The Four Elements

Everyday we experience the physical world, we walk on this earth, enjoy the beauty and bounty of Mother Earth and feel the comfort of being on solid ground.

Permission To Be An Artist - Granted!

Why is it so difficult to authorize ourselves, grant ourselves permission and consent, to sanction our own creative work?

Maturity and Creativity

Being creative throughout our mature second halves of life can be nurtured by staying open and curious