunately, this starts to imbue a negative aura to something that is a positive act. Anxiety or an uneasy feeling replaces the joy and feeling of accomplishment that would normally accompany [...]
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