Creativity and Me - from Childhood Imagining, to Going Where my Father could not Go - to an Audience

All my life, creativity has played an enormous part - as a child I imagined my way through story after story, and also wrote stories of my own. I was 12 when I wrote my first film script. I imagined everything would be easy. Like so many creative people, I haven't had it easy. Many satisfactions. But the audience has kept being just around the corner - and still I've kept trying, and not just for myself but for so many of us.

Sunshine and Showers? Why Your Creative Life Needn't be as Unpredictable as the Weather

Stop for a moment and think about how you might describe your creativity right now if it was a type of weather. Would it be sunny clear blue skies? Scattered showers? Constantly murky cold and overcast? Blizzard conditions?! Whatever the current “weather conditions” in your creative life, they needn’t be permanent. We all have the ability to change how we react and the direction we’re heading in at any time.

Motivated by Your Creative Talents

In what ways do you use your creative talents? God has gifted all of His creation with special skills and talents. Not one person is left without some degree of creativity to share with others. Are you using your talents and gifts to serve others with?

The Brain Drain

Is it getting harder to remember things? Author shares his strategies for keeping it all together.

The Quickest Way To Turn Your Invention Into Cash

The world is full of inventors whose products will never make it to the marketplace. That would make them just dreamers because a person needs an invention in order to be called an inventor. So what is it that hinders most dreamers from moving on to qualify to be called inventors? The answer will shock you.

Creatively Stuck? Try Sitting With The Silence

As creative people, the position of being stuck for ideas and direction is unavoidable, and one that we’re all faced with now and again, for however short a time it lasts. But if we can let go enough of the maelstrom of fears and ideas in our thoughts and truly listen to what the creative project is asking for, we’ll find the answer often leaps out and becomes quite obvious. Here’s how...

Colour - Get it Right, First Time

I do not know who invented The Colour Wheel but s/he sure was a friend to every artist who has followed. Models of The Wheel can be found on my website (click on the url at bottom of this article.) You can enlarge, print and copy the models as many times as you wish. Use them to experiment while you become familiar with the principles behind the theory.

Creative Thinking Activity - Aerobics For The Brain

Creative thinking activity can be learned and enjoyed through discovery. Use the simple exercise explained here involving the five senses to analyze things in a way you have never done before.

The Truth About Writing And Art

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Your Heart's Desire – Getting What You Want

Getting what you want out of life is a lot like going to the drive-through window of a fast food restaurant...

Shake Your Brain a Little

All you have to concentrate on are your short-term goals. and your long-term goals are baby-easy.

Creativity Secrets Revealed: The Best Place to Start Your Next Creative Project

When we consider where to begin on our new creative project, the sheer number of different possible decisions and options we’re faced with can halt us in our tracks. This kind of intense overwhelm has been the undoing of many a potentially great creative work. If only we knew the best place to start, we could get on with the creating and putting all our energy and effort into the project itself! So where IS the best place to begin? What's the secret of those who create rewarding, stimulating, meaningful projects time after time?

Unlocking Your Creativity

This article challenges the traditional meaning of creativity and presents a 5 step process to unlock a person's creative side.

Developing Your Intuitive Business Skills

The ability to sense the righness or wrongness of a business situation, to judge people quickly and accurately, and to come up with ideas and insights separately from you logic or training is an integral part of you business repertoire. There are many business decisions that have to made quickly, without the time to get all the facts which makes your intuition an important skill you simply must develop in order to be successful.

Get Cre8tive

Every human is creative. However, you must understand that creativity and artistic ability are not one and the same. Once you get past that hurdle, it's easier to find your creative muse.