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Creativity Check-In: The Napoleon in Me
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Sharing thoughts on what sparks artistic creativity and how to sustain the creative flow long-term. Woodworkers, jewelers, potters, painters, musicians, fiber artists, writers, etc; feel free to share. The Napoleon in Me. Compare yourself to Napoleon? Probably not. Most of us don't identify with the little Frenchman, yet it was Napoleon Bonaparte who said "Imagination rules the world". Let's focus on his successes. Number one, he didn't quit when the going got tough. As a military leader, when on...The M...
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Creativity Check-In: September 2013
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Sharing thoughts on what sparks artistic creativity and how to sustain the creative flow long-term. Woodworkers, jewelers, potters, painters, musicians, fiber artists, writers, etc; feel free to share. SOP: Seat Of (the) Pants Creating. An update on our newest family members, Thelma, Belle, and Babe: they are laying more than enough eggs for our human family of two, and giving us some good entertainment as well. But the cost efficiency of having chickens isn't the point I want to make here. Allowing the ...
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Creativity Check-In
http://creativitycheck-in.blogspot.com/2013/11/to-this-blog-have-been-few-and-far.html
Sharing thoughts on what sparks artistic creativity and how to sustain the creative flow long-term. Woodworkers, jewelers, potters, painters, musicians, fiber artists, writers, etc; feel free to share. Posts to this blog have been few and far between this past year. Somehow, I am too busy living my life to write about it. Even the wonderful, interesting things haven't been noted. For fiber artists, awesome shows like the MQX, and small shows like those at a local quilt guild, community center, or church,...
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Creativity Check-In
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Sharing thoughts on what sparks artistic creativity and how to sustain the creative flow long-term. Woodworkers, jewelers, potters, painters, musicians, fiber artists, writers, etc; feel free to share. Three more girls joined our family today! Joining me, my husband, and our two four legged sweeties, Shotzie, a darling little Yorkie and Zetta, a very pushy, but sweet cat, are Thelma, Belle, and Babe. Our new feathered family members came home in a banana box in the back of our van, sleeping all the way.
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Creativity Check-In: May 2012
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Sharing thoughts on what sparks artistic creativity and how to sustain the creative flow long-term. Woodworkers, jewelers, potters, painters, musicians, fiber artists, writers, etc; feel free to share. Things that rev-up my creativity engine include getting good feedback about my little creations. Links to this post. Links to this post. Creativity Quotes From the Greats. Here are some quotes about creativity I like:. Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working. 8212; Pablo Picasso. Let me see what...
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Creativity Check-In: November 2013
http://creativitycheck-in.blogspot.com/2013_11_01_archive.html
Sharing thoughts on what sparks artistic creativity and how to sustain the creative flow long-term. Woodworkers, jewelers, potters, painters, musicians, fiber artists, writers, etc; feel free to share. Posts to this blog have been few and far between this past year. Somehow, I am too busy living my life to write about it. Even the wonderful, interesting things haven't been noted. For fiber artists, awesome shows like the MQX, and small shows like those at a local quilt guild, community center, or church,...
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Creativity Check-In: Lessons From the Fly-Fishermen
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Sharing thoughts on what sparks artistic creativity and how to sustain the creative flow long-term. Woodworkers, jewelers, potters, painters, musicians, fiber artists, writers, etc; feel free to share. Lessons From the Fly-Fishermen. I have learned much about dedication, risk, and tenacity, all aspects of creativity, from them. Some of the lessons they have silently imparted to me, an unseen observer, have helped me in both the artistic, and business aspects of my journey. Books, magazines, videos, certa...
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Creativity Check-In
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Sharing thoughts on what sparks artistic creativity and how to sustain the creative flow long-term. Woodworkers, jewelers, potters, painters, musicians, fiber artists, writers, etc; feel free to share. Once again, I am promising myself to use this blog as a sort of private journal, a way to think through my creativity issues and triumphs. Of course, the lack of productivity couldn't have anything to do with a lack of plain old discipline! Oh no, not me. How do those women who get so much done do it?