Creative Acts

An artist's reflections on the development of creative vision.

Your Playful Imagination - What a Jewel

New life and adventure are as close to you as your imagination. It's pure magic. It is the gate keeper to your spirit of play.

You Must Be an Artist

We are, all of us, meant to create. We are creat-ures, thus it is evident in the world around us that as a spider spins a web, a bird builds a nest, humans are possessed of a spiritual and biological mandate to spin and build a world of beauty and function. The human distinction is the ability to make symbols. Symbolism is the art of investing the world around us with meaning by expressing the invisible or intangible through visible or sensuous representation. This is the simplest, the least unsettling definition of art and creativity.

Awakening the Senses

As artists, we get to play in the land of the senses as often as we allow ourselves to. And our gift to the world is that we help others to engage their senses through what we create. So how is it that many of us, even artists, have ended up with our senses deadened?

Lucid Dreaming - The Lucid Dreaming Techniques

Have you ever had a lucid dream -- a dream in which you knew you were dreaming? If so, you'll know how amazing the experience can be: you can go on wonderful adventures, practice activities in preparation for real life, confront and conquer your fears and even solve problems. Scientists have now shown that lucid dreaming can also help with healing and in trauma therapy. Lucid dreams figure strongly in some religions and spiritual practices, and accounts of transcendental experiences whilst lucid dreaming are legion. This article introduces various lucid dreaming techniques that you can use so that you too can experience lucidity in your dreams -- and thereby enter a whole new universe inside your mind.

Creativity and Flow

The experience of optimal functioning called flow enhances creativity, and can be nurtured in our own lives, says the psychologist who developed the concept.

The Power of Imagination

Borrowing from what exists and rearranging that knowledge, produces the power that lies withing creativity and imagination.

Being Creative and Self-Critical

Healthy criticism can help refine our talents and creative projects in the pursuit of excellence. But when it is based on a excessive perfectionism or an unrealistic self concept, criticism can be destructive and self-limiting, eroding our creative assurance and vitality.

Connect With Your Strenghts

We can be just as afraid of our strengths as we are of our weaknesses, and just as afraid to succeed as we are to fail. Connecting with your strengths is about learning how to acknowledge your own gifts, accept compliments graciously and to present yourself confidently as the extraordinarily unique artist that you are.

Do Some Creative Work Not For Money But For Fun

Be creative and remove stress from your life !

Inspire Yourself by Breaking Away From the Routine

Looking for ways to free your creativity and generate new ideas? Use the ideas in this article to break out of your daily routine.

12 Reasons to Use an Idea Journal

12 valuable reasons why you should be using an idea journal to pursue the life of your dreams. Learn how to use an idea journal to chart your way to success.

How to Solve Problems Creatively

When traditional thinking isn't the answer to your problems try thinking creatively, you might end up with several unique solutions to your problems.

R U Cre8ive E-Nuff 4 U?

Getting into your creative mode to be more self-expressed and energized.