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Mail-Order
CATalogs  Posted
Oct-30-2005
Direct-Tail Tales
My cat gets her own mail. It's true. Just the other day
I received an L.L.Bean catalog with her name on it. How did that
happen? ... |
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Giving
YOURSELF Permission to Be an Artist Posted
Oct-26-2005
Permission Granted!
As a developing creativity coach, I know this is
one of the biggest issues facing many artists (crafters,
writers, and performers). A person wants to become an artist.
They pursue training (or not), create 'studio' space in
their home, buy materials, and dream big. But then what?
Some get stuck. They become filled with fears and self-doubt
and question the validity of carrying out their artistic dreams
in an external world. Who told them they could do this? "I
can't be an artist, unless someone tells me I can." Unsure
of themselves, they seek out permission to follow through with their own creative dreams.
This
article by
Linda Dessau gives an excellent perspective on
the concept of permission. It ends
with a list of "10 Signs That You've Given Yourself Permission
to be a Creative Artist" that should be made into
a motivational poster for every creative person struggling
with this issue. Nicely put, Linda. • |
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Make Your
Own Peanut Pets™ Posted
Oct-22-2005
I can't help it. This is how my brain works. I'll
be eating peanuts, for example, and come across one shaped
like the body of some poor, legless animal. I'll pause
for few moments and think: "Ya know, with some googly
eyes, I can turn this peanut into a real-life entity." ... |
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Creativity
Tip #6 Posted
Oct-18-2005
Take steps to manifest your
creative idea.
If you have words buzzing around in your head, a
doodle itching in your fingers, or a design idea for your next
quilt
— start taking steps to manifest (give form to) your
creative idea. ... |
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Imagination
Prompt Generator Posted
Oct-16-2005
The First e-Book I Never
Wrote
Here's a great example of one of my creative ideas that failed at first, but
then succeeded through an innovative twist. ... |
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Gumshoeing
and Poking Around Millennial Park Posted
Oct-15-2005
Imagination & Play: Not
Just for Kids
Last month I entered Michael Bungay Stanier's contest for the best photograph
of his Get Unstuck & Get
Going coaching tool in 'a cool and funky' location. His challenge inspired
me for the sheer fun of it, and I didn't have to travel far to snap an exotic
scene. ...
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Commander Reiki
and Chakra Khan Posted
Oct-11-2005
Prismatic Colors and Universal
Life Energy
The title is punny, but this isn't about a well-endowed singer or Star Trek Generations.
It's about another artistic frontier that I'm not afraid to explore. A New Age
spirituality, if you will ... |
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Lesson:
How to Draw a Pumpkin Posted
Oct-07-2005
A Gourd for the Bored
You know how to pick 'em from a pumpkin
patch, but can you draw upon them for inspiration? Go
on, be creative today!
(Pssst... if yer looking for coloring pages with a Nit Wits
attitude, I know where some are: Printable
Pumpkin Coloring Pages.) |
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My
Font Affair with Paul Cézanne Posted
Oct-06-2005
Graphic Designer Gift Ideas
I have a confession to make. For more than four years
I have been in love with Paul Cézanne. Well, not actually
the French artist himself, but the font (typeface) styled after
the famous master's handwriting. In my creative world, there
was no other typeface that I coveted more than the Cézanne
font from P22 (a font foundry). ... |
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Get
Unstuck & Get Going Posted
Oct-03-2005
Fun "Flips" Coaching
Tool
I enjoy my personal copy of Get Unstuck & Get
Going and have found it useful in my own self-coaching
practice. Sometimes all we need is an outside perspective
like this when we're up against creative blocks in our
work. And this tool has rightfully claimed its space on
my creative inspiration shelf. Review... |
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Nit
Wits #23: Pumpkasso Posted
Oct-01-2005
Pumpkins and Picasso
October is THE month of
the pumpkin 'round these parts.
Yes, the link between the fall harvest, Halloween, and pagan/druid/orwhathaveyou
customs with using carved-face gourds to fend off evil spirits
while greeting little children in costumes going door-to-door chanting "trick
or treat!" for candy has much to do with it too. ... .
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