If you want to know how to be more creative, you have to learn how to surrender to your creativity. “One of the things you’ll hear people say, when they tell me they wish they could draw, is, ‘I see it in my head, but I can’t get it onto the page.’ And then I…
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Quantum Entanglement and Creativity
“Even when the two entangled particles—or people—are separated by a great distance (and I mean emotional or physical distance…or like being at opposite ends of the universe), their movements or actions affect each other.” ~ Sally Ember on quantum entanglement I am writing to you from the edge of the Caribbean Sea and Yucatan jungle…
Is Your Creative Goal Zapping Your Joy?
“Some people believe holding on and hanging in are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.” ~ Alyson Noel As I wrote about last week, sometimes we need to release a project or say No to something we…
Igniting Your Inner Rebel
What does your inner rebel say about you? “To rebel is to truly own your own self.” ~ Dhani Harrison “Where did I find the courage to rebel, change my life, live alone? I don’t want to over-estimate all this, but damn it, I love that nine-year-old, whoever in hell he was. Without him, I…
The Line Itself Is Giving You an Idea
The line itself is giving you an idea. And I think that’s the part that people don’t remember or suspect about drawing. That drawing can go not just from your head to the page, but definitely from the page and up your hand and into your head.” ~ Lynda Barry Emily Dickinson was very particular…
Let Your Imagination Howl
What does it mean to let your imagination howl? “…A howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.” ~ Henry David Thoreau I drove past the Whiteside Mountain overlook yesterday as the sun was setting. Throngs of tourists gathered along the guardrail with phones and cameras at…