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5 Ways to Unblock Your CreativityCreativity requires us to journey into the unknown but it’s not a place we find particularly comfortable. Our ‘thinking” brain resists the uncertainty in all kinds of ways. We go blank. We feel empty. These blocks take us out of the creative flow and often when we are on the brink of a breakthrough! 7 Tax Tips for ArtistsWith tax season coming upon us, I decided to sit down with Amanda Mills of Loose Change, Inc. and capture some of the wisdom she's gained in over 20 years experience as a financial and business management consultant for artists. A Creative Journey – Using a Magazine to Heighten Creativity and LearningGo to your local newsstand and pick up magazines you wouldn’t ever read and read them for ideas, connections and trends. This is an often repeated example of using outside stimulus as a way to jumpstart our creativity. This article is an example of someone following this process to heighten creativity. After the Uncomfortable Pause - Seven Questions to Immediately Spur Greater CreativityDon't let the creative thinking end after the initial, 'top of mind' ideas have been thrown out there. There are more good ideas to be had – that might be better solutions to the problem – we just need to delve a little deeper. AND I'm an Artist: Art as a HobbySo why is it that some people call art a hobby, and some people don't? And do the ones who are doing art as a hobby have more freedom, relaxation and fun? While the rest of us "serious artists" only run into creative roadblocks once we step off the hobby train and put on the "artist" hat? Are You Digging Up the Thought-Kernels You have Mentally Planted?Summer is in full swing. Baseball races are heating up. Summer annuals are in full bloom. Farmers Markets are showcasing fresh fruits and vegetables.These same fruits and vegetables were only seeds just a few short months ago.And what has happened to the seed-thoughts you have planted? Did you let them grow or did you dig them up to see if they took? Art And Creativity - What Is It? Where Does It Come From?Are people born creative? Is the urge to make things, to draw, to paint, to just put things together, an inherent part of our being? Many would say yes. Artists Learn To Live With Disappointment, How To Lessen The Impact Of SetbacksOne of the realities of being an artist is that we take risks with our art and often fail in the process. Sometimes things go wrong with the techniques we are using and sometimes we bring failure on ourselves. We imagine making a beautiful piece that will only take a few minutes, which we begin and it ends up taking weeks. Our studio has many projects in the half-finished stage. We had planned to finish that project right away, but it took more time and as we let time pass, the project takes even longer. Assumption--A Level of ConsciousnessWords are the second step in manifesting. The word is the command to the universe to make your thoughts manifest in physical experience. To be able to manifest your thoughts effectively on demand your words must match what you are thinking spiritually. You will always experience your thoughts at some level of consciousness... Automatic Writing - How to Open the ChannelIf you have ever wanted to try your hand at automatic writing then read on. I will share the process by which I sometimes become a channel to pass on the messages of entities who speak with my hands by writing. Automatic writing is a form of psychic mediumship, but everyone has this latent ability within them and can practice their writing skills to a point where they may learn how to initiate a channeled communication by automatic writing. Awaken Your Creative ImaginationThis is a process you can return to from time to time
to generate creative, imaginitive ideas and solutions. It is a fun and effective way to experiment and generate many ideas more quickly than otherwise... Awakening the SensesAs artists, we get to play in the land of the senses as often as we allow ourselves to. And our gift to the world is that we help others to engage their senses through what we create. So how is it that many of us, even artists, have ended up with our senses deadened? Back to the Future Movie Shows how to Connect Your Flux Capacitor & Find Your Jiggawat JackpotFeeling Tired? Need some plutonium to kickstart your creative energy? How about a bullet proof vest to protect you from that bullet from the past? Read this article and learn what The Movie Back to the Future can teach you about the power of love. Become a Chaos Catalyst and Beat the Emotional Tornadoes in Your LifeWant to know how to anticipate the emotional tornados, earthquakes, and thunder storms in your life? Become a chaos catalyst and learn to art of negotiating and navigating in a complex, ever-changing world filled with a variety of perspectives. Before you Climb your Creative Mountains - Build up your Strength by Frolicking in the Foothills!There are few things more de-motivating and depressing than having a huge complex project and not being able to work on it because it simply feels too big and too overwhelming.So what can we do to build on our creative strengths and become better prepared for these huge dream projects, our "creative mountains"? Befriending Your CreativityWe are all creative, but some of us do not know what to do with that aspect of our selves. Here are suggestions and examples of how the creative can be a more constructive and constant companion. Being Labeled Crazy By Your Detractors Has AdvantagesSo often society loves to label folks who threaten their belief systems, power bases or ways of doing things as crazy. Yes, this is one tactic that the "establishment," associations, governments, academics use to dismiss challenges to their power base, this is typical human behavior. Boost Your Creativity and Make it Work for YouAre you having one of those days (or weeks) where you feel like you have run out of good ideas? Read on for 6 simple tips to get your creativity energy going again. Breaking Through to Your Personal GeniusThe creative mind works in what may be seen as mysterious ways. First of all, how it works doesn’t make any sense, rationally.The best creative ideas seldom happen when you are trying to create them. Can a Tune Get Stuck in Your Brain?Have you ever had a tune stuck in your head? No matter what you do you keep hearing the same tune over and over in your head. It's maddening, it's universal and it's treatable! Read on... Can Someone Else Really Steal The Business Idea You Have In Your Head?I say NO, for the simple reason that short of their being psychic, others around you are unlikey to be able to "see" an idea you originate in exactly the same way you see it. Allowing yourself to become preoccupeid with the possibility that someone will "steal" your idea will only cause you needless anxiety. And this could result in your being too discouraged or worried to take your idea to the next level - which would be a shame. Read this article to understand why you must not let this happen to you, if you want to be able to look back in future and feel that you lived a truly fulfilled life. Changing the Paradigms in Your LifeChanging the Paradigms in your life is based on eleven basic principals. These principals work together simultaneously and are interconnected, yet separate. Create Your Own IdentityExternal beauty is temporary. Inner beauty is permanent and eternal. This is the beauty we need and this is what we gain when we activate ourselves. This is the beauty God recognises. So seek love, for you seek inner beauty. Direct your mind to a higher ideal. Creating A Life That's Right For You: Are You Living By Design or Default?We all have many different areas and elements that together make up our lives. But are the ones that make up your life right now there by design or default?To quote Dr Wayne W. Dyer - "There are some people who live 70 years, and there are some people who live one year 70 times..." Which are you most like? Creating Tiny Gardens of Weight Loss and Inner GainHave you wasted time and money on crazy diet programs? What if I told the key to losing weight is within you? It's in your creativity. That's it. Creating to Connect – How All Creativity is About CommunicatingAnyone who uses their creativity in their career or projects is in some way essentially seeking to communicate. Ultimately, the creative work we all most connect to, hold most dear and remember longest, is that which speaks to us on a deep level of feeling and emotion. How are you making use of this in your own creative projects? Creative ActsAn artist's reflections on the development of creative vision. Creative Blocks: How to Get Unstuck!Ever had your creativity hit a brick wall at the worst possible time? Here's how to get
unstuck and get back to business in a few easy steps (without moving the furniture). Creative Communities – Why A Life Of Creativity Needn't Be LonelyBeing someone who is highly creative and consistently brave
enough to seek new ways of tapping into that creativity can
sometimes feel like a lonely venture.So what can YOU do to provide yourself with the support you
need for your creativity in times of doubt? Creative Companions - Why We Need Never Really Create AloneIf you find your creative adventures and experiments are often lonely and insular affairs, why not seek out a creative companion?In its most obvious interpretation this could be another person. But what if we open this idea of a creative companion a little wider?