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I was thinking about creativity yesterday. Specifically I was noticing that it was the common theme between a few of the things I’m doing in my work. But from different angles. Business and marketing support for creatives – artists and writers. Coaching for creatives more broadly – encompassing people who write and create as well … Continue reading What does creativity mean to you?
I run an online creative writing workshop every so often (usually every couple of months, but I have a few more coming up this autumn). I love doing this, because it gives me a chance to write too! I enjoy sitting down for 5-10 minutes and writing something about my surroundings or in relation to … Continue reading Why I love short creative writing sessions
I went for a walk yesterday morning. The weather wasn’t brilliant, but I hadn’t been for a while and I needed it. I block out Friday mornings to go for a walk and write blog posts, but last week I’d met up with a freelance friend instead. And thinking about it, I haven’t done many … Continue reading Walking and noticing details
What is creativity? What does the word creativity mean? I use the word creativity a lot. I write about creativity – as well as creative inspiration, ideas and how they become reality, being in flow with our work and embracing our uniqueness. But I acknowledge that creativity means different things to different people. Painting, sculpture, … Continue reading Some thoughts on what we mean by creativity
Earlier this year I decided to write a book. I knew I’d need some quiet time to do that, so one of the things I did was find an office space that would work for me and my writing. It was a nice quiet place, by the river. I rented an office for one day … Continue reading Creativity has a mind of its own
In my last post I talked about weaving creativity into my days and weeks, and wondered how I could do that given my time constraints. This morning I started reading The Artist’s Way for Parents and realised a couple of things that were useful. Firstly that some of the key elements Julia Cameron talks about … Continue reading How can I make progress on a creative project?
I’ve read a few things recently about living a creative life, and I’ve also been thinking about this topic in relation to curating my days so they have creative time in them. But what is a “creative life”? I think the definition of a creative life is a very individual thing, although there will inevitably … Continue reading Can you live a creative life when the world around you is not set up that way?
I’m re-reading The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron at the moment*, a book subtitled A spiritual path to higher creativity. And the introductory part made me think about the type of energy we need for different activities. For me, there’s “doing things” energy, which is where I spend a lot of my working time, and … Continue reading Thoughts about creative energy
I was wrestling with whether to complete and publish an ebook which collects together some of the blog posts I wrote at the start of last year. I asked a freelance group I’m in and the general feeling was that it would be useful as it’s always nice to hear the stories of other freelancers. … Continue reading Who am I to tell my freelance story?
I’m just getting back into a routine after the school summer holidays, and one of the things I’ve decided I want to do more of is writing blog posts. So what will the new posts be about? I’ve been blogging for over ten years – starting many new blogs during that time. The first one … Continue reading What is my blog about?