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"What I was interested in was something far more specific: the application of memory, of these sorts of memory-enhancing techniques, to literature—and, on an even broader scale, to creativity. (A complete side-note: I find it fascinating that embodiment has the same effects on creativity as it does on memory." ~~ Book in the article: Joshua Foer. Moonwalking with Einstein http://vsb.li/FbOMqM 
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Ever wish you were more creative? Research has shown that adults can be primed to become more creative simply by being asked to think like children. For the purposes of the study conducted at North Dakota State University, college students were asked to imagine and write about what they would do if school was canceled for the day. In the experimental condition, they were primed in advance of writing to imagine that they were seven years old. Merely being primed to think like a child resulted in the production of more original responses on a subsequent measure of creativity.
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Are creative people unusually sensitive? Clinical and research reports confirm that is often true - as well as comments by many creative people.
Both creativity and being sensitive are on a spectrum – a range of different levels. And being sensitive does not mean you are necessarily creative or an artist. I appreciate Jewel’s lyrics: "Oh please be careful with me, I’m sensitive And I’d like to stay that way..."
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Discover simple video creation strategies for publishing your own book promotion videos, how to create a viral eBook and publish to iTunes, and more.
Live presentations June 12–21, 2012 20 Online Workshops
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Chuck Close likes to say that art saved his life. Twice. When he was a kid, dyslexia left him labeled as “dumb,” so he turned to drawing to earn attention. Art came to the rescue again when he was paralyzed later in life and his determination to create helped him through rehabilitation. This dedication to art helped to develop Close’s unique style and talent, allowing him to become one of America’s most recognized modern painters and photographers. Read more. ~~~ Related post with more quotes: Your Creative Mind with Learning Differences http://blogs.psychcentral.com/creative-mind/2012/01/your-creative-mind-with-learning-differences/
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One consequence of abuse may be deep rage, and art can help deal with that anger constructively. In an interview, SARK said she knows that art is healing “because of how it heals me and how I see it healing other people every day. Through art, we come alive through the deep connections to our souls and spirits. “I’m talking about being ‘artists of life,’ not only visual artists. I believe there is an ‘art of living’ and that this art practiced heals each of us everyday in small and significant ways.
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Why Boredom Is Good for Your CreativityThe 99%Boredom is the enemy of creativity, to be avoided at all costs. Or is it?
Comedy writer Graham Linehan, in a recent interview for the Guardian: "I have to use all these programs that cut off the internet, force me to be bored, because being bored is an essential part of writing, and the internet has made it very hard to be bored." Via Creativity For Life
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Especially if you are a highly sensitive person, as many creative people are, you will be more effective in your creative life by exercising conscious self-care.
A former psychotherapist, Lisa Riley now provides Creativity Coaching. In her article “5 Ways to Be Kind to Your Creative Self” she notes it is “common for artists and creative professionals to be their worst critic. As creative individuals we beat ourselves up if our productivity or level of creativity doesn’t match up to our expectations.”
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Telling someone how to be creative is like explaining how the color blue tastes. Oh God. Here I go. So you think everyone wants to be more creative? I don't. I don't think it's creativity most people seek. Via Creativity For Life
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Article by Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. Creative people think differently. But why? There is no magic bullet or single pill. We all have the potential for creativity, but there are so many different triggers that can broaden our minds, inspire, and motivate. Of course, there are just as many triggers that can shut down our minds. Since creativity is so important for individual well-being and societal innovation, it’s important that we systematically pull the right triggers. ~~~ More perspectives of Kaufman in my post: Scott Barry Kaufman on Kick-starting Your Creativity
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"I have thought Too long and darkly, till my brain became, In its own eddy boiling and o'erwrought, A whirling gulf of phantasy and flame..." -- Lord Byron
Depression usually yields nothing but suffering. The same is true of mania. However, often depression, especially in its phases of resolution, does contribute to a creative spurt, as the individual resolves, at least for the time being, the underlying emotional conflicts. //
Related page of mine: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Depression-and-Creativity/399254776768105 ~~ Byron gives a vivid description of intellectual, imaginational, emotional overexcitabilites, or just excitabilites. One post on the topic: Excitabilities and Gifted People – an intro by Susan Daniels. http://highability.org/537/
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In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can be difficult, even shameful, to be an introvert. But, as Susan Cain argues in this passionate talk, introverts bring extraordinary talents and abilities to the world, and should be encouraged and celebrated.
Related: In her NYTimes article, Cain writes, "Solitude is out of fashion. Our companies, our schools and our culture are in thrall to an idea I call the New Groupthink, which holds that creativity and achievement come from an oddly gregarious place…But there’s a problem with this view. Research strongly suggests that people are more creative when they enjoy privacy and freedom from interruption." -From my post Developing Creativity in Solitude
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Blog post at The Creativity Ninja : Written by Ali Luke
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FIND YOUR CREATIVITY: Allow yourself to be 'bored' to recharge ...Shoreline TimesIn this space of no agenda lives a highly underrated commodity…our creativity and genius for invention and innovation. When given space our playful curiosity ... Via Creativity For Life
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After selling millions of copies of The Artist’s Way and teaching around the world in workshops, Julia Cameron is taking her teaching online.
