Every one of us has a variety of ingredients in our cupboard: talents, sensitivities, experiences, insecurities, the stuff we make our lives of. Knowing what to do with them makes the difference. Bake the bread.
The 12 Days of Creativity… Day 12.
It is Christmas Day. Whether you worship Jesus as the Son of God, honor him as a great prophet, or question his existence, the message of his birth offers us all a powerful promise.
The 12 Days of Creativity… Day 11.
Artist or athlete, entrepreneur or student, discipline is a friend to all those who succeed. A lot of time is spent here in order to achieve mastery; then the result seems natural and effortless. There are no shortcuts here for sustainable reliable performance.
The 12 Days of Creativity… Day 10.
From your simple longing for something more, you have manifested a new form. But that form needs to mature if it is to serve a purpose in the world at large.
The 12 Days of Creativity… Day 9.
For the artist, it is the first draft, the rough cut, the sketch or the maquette. For a romantic, it could be the first date. In advertising, it is what I recently heard George Lois call, “The Big Idea.” For the entrepreneur, it is….
The 12 Days of Creativity… Day 8.
Tonight is the longest night of this year. So, it’s an appropriate time to enter Station 8 in the Wheel of Creativity, for Station 8 is Gestation. What does it mean to carry an original creative life within you?