Does your classroom need a creative reboot? Teachers, are you looking for ways to energize your own creative capacities? Parents, have you considered sharing creativity with your children? Find new creative energy as you unlock possibilities using everyday objects. By revisiting an ordinary object and expanding its possibilities with your imagination, you open opportunity spaces […]
7 Days, 7 Ways
7 Days, 7 Ways Maximize Your Creativity In Only One Week Each week is a fresh start for you to create something new and learn about yourself in the process. Keep your creative practice simple and focus only on the next seven days in front of you. Take small steps each day and see just […]
Make Space For Your Creativity
Make Space For Your Creativity How to Prepare for Your Creative Practice Building a physical and mental space for your creative practice is the first step to becoming an active creative practitioner. Think of the physical space that you create as the portal between your thought space and that which you imagine becoming a reality. […]
Creative Invention
Creative Invention Borrow creative rhythm from children’s book authors to launch your imagination. I grew up with the rhyming and storytelling genius of Shel Silverstein and Dr. Seuss, and the collected fairy tales and nursery rhymes of Mother Goose. I lived those stories in my imagination, and I welcomed the characters as my childhood friends. […]
Adapting Your Creative Practice
Adapting Your Creative Practice In Times of Uncertainty Like many during this pandemic, I feel overwhelmed after months and months of being distanced from my usual creative practices. Oh, how I miss conversing with other creatives at art openings, visiting museums, dancing or singing in the studio, collaborating in groups, and traveling to new cities. […]
Practice, Practice, Practice
Practice, Practice, Practice. To be creative you have to do creative. And the do is the practice. This is the first lesson I give my students when introducing them to creativity. Like anything you want to develop or grow, you must expect to put in the required time and practice. Creativity is no different. It […]