Posts in Creativity
5 Ways to Shake the Creativity Blues

Do you ever feel the Creativity Blues? I’m not talking about the kind of Blues that inspired Picasso’s blue period.  I'm talking about the kind of Blues that leaves you feeling uninspired to create or unequipped to handle the negative emotions associated with being creative.  We’ve all felt it at times.  Those thoughts in our heads that say, “This isn’t good enough to show anyone,” “What I have to say isn’t important,” or “Why does this matter?”  We’ve all had those thoughts at one point or another.....

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Being Messy with Creativity

When we think about creative work, we often think about the end result – the beautiful painting, the well crafted story or the evocative song. But there is a lot of messiness that occurs during the process to make any successful creative work, well - work. Creativity requires trial and error and a lot of it. Eventually, with a little faith, clarity comes out of the mess - but you need to be comfortable in the mess before you can find your way....

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Jump Start Your Creativity

Whether or not your livelihood depends on creativity, everyone needs to jump start their creativity from time to time. Being a writer and strategist, I often ponder the art of being creative and how to keep that creative spark alive. In the spirit of starting the new year fresh, I thought I’d share some ideas on how to jump start your creativity....

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