Creativity and Confidence
Last month, we wrapped up with the final stage of the Creativity Journey. But, you may be wondering, who cares about a creativity journey? Why is it worth pursuing? Excellent question! Creativity is good for its own sake, of course. There are numerous physical and mental health benefits to taking …
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Act – Redecorate
Exercise #4 in Stage 10 of the Creativity Journey – Keeping Your Light Alive What did your soul tell you she wanted during your journey? Create the space for it now. Find a spot in your home where you will do the thing that feeds your soul and ready the …
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Make Your Work
Exercise #3 in Stage Ten of the Creativity Journey – Keeping Your Light Alive You now know what you need to create. Even if the idea isn’t front and center, pounding on the door inside your mind to be let out, there’s something germinating in you. Be still and draw …
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Re-envision Your Creative Life
Exercise #2 in Stage Ten of the Creativity Journey – Keeping Your Light Alive At the very beginning of this journey, you imagined what your creative life would be. But this journey has changed you. It has been a journey of discovering what truly matters the most to you and …
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Imagine – Note the Differences
Exercise #1 in Stage Ten of the Creativity Journey – Keeping Your Light Alive Imagine that you are walking into your home after months away on a long journey. What does your space look like with fresh eyes? Perhaps you too now see a thick layer of dust not as …
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Keeping Your Creative Fire Burning
Stage Ten of the Creativity Journey The final stage in your creativity journey involves learning how to maintain your creativity, how to keep your light alive. But you may be worried about the Fear of the Blank Page. You may be full of ideas now, but may wonder if the …
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Act – Begin Your Practice
Exercise #4 in Stage Nine of the Creativity Journey – Feed Your Light There’s nothing holding you back now. You understand your unique form of expression, the art that only you can make. You have designed a creative practice and learned the value of creating simply for creativity’s sake. So …
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Create – Just Do Something
Exercise #3 in Stage Nine of the Creativity Journey – Feed Your Light After taking an online class together a few years ago, a small group of my fellow students and I stayed in touch via email. We shared what we were working on and our joys and frustrations with …
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Explore Your Practice
Exercise #2 in Stage Nine of the Creativity Journey – Feed Your Light By now you may have a pretty good idea of what your creative practice looks like. You’ve defined the principles that will guide your creative life and decided what is and what is not important to you. …
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Imagine – Your Meditation
Exercise #1 in Stage Nine of the Creativity Journey – Feed Your Light As I mentioned in the last post, many artists begin their creative practice with a meditation of some kind as a way to ease out of the cares of the day and into the art. Your gear-shifting …
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