Act – Daily Quiet
Exercise #4 in Stage Six of the Creativity Journey – Rest and Listen In this second half of your creativity journey, it’s time to begin developing your creative practice. First step? Add some daily quiet. This is your practice so think about what form you want your quiet to take. …
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Explore – Do Nothing
Exercise #2 of Stage 6 in the Creativity Journey – Rest and Listen In the previous exercise, you got a taste of stillness, of being quiet and opening your mind to hear the voice of the Muse. Now it’s time to do it in earnest, but you can do this …
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Imagine – The Voice of the Muse
Exercise #1 of Stage Six of the Creativity Journey – Rest and Listen The best description of what it’s like to be inspired by the Muse was in Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Big Magic. She relays the story of a poet who described receiving inspiration as if on a wind and …
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Pausing to Rest and Listen for Your Creativity
Introducing Stage Six in the Creativity Journey – Rest and Listen Perhaps you’re in need of rest too. This creativity journey and life in general can be exhausting. We live in a culture of busyness. It’s a badge of honor to always be busy, to be too busy to enjoy …
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