“In order to create something new, you must first go through the dissolution of the old.” You know you’re in Station 6 when your primary experience is P – A – N – I – C! The creative process is fraught with setbacks and storms. They are frightening; but they are not the enemy. How do you welcome the storm?
The 12 Days of Creativity… Day 5.
Have you ever launched a project, gotten it off the ground with great enthusiasm, only to have the wind knocked out of you a short time later? Station 5 is the point in the creative process that I call Isolation. Three tips for navigating Station 5…
The 12 Days of Creativity… Day 4
Station 4 in the Wheel of Creativity is Launch. The first three stations comprise the Vision Quarter and give direction and energy to your desire. In Station 4 you must launch yourself into a new quarter, Exploration, where you finally leave the shore of the status quo and set out into the unknown.
The 12 Days of Creativity… Day 3
Station 3 of the Wheel of Creativity is what I call Anorexia. For me, it describes our compulsion to say No to whatever nourishes us. Best-selling author Steven Covey uses the phrase in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, “Exercise integrity in the moment of choice.” This station reveals our tendency to do the contrary. And it plays a powerful role in the creative process.
The 12 Days of Creativity… Day 2
“If only I knew what I wanted.” Discovering what you’re called to – what you want to do, be, have, or create – seems like the first step in the creative process. In fact, it is the second. Knowing what you want is a response to knowing what you don’t want.
The 12 Days of Creativity… Day 1
Christmas is just 12 days away; the end of the year just another week more. Choose one area of your life you’d like to change. And join me for 12 Days of Creativity as I give you the framework to create something new there, one day at a time.