The lovely lady who cares for my children when I work is peeved. A few weeks ago her brother-in-law moved in with her family to live closer to work. He cleans up after himself and makes pleasant conversation. The problem is he’s often home first in the evenings but never starts a pot of spaghetti or [...]
Filed under: Living the Creative Life, The Writer, Writing | Tagged: courage to create, Creativity, Rollo May, Writing | 2 Comments »
We’ve ordered uniforms and we’ve met the Principal. My eleven year old daughter, who is starting middle school this Fall, is half-way through her required summer reading list. She’s ready. But I’m not. Don’t get me wrong, I am happy she’s turning a new page in her life. I’m proud to watch her move into full-pledge [...]
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A while back I wrote a series titled “Living the Creative Life”. I’m reading it again for inspiration and thought I’d share it with you. Check out the advice these amazing people dish out: Leonardo Da Vinci- An Artist’s Advice Vitruvious- An Architect’s Advice David Bohn- A Physicist’s Advice Jonas Salk- A Physician’s Advice Eleanor Roosevelt– [...]
Filed under: Advice | Tagged: Creativity, Creativity advice, david bohm's advice, Eleanor Roosevelt's advice, Energy for Creativity, explaining creativity, first day of summer, group genius, keith sawyer | 9 Comments »
Take thought of the seed from which you spring. You were not born to live as brutes. –Dante Creativity is a lifestyle. You choose to leave something material behind– some proof you once existed and contributed on Earth. Then you build your life around that. You still bathe, eat, make love and nurse a hobby [...]
Filed under: Childhood, Choice | Tagged: Creativity, creativity starts in childhood, E. Paul Torrence, Manifesto for Children | 4 Comments »
Check out the link below to listen to Public Radio International’s interviews with novelist Isabel Allende, artist Chuck Close and a famous playwright, about working creatively. Enjoy! Spark: More Stories About Getting to Work – Studio 360.
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I few years ago I ran across playwright Julia Cameron’s advice to all artists in her classic book Finding Water. She says, In order to retrieve your creativity, you need to find it. I ask you to do this by an apparently pointless process I call the Morning Pages. Morning Pages are three pages of longhand, [...]
Filed under: Advice, Divergent thinking, Imitating/Borrowing, The Writer, Writing | Tagged: artists, Creativity, Morning Pages, stream of consciousness writing, Writing | 4 Comments »
For one year– from Spring2010 to Spring 2011, I turned my growing family into a laboratory. My purpose– to set each of us on a Creative path of our own. We began in the grand central space we call The Music Room. Our old piano is here and our shelves are stuffed with great books. There are [...]
Filed under: Lessons from The Music Room | Tagged: Creative Environments, Creativity, Creativity in Children, one year | 6 Comments »
For one year– from Spring2010 to Spring 2011, I turned my growing family into a laboratory. My purpose– to set each of us on a Creative path of our own. We began in the grand central space we callThe Music Room. Our old piano is here and our shelves are stuffed with great books. There are [...]
Filed under: Lessons from The Music Room, What I've Learned | Tagged: children who write, Creative Children, Creative-Types, Creativity, Definiting Creativity, Gifted Children, Jessica Jackley, Kiva.org, Legos and Creativity, Mother Teresa, producers, writers | 2 Comments »
For one year– from Spring 2010 to Spring 2011, I turned my growing family into a laboratory. My purpose– to set each of us on a Creative path of our own. We began in the grand central space we call The Music Room. Our old piano is here and our shelves are stuffed with great books. [...]
Filed under: Lessons from The Music Room, Making Time, Mantras to Increase Creativity | Tagged: cold showers, Complex Families, Creative Children, Creative Environments, Creativity, Energy for Creativity, large families, Living the creative life, one year anniversary, Routines of Creative People, Schedule | 8 Comments »
