The power smell has over us, our intuition and creativity is quite remarkable. It can evoke good and bad memories, feelings of fear or comfort, spark initial gut insights about someone or transport us to another time and place. What we “smell” can also lead us towards something or away from it, and draw our attention down a new and interesting path of creative exploration. While we often experience smells, we don’t always stop and think about all of the ways … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2016
Inspirational Power of Smell: Part 2 of Ways to Tap into Intuition and Spark Creativity
April 25, 2016 By Leave a Comment
Simple Ways to Tap into Intuition and Spark Creativity Blog Series: Part 1
April 18, 2016 By 1 Comment
I believe creativity and intuition are different aspects of the same energy. They feed each other like an infinite loop, each sparking or calming one another as they play together. When creativity is low, our connection to intuition can be closed off. When our intuition feels strange or ungrounded, we get judgy about what we are creating, or have expectations about what it needs be. Of course there are many influences that tamper with our creativity or … [Read more...]
Learn to Spot Your Distraction Tactics and Transform them into Creative Gifts
April 11, 2016 By Leave a Comment
Every single one of us has personal distraction tactics; the little things we do intentionally take our attention away from the task or issue at hand. Harmless in intention, our go-to distraction tactics are just like personality traits - unique to every person. They also tell us more about ourselves than we think. In life there’s a time to focus on work and a time to relax, take in our surroundings, review what comes next and how to approach it. The more we focus, or beat … [Read more...]
Exercise and Expand the Senses to Fire Up Inspiration
April 4, 2016 By Leave a Comment
It's easy to get caught up in the space between over stimulation and routine, a weird middle ground found in daily life that does nothing to expand the senses. As we stretch ourselves to meet obligations, deadlines, and take care of personal needs, there’s little room left to focus on supporting our most human (and basic) creative tools we're given at birth. In a way, we can forget how to call on our basic senses to solve problems, fire up inspiration or create a new way … [Read more...]