Here’s a little quiz: Question 1. Who’s stopping you from being more creative? Is it - a) Your partner? b) Your parents? c) Your children? d) Your boss? e) Your friends? f) Your doctor? g) Your postman? h) All of the above? Take a guess at the answer. If you [...] Read more »
The Insanity Of Multi-Tasking And How It’s Destroying Your Creativity
In our forever-busy hyper-connected lives it seems like there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to do all the things you need to one at a time. So the only option, the only way to keep up, is to divide your focus, energy and creativity amongst all these demands, [...] Read more »
How To Find What Makes Your Creativity Come Alive And Dance Like Crazy In The Streets
Imagine that your creativity was a person, its own individual being. What kind of person would it be? What would be its main personality traits? And, more importantly, how happy, and motivated, and fulfilled would you say your creativity is right now? Your creativity of course is not separate, it’s [...] Read more »
Why Your River Of Creativity Is Running Over But You’re Still Dying Of Thirst
One of the most common complaints I hear from readers is that they struggle to come up with creative ideas. Not just great quality ideas that they feel excited and inspired about, but any ideas at all. Maybe it’s something you’ve had issues with yourself? Without any ideas to begin [...] Read more »
Finding Creative Freedom: The Bliss Of Being Barefoot And Belt-Less
If you didn’t have SO many different things restricting you, then yes of COURSE you’d be more creative, I know. But because you feel so limited with time, energy, ideas, and a dozen other factors, you don’t create at anywhere near your full potential, in terms of quality or volume. [...] Read more »
Why Men Look So Terribly Uncomfortable Holding Bouquets Of Flowers
Ever noticed how painfully uncomfortably men hold bouquets of flowers? It’s more prevalent around celebrations like Valentine’s day, or Mother’s Day, but it can be seen on a smaller scale throughout the year. There are a few different approaches, all look equally awkward. First, the truculent toddler look. Here the [...] Read more »
7 Creative Questions: An Interview with MultiMedia Artist Cherry Jeffs (aka WildCherry)
7 Creative Questions is an ongoing series of interviews with everyday creative artists. Today’s artist is Cherry Jeffs (aka WildCherry) Cherry, would you like to introduce yourself? I’m a UK-born, mixed media artist and I’ve been living in Spain for the past 14 years with all the joys and challenges [...] Read more »