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Spotlight

Art by Angela Blaha

Angela Blaha

The power of negative space

We tend to look at what fills the canvas — the strokes of color, the images that emerge, the story the artist places before us. But just as powerful, and often overlooked, is what is not there. Negative space — the unpainted, the empty, the in-between — isn't absence at all. It is presence in disguise.

Musing

9 Greek Muses

Molly Anderson

Invoking the 9 Greek Muses

The original nine Athenian muses were the nine sister Goddesses of Imagination, Inspiration, and The Arts in ancient Greek mythology. Many cultures have celebrated, worshiped, and tried to entice the Muses: Calliope · Clio · Erato · Euterpe · Melpomene · Polymnia · Terpsichore · Thalia · Urania


Genius habits

Genius Habits

Genius Habits

Shape the Anatomy of Creative Genius

Five habits.

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Counting on numbers

Creativity 1-2-3

Counting on numbers

Where does the stream flow?

Strategies

Daily routines of famous creatives

Donald M. Rattner

Designate a Creative Space

Establishing place.


Inspiring Art

Joy Sikorski

Joy Sikorski

Whimsical drawing lessons

From How to Draw a Clam and Squeaky Chalk.

Essay

Perfect Personal Essay

Nancy Slonim Aronie

Crafting the story only you can write

Write in a way that moves, connects, and resonates.

Writing

Erasmus

Estelle Erasmus

Writing that gets noticed

Get your essay writing ideas flowing and seen.


Interact

The Great Creativity Illuminator

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The Great Creativity Illuminator

Curious? Crack your openness to experience and let the light shine in!

Creativity Coaching

The VanGogh Blues

Eric Maisel

The Opinions of Others

What do they matter?

Teaching children

Fostering Creativity in Children

Abby Connors

Think Outside the Catalog

Free art materials hiding in plain sight.


Art-making

Pterodactyl

Joy Sikorski

Draw a pterodactyl

From Squeaky Chalk.

People

Profiles of Creative Empowerment

Hedy Lamarr

Patent Beauty, Patent Invention

A Hollywood starlet in a luminescent observatory has waited for the exact moment to enter the spotlight.

Printables

Swing into creative play

Chris Dunmire

Swing into creative play!

18 mini-golf brain-stretchers. Play now!


Writing

Storyworthy

Matthew Dicks

Storytelling

Tap into your best ideas through writing and authenticity.

Deeper

SoulCollage

SoulCollage®

Inner Rebel

What is it leading you to?

Muses

Aha-phrodite

Modern Day Muses

Aha! Possibilities

Paying attention with Aha-Phrodite.