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Being Eccentric and Creative
“I love the concept of rebel.” A post about the documentary “American Masters: The Women’s List” quotes Alicia Keys: “I love the concept of rebel… sometimes you will find yourself almost being told...
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I don’t like emotions
“I don’t like emotions… For some reason I’m more comfortable in imaginary circumstances.” – Actor William H. Macy One of our primary tools as a creative person is imagination. But in his book...
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Using Visualization For Creative Achievement
Creating images and visualizations of what you want to accomplish can be a powerful strategy for achievement, according to many writers, coaches and research studies. Perhaps the most research has been...
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Addiction and Creative People
This section is not just about drug use and abuse – there are many forms of self-limiting addictive behavior that can interfere with realizing our creative and other talents. But substance use is one...
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Talented, But Insecure
Her fourth album “Red” had opening sales of 1.21 million – the highest recorded in a decade, and Taylor Swift has had two million-plus opening weeks. But in a taping in front of a college audience for...
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Solitude and creative expression
Solitude or working alone is certainly not the only way to nourish creative projects. Many artists acknowledge the value of academies such as Juilliard, and less formal artist retreats and workshops,...
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The fear of being authentic and unique
I have often admired prominent people in the arts who have unique, even flamboyant personalities and appearances, and seem, at least in public, to be courageously different. And one of my areas of...
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Motherhood and creative work
“I’d be in the middle of a sentence and someone needed to go to mall for new shoes, so the sentence would be lost.” That is a quote by Amy Bloom, who has worked as a psychotherapist, taught at Yale...
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It takes more than feeling passionate
Of course, it takes more than simply feeling passionate about something. The elements of experience, focus and persistence are also crucial for leading a fulfilling and creative life. And many people...
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Feelings and Developing Creativity
“I’m not crazy…I’ve just been in a very bad mood for 40 years.” Ouiser Boudreaux (Shirley MacLaine), in Steel Magnolias (1989). In his book The Art of Happiness, The Dalai Lama claims “Whether one...
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Positive Obsessions
“Sometimes creativity is a compulsion, not an ambition.” Actor Edward Norton (in Entertainment Weekly ew.com), commenting on the documentary “The Devil and Daniel Johnston” (2006) – about a...
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Intensity and Being Creative
A personality trait that may often accompany high sensitivity (experienced by many, or most, creative people) is high intensity. You can see some forms of intensity in many actors and musicians. Jodie...
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Creating To Maintain Meaning
Meaning is another of the “big topics” touched on in my book “Developing Multiple Talents.” Like passion, meaning is another central element in how we choose which of our creative abilities or talents...
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Being Eccentric and Creative
“I love the concept of rebel.” A post about the documentary “American Masters: The Women’s List” quotes Alicia Keys: “I love the concept of rebel… sometimes you will find yourself almost being told...
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I don’t like emotions
“I don’t like emotions… For some reason I’m more comfortable in imaginary circumstances.” – Actor William H. Macy One of our primary tools as a creative person is imagination. But in his book...
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Using Visualization For Creative Achievement
Creating images and visualizations of what you want to accomplish can be a powerful strategy for achievement, according to many writers, coaches and research studies. Perhaps the most research has been...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Addiction and Creative People
This section is not just about drug use and abuse – there are many forms of self-limiting addictive behavior that can interfere with realizing our creative and other talents. But substance use is one...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Talented, But Insecure
Her fourth album “Red” had opening sales of 1.21 million – the highest recorded in a decade, and Taylor Swift has had two million-plus opening weeks. But in a taping in front of a college audience for...
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Solitude and creative expression
Solitude or working alone is certainly not the only way to nourish creative projects. Many artists acknowledge the value of academies such as Juilliard, and less formal artist retreats and workshops,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The fear of being authentic and unique
I have often admired prominent people in the arts who have unique, even flamboyant personalities and appearances, and seem, at least in public, to be courageously different. And one of my areas of...
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