"My parents told me, 'Oh, that's lovely, you've got a talent for art,' and they encouraged me until my sophomore or junior year in high school. Then they were like, 'Okay, that's a lovely hobby, now what are you going to do for a living?'" Painter/photographer Amy Buchheit had been programmed with the notion that …
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Because the power is back on after a long spell without it (thank you, D.C. winter storm of snow and ice), I'm able to upload the latest Creativity Tweets of the Week. (I'm more grateful for the heat working again, but having electricity for the computer is nice too.) As always, enjoy some of the …
Today we're featuring a guest post from accomplished novelist, ghostwriter, and writing coach Charlotte Rains Dixon: Creativity is getting lots of attention lately. There was a cover story from Newsweek last July warning that scores on a test designed to measure creativity much like IQ had declined since 1990, rather precipitously. And the current issue …
It was an axiom during my years as a working journalist: I must keep myself out of the story. Yet here I am, in my third decade as a professional writer, diving into the narrative nonfiction space. It's a new world for me, one in which agents, editors, and writing instructors all tell me I …
As some of you know I have another project in addition to this blog. Since 2009 I've been promoting an increase in civility through my iCivility campaign. For a fair while now the only digital manifestation of this campaign was a web site that, well, was pretty stagnant. When The San Jose Mercury News last …
My goodness. There are 14 Creativity Tweets of the Week listed below, a selection of the resources I sent out this week on Twitter. So that's where my week went! Well, I need to re-read Linda Formichelli's post below to learn how to reclaim some of that time. In the meantime, enjoy! CREATIVITY "How to …
"A lot of people say, 'Anyone can tell a story'... Well, I agree with that, that anyone can tell a story, just in the way anyone can provide first aid... but with more training and experience you're better at what you do." The craft of oral storytelling has evolved and grown over the centuries, Kevin …
Two weeks ago I wrote about the importance of carving out time in your busy schedule for pure creativity. Today I'm tackling the flip side -- how to ensure you continue to do those critical business-and-life tasks when all you want to do is create. As the Voice of Golden Eagle told me, we need …
Are you gettin' jiggy with it? How can you not, when it's time for another Creativity Tweets of the Week? Feel free to bust a move while enjoying links on creativity, writing and personal inspiration that I tweeted the past week. CREATIVITY "How to See the World Like Malcolm Gladwell," BigThink: One of my favorite …
ATTENTION: See update below (1/21/11) There is no debating the rise of incivility in our political discourse here in the United States, or the reality that vitriol is undermining the very functioning of our democracy. What is often overlooked is that we are all to blame for this crisis. That is the message of my …
The Artist's Road 