Creative Control: Two Big Lies


Sometimes in the course of the day, I observe my tendency to take hold of my life and try to control my way through it. Whether I’m trying to make something happen that I really believe in or to keep something from happening that I think is bad or wrong, I close my fists around life and try to have my way with it. Have you ever noticed that the more you try to force your will on life, the more your desired outcome avoids you? This approach breeds a sense of urgency and...

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Creative Living: Working with the letters you have


Every day Life gives you a set of letters. Like a great Scrabble game, only in 3D where you can get hurt playing. One day last week, my letters spelled L O N E L I N E S S. I saw myself starting to go down the path where that can take me. And I had a moment of clarity.   What else can I create with these letters? I took myself out for a walk. I took a new route to the local library to renew my card. As I passed the familiar row of unentered antique stores, it occurred...

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Start Your Creative Adventure in London


This Thursday, February 21st, I’ll be waiting for you at The Nomad Chef Secret Restaurant in Central London for the UK launch of my book: The Wheel of Creativity: Taking Your Place in the Adventure of Life Will you be There? This party celebrates more than the launch of my book. It is also a celebration of all your dreams still being dreamt and all your plans waiting to be laid down. It is a celebration of what you are here on Earth to do. The Adventure Starts Here...

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Creative Video Journal: What are you pulling?


What are you pulling? Today I’m going to try something, and I’d love to know your thoughts about it. Today I begin a creative experiment by recording a video journal a few times each week. In each journal, I will invite you into my private world, behind the photos, quotes and status updates I create on the Internet. What’s really going on for me today? What am I pulling? How can this help you? For many years of my life, I made my living writing and...

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12 Days of Creativity: A Musical Tour of the Creative Process


  What will you create in 2013? Whatever you want to achieve this year, you’ll go through a creative process to do it. The quality of your life this year depends on how you take that process on. Join me for this sneak musical preview of what that little trip is going to look like. P.S. It’s the ride of your life! Now, go live this year CREATIVE! * The Wheel of Creativity: Taking Your Place in the Adventure of Life is a book by Katherine Robertson-Pilling....

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