inspiration, creative writing prompts, motivational quotes, poetry and gentle nagging on the creative writing life…
The things we fear most in organizations — fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances are the primary sources of creativity.Margaret J. Wheatley I’ve tried to explain this to my husband in regards to my office but he’s not buying it. If you’re a Continue reading Sources of Creativity
“A poem should not mean but be.Archibald MacLeishAmerican Poet (1892-1982) A good example of this quote is Maria Mazziotti Gillan’s poem today on The Writer’s Almanac, I have been reading a lot of her work lately and loving it. Although Continue reading A Poem Should Just Be
A creative block is the wall we erect to ward off the anxiety we suppose we’ll experience if we sit down to work. Eric Maisel I wanted to address a comment Jim made yesterday about my sculpting post…In reference to Continue reading What Works For Me…May Not Work For You
This is pretty much what journals are all about, at least to me. I knew as I wrote them that even though they provided an excellent place for brain (and heart, and psyche) dump, they were mainly a map of Continue reading Writing the Map of You Creatively
And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. ~Sylvia Plath Do you have creativity enemies? Self-doubt, depression, Continue reading Enemies to Creativity
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.Scott Adams Children know all about being creative…if you look at their creative talents there is a freedom that we lose as we get older when we Continue reading Daily creativity