In workshops, I often talk about the importance of breathing in AND out. When you breathe in, you take in from the world. You absorb new information and ideas. When you breathe out, you create, you communicate, you help, you guide and you build.
Read MoreCreative collaboration is about more than great ideas. It’s also about listening and communicating your story and your ideas effectively. I’m offering a new workshop that develops the specific skills needed to collaborate well. Interested? Head over to the workshops page to find out more.
Read MoreI LIKE TO MAKE THINGS UP I’m pretty sure my parents would call it ‘lying’. I call it ‘embellishing the truth’. My partner calls it ‘making things up’. The first time he saw the depths of this of tendency was in 2008. He asked me if I had washed a spoon.
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Back in the 70s, babies / toddlers weren’t given glasses and their eyes weren’t tested. So in hindsight, I think I was pretty myopic as a toddler. I drew tiny circles in one of my dad’s rare books when I was two. He didn’t believe a two year old was capable of such a thing and blamed the housekeeper. My myopia has continued to shape me and my perceptions.
Read MoreI recently wrote a case study for ‘Inside Creativity Coaching’ by Eric Maisel.
Read MoreI was born in Colorado in 1970. According to my mother, I was a ‘difficult’ baby. I had colic, I had respiratory infections, I had worms. I was also an incredibly light sleeper (still am) and then, as now, I seemed to absorb the emotions of those around me. My mother was anxious after I was born. The world at the time seemed like it was coming apart at the seams. Assassinations, the Vietnam war, Nixon.
Read MoreThis is the creative process for my 'Intuition' card. Firstly, I wanted to do something that depicted the way the brain fires in rapid patterns. I think this is how intuition works in a way. The brain fires so quickly, it seems like an idea or a solution to a problem comes from the big blue,
Read MoreFebruary finds me in the thick of several writing deadlines and poised to dive back into my Creativity Deck. I've managed to squeeze in a little bit of movement, but for the most part, I’ve been chained to my chair. February 2nd is Candlemas Day (the festival of lights) and Ground Hog Day (you know the drill, shadow = more winter, no shadow = less).
Read MoreI read an interesting article in the New Yorker by Maria Konnikova about sleep. Among other things, it explores the effects of sleep deprivation on productivity. For example, a small sleep deficit (we’re talking six hours a night) led to serious cognitive and physical impairments; equivalent to a blood alcohol level of 0.1 per cent.
Read MoreThanks to all of my wonderful participants in November's creativity masterclass in London, UK. We worked on deep listening, discovered the power of questions, followed the 'five whys', and reconnected with the creative process through play and joy.
Read MoreI've been waiting for feedback on one of my projects and decided to get back to working on my creativity deck. I'm hoping I might be able to finish it by the time I die...or perhaps sooner! In order to speed things along, I decided to make the card for the Logic entirely digitally.
Read MoreI've been busy working on a screenplay and a new painting. Both projects are essentially opportunities for experimentation. As a writer, I have a tendency to fine edit as I go. As a result, the process can take a long time and I often end up carefully crafting sections that don't serve the over-all story and end up cut. So, this time, I decided to write fast and dirty in order to get a quick 'vomit draft' complete.
Read MoreI thought I would show the process for doing the background for the 'Suspend' card from my creativity deck. I struggle a bit with backgrounds because I usually do the main figure first (and I work small)
Read MoreTo 'lose direction' can literally mean just that. You are going somewhere, in a particular direction, let's say, south for example. Suddenly, you're not sure which way is up, your internal compass is on the fritz, your phone is out of batteries (hence no sat nav) and you didn’t bring a map...you are lost.
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