Creativity Portal – Inspiring Creative Thinking, Writing, Arts & Crafts

"The world needs more optimists, encouragers, and inspirers." —Jon Gordon, The Positive Dog

What will you create today?

Strategies

Whitney Freya

Create an Intentional Life

Using your creative mind.

Souletry

Molly Anderson

The Dream as muse

Dreams contain riddles, hints and clues.

Features

Joy Sikorski

Whimsical drawing lessons

From How to Draw a Clam and Squeaky Chalk.

Creativity

Michael Michalko

What's not taught in school

About creative thinking.

People

Giulietta Masina

Gypsy and a Classroom of Children

Drawing inspiration from Federico Fellini's magnificently constructed worlds.

Muses

9 Greek muses

Clio

Muse of history, education, and knowledge.

Genius

Dean Simonton

Psychometric studies of genius

Well-established by the middle of the 20th century.

C-1-2-3

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The Great Creativity Illuminator

Creative thinking shifts perspective.

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ADVENTures 10, 17, 20, 24

Graham Wallas' 4 Steps of Creativity

Preparation · Incubation ·Illumination · Verification

Interact

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Cookie Fortune Maker

The World's Oldest Microblogging Platform takes its seat in the long history of social media

Coaching

Eric Maisel

The Existential Ideal

...and its reality.

Art making

Joy Sikorski

Draw a bunny

From How to Draw a Radish.

Writing

Perfect Personal Essay

Why You Have to Make Up with Your Siblings

If you don't show me your broken heart, then I can't find myself in your story.

Printables

Angela Blaha

The middle space

When your creative voice shifts and refuses to be who it was.

Teaching

Abby Connors

The Secret Life of Puppets

What stories, props, and costumes stir in children.