“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s mind there are few.” -Shunryu Suzuki Would you believe me if I told you that you’re a wildly creative person? That it doesn’t matter if you’ve never picked up a paintbrush, written a verse, or played a song. Just like breathing, creativity is [...]
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Feeling Stuck? 4 Tips to Move On
Are you ready, fed-up, praying for change? There comes a time to shut down what doesn’t work. A time to look deep within…and to move on. Being stuck may feel insurmountable; actually it is a habit, a comfort-zone of settling for false security. 4 Tips To Move On From Stuck-ness Acknowledge: “I’m done with this.” [...]
Find Out What You Want – Step #1
Do you find yourself plagued by indecisions? Are countless ideas, possibilities and plans engaged in a deathly, endless combat with predictions of outcomes, consequences and treacherous pitfalls and potential mistakes in the confines of your head, paralyzing you? Do you struggle to take a step, to make a choice, to pick a direction in a world [...]
Wordplay Wednesday: Most of the Time
Most of the time I’m grateful That I’m on a creative path That I’m following my heart That I’m a sensitive person With a million feelings That I choose not to numb With alcohol That I’m asking questions In every direction That I have such a strong Hunger to learn But sometimes I get tired [...]
Create Your Purpose
I am tremendously consistent, you know? Interestingly so, since my actions and choices often seem random, haphazard, contradictory. And yet they take me exactly where I want to go. Where is that? I don’t know. I can see this clearly looking back, and I can feel it clearly right at this moment: there IS something [...]
How To Transform Anger Into Creativity
Anger is a good thing…when we know how to be the master, and not the servant, of this powerful energy. How can we be in mastery of our anger so that we use this strong energy in the most creative way possible for positive outcomes? Awareness is the solution. Awareness gives us choice. How do [...]
So You Wanna Be a Blogger? Six Steps to Get You Started.
The blogosphere is blowing up these days. If you’re reading this, you are a part of the movement! Blogging is gaining serious momentum as a social media tool and is lighting a fire to the idea of connection to ignite business and relationships. Ever wondered if you too could be a blogger? You can. Here [...]
Artist Transforms Dollar Store Junk Into Alarmingly Beautiful Photography
Take a stroll through your local Dollar Store, and see if you feel inspired to create art. We’re not talking about the 99 cent coloring books and cheap water-coloring kits, but something on a whole new level of artistic reappropriation. That is precisely what photographer Antonia Basler did for her senior thesis project when she [...]
Deepak Chopra: The Secret of Creativity
How do you keep your creative spirit alive even as you progress further into adulthood? In this week’s episode of “The Rabbit Hole” on The Chopra Well, Deepak Chopra explores the dynamics of a creative life and the relationship between age and creativity (we don’t have to lose our imagination as we grow older!). Imagination [...]
You are not a stranger.
He began to speak and I cringed. “Oh, this is not the place to be saying those things! Those people will not hear you, can’t you see that?” The wizard stood in front of a room filled with people who have never tasted magic. They faced life’s hardships and miseries and their faces were set, [...]
