From the category archives:

Creativity

7 Dazzling Ways to Ignite Your Creative Spark

July 27, 2010

In Greek mythology, Prometheus is a Titan who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals.  This gift of divine fire unleashed a flood of inventiveness and productivity in humanity. If you currently feel like you’re sitting in a dark cave and the fire of creativity refuses to be ignited, below you’ll find seven [...]

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Your Second Chance to Boogie With SARK

June 2, 2010

A few weeks ago I wrote a post explaining that one of my favorite authors–the fabulously creative SARK–was offering a teleclass series called Dream Boogie With SARK, consisting of an eight-week productivity program to help you turn your dreams and ideas into reality. (You can read the post here.) The teleclass series–which is almost finished–is [...]

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Making Ideas Happen – Doing the Work to Make Your Ideas Real

May 10, 2010

In “Making Ideas Happen” Scott Belsky explains that to be successful you need to make your ideas happen. In his book, he shows you how to do this.

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Dream Boogie With SARK: From Dreaming to Doing

April 11, 2010

I absolutely love SARK’s books, and I’ve written about them often on this blog.  For those of you who have never heard of her, Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy–better known as SARK–is the author of over 16 wonderfully creative books in which she combines bright, scribbled pictures and handwritten pages. In addition, she’s a savvy business [...]

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40 Creativity and Innovation Articles – Unleash Your Creativity

March 23, 2010

I’ve put together a list of all the creativity and innovation articles I’ve published on my blog so far. Lots of good stuff here!

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Breaking Through Your Creative Blocks

March 15, 2010

Poet and creative coach Mark McGuinness from the excellent blog Lateral Action is running a series on how to break through your creative blocks. In Mark’s own words: “. . . one of our goals for this series is to take the lid off the creative process, examine the challenges together, and for everyone involved [...]

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Medley of Creativity

February 23, 2010

Every now and then I take odd bits and pieces of interesting facts and tidbits on creativity that I’ve found here and there and I put them together in a post.  This is one of those posts.  Below you’ll find a medley of creativity: 1.  Of course, you recognize the image above as Michelangelo’s “The [...]

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Three Ways Limits Can Set Your Creativity Free

January 27, 2010

One of the best ways to enhance your creativity is to set limits. Try writing your memoir in six words. Or a short story in six sentences. How about writing a best-seller using only 50 different words?

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