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“The practice of any art isn’t to make a living, it’s to make your soul grow.”
Kurt Vonnegut
To be creative at times feels like an almost effortless flow, but creative work may also require a high level of courage and bo…
Life circumstances
Traumatic Childhood and Creative Adult
“Life without pain isn’t real at all.” Shia LaBeouf Many people have had traumatic childhoods, and are drawn to creative expression as part of their way to deal with it, to heal and regain self esteem. A number of talented actors have suffered traumatic experiences, including Ashley Judd, who was sexually abused; Charlize Theron, as […]
Embracing Even The Pain of the Creative Process – Part 2
Many artists use creative expression to explore and express pain in life, but does creative work itself have to be painful for most of us?
Frida Kahlo painted a series of self-portraits as a depiction of the years of treatment (including orthopedic app…
To Be More Creative, Take Care of Energy Vampires
“Energy is the key to creativity. Energy is the key to life.” William Shatner
We need more than ideas to be creative, we need passion and energy. Being productive in most creative ventures takes ongoing motivation and resolve.
Some situati…
Responding Creatively to Disaster and Turmoil
Like other people, those in the arts often respond quickly to disasters like hurricanes. Doing a Google search for “celebrity response to hurricane sandy” I located a recent Tweet by Jennifer Lopez @JLo: If you need a safe place to stay, shelter info avail. in #RedCross HurricanApp #Sandy http://bit.ly/red__cross This evening is a broadcast of […]