Weekly Creativity Kick-Start: Break One of your Own Rules

Have you ever thought about where you stand in your relationship with rules around creativity or self-expression? Are you a rule breaker and trend setter, or do you find comfort in a bit of conformity because it keeps you feeling safer, less exposed? Maybe you just complain about the rules in society or work and how they impact your creativity because changing them feels overwhelming. But there is another possibility… Are you building and enforcing your own rules around creative expression, … [Read more...]

Tear Up Inner Permission Slips and Get your Creativity On

Photo by reallyboring I’m pretty sure I’ve said this before in previous posts, but it bears repeating -- creativity is a way of being, not a specific talent. It’s how you show up in the world and connect with others as much as it’s about what you physically create through work or artistic expression. As we move through life we transform how we create; sometimes becoming freer and more comfortable in our own skin (the ultimate goal, at least for me, anyway) or taking experiences of pain, … [Read more...]