As a creative person, one aspect of your personality is probably high sensitivity. You may also be an introvert.
Psychologist Elaine Aron, who developed the concept of sensory processing sensitivity in her research and writings, thinks all highly sens…
Sensitivity / Introversion
Ang Lee: The Director, The Introvert
Ang Lee recently won his second Academy Award as best director for “Life of Pi” (his first was for “Brokeback Mountain”).
In an article on leadership, Susan Cain gives a number of examples of “effective Asian-American lea…
Joss Stone On Being An Artist and Empath
Psychologist Elaine Aron, PhD is perhaps the leading expert on high sensitivity, or more technically, sensory processing sensitivity.
She explains that the trait includes a higher level of empathy:
“Highly sensitive individuals are those born with a…
Learn How to Deal With 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…
Developing intuition to enhance acting performance
Many talented and accomplished actors consider intuition an important part of developing their creativity and power as an artist. Praising one of the stars of her movie “Bright Star,” director Jane Campion commented about Abbie Cornish: “She has to be very true to her instincts, she doesn’t know how to betray them; it would be […]