She says about her online teaching program, “Artists have always mentored. I just do it on a wider scale.”
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The Daily Writing Impulse subscription to daily email prompts will spark you to eagerly set aside time each day to enjoy your writing fix.
"You don’t need to become a reckless hermit to get your writing into your schedule. Over and over again, my clients report great satisfaction from writing just 15 minutes a day. That’s right. Fifteen minutes a day builds a writing habit that you can maintain – on your terms. Then there’s the problem of what to write. You’ve got a ton of story and blog ideas, but the starkly pristine blank page shuts that writing impulse down faster than you can say writer’s block. You need the starter’s pistol to get you – and your words – out of the gate."
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According to productivity expert Scott Belsky, no one is born with the ability to drive creative projects to completion. Execution is a skill that must be developed by building your organizational habits and harnessing the support of your colleagues. As the founder and CEO of Behance, a company on a mission to empower and organize the creative world, Belsky has studied the habits of especially productive individuals and teams across industries. Now he has compiled the principles and techniques they share, and presents a systematic approach to creative organization and productivity.
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"Only a small percentage of creative people work as often or deeply as they might be expected to. What stops them? Anxiety or some face of anxiety."
Therapist and creativity coach Eric Maisel, PhD. also notes, “There are many different kinds of anxiety reactions. Sometimes anxiety manifests itself as confusion and a weakness of mind and body. Sometimes it manifests as persistent worry.”
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Scientists have mapped the innovative mind so that we can remake our own in its image.
But no matter how imaginative our thoughts, we still must cross one major hurdle: our fear of risk. People tend toward safe routes, yet safety is not conducive to radical new solutions. Bezos and his wife not only had to come up with the notion of Amazon. They also had to be willing to cast off their current careers to pursue an uncertain future. Amid the financial and other practical and professional constraints of most workplaces, not to speak of other life concerns, abandoning a satisfactory but safe solution to pursue a new concept may be the biggest challenge to capitalizing on creative potential. As Bezos once said, “Innovation is disruption.” ~~ Related: Using The Skills of Disruptive Innovators http://blogs.psychcentral.com/creative-mind/2012/06/using-the-skills-of-disruptive-innovators/ Via Think Jar Collective
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A crime scene investigation is underway to investigate a death. This is not an average death, this is the death of creative thinking. You see while IQ levels have been rising owing to enriched environments (the Flynn effect), creativity scores have actually been falling over time. ~~ By authors of the book Who Killed Creativity? And How To Get It Back http://vsb.li/NmGsb9 ~~ Related article: Killing or Enhancing Creativity and Innovation in Business
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Your Best Life in the Arts with Dr. Eric Maisel - In this 14-week class you will work directly with America’s foremost creativity coach.
Who Should Attend? Fiction writers, memoirists, poets and nonfictions writers (including professionals contemplating writing a book); visual artists; performers; composers; stage and screen professionals; craftspeople; individuals wanting to create more deeply and more regularly; blocked creatives; people who’ve abandoned the arts and want to return; coaches, therapists, and other professionals who want to learn about the challenges of the creative life; and anyone interested in the creative life.
Learn more at the program site
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Can creativity be taught?... One topic that divided both the audience and the panel, however, was the question of whether creativity could actually be taught, or even learned. .... In short, the consensus was that there would never be a consensus on the stereotypical characterization of engineering creativity. What there was agreement on, however, was that it tends to be the more creative people who get ahead in their careers
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"When I am asked ... for advice on how to get started as a nonfiction writer, I tell them to start small and look around." ... "The overwhelming majority of a writer's time is spent wondering why this world is not as vivid as he or she once — agonizingly, deludedly — believed. To write is to fail, more or less, constantly."
Tom Bissell, in his book Magic Hours: Essays on Creators and Creation. http://vsb.li/hfgjdl
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Kristin Bauer portrays the deliciously imperious vampire Pam on the HBO series “True Blood.” But in addition to acting, she has been drawing since around age twelve. She notes on her site, “I have kept it up out of pleasure and also a needed sanctuary from the harder parts of life.” Creative expression as a refuge, even a force for healing, is a motivation for many creative people. Creating can be rejuvenating for Bauer and other artists - and for anyone - also because it can be a means to explore and release deeper levels of ourselves.
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'And now that she's got her own measure of fame, Tina Fey says she's more and more conscious of what messages her daughters...are getting about being famous and making their own way. "There's this Nickelodeon show where the boy band sings, 'I wanna be famous!' Well, why? Everyone just wants to be famous. The idea [to get across is] that being famous in itself is not to be valued; that's not important," she says.'
'If they wanted to become actors, says Fey, "I'd try and spare them from the life of an actor, where you only get work if someone picks you. You want to be someone who makes your own stuff. If you make your own thing, you can be doing it at a community theater or on Broadway. No one can really stop you. It's a better, more cool life." ///
Related: Actor’s Privacy and The Dark Side of Fame
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