Acting, writing and other forms of creative expression can help us better understand life, both as artist and audience. But as a performer or other artist, can you get too caught up in the fantasy life of your creative work? And how do you think of yourself as a creative person? That can affect how […]
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Creative Passion or Just Doing What You Really Want
Passion can be a deep motivator for creative people, but being too concerned with “finding our passion” can be self-limiting. “The presence of talent is not sufficient. Many people have more than one talent, and wonder what to do with them.” Jane Piirto, Ph.D. adds in her book “Talented Children and Adults” that “A useful […]
Using Our Demons To Create
One of those cliches about creative expression is to “Write what you know.” Maybe it can be expanded to “Create from what you know and who you are.” Lena Dunham is the creator, executive producer, and one of the stars of the HBO series “Girls” about four young women living in New York. She bases […]
Are you passionate about your creative work making an impact?
Many actors and other artists want their creative work to have meaning for themselves, and strong impacts on others. They are often passionate social activists. What can help them do all that more fully? Making life and work meaningful is important for many of us, not just people who are professional artists, but for creative people, it […]
Making Positive Use of Our Pandora’s Box of Emotions
Creative, sensitive and intense people experience a wide range and depth of emotions, and use that wealth of feeling to create art. How can we work with such strong feelings and stay balanced? Actor Gloria Reuben commented about experiencing strong emotions: “The thing I love most about acting is that while I am doing a scene, I am […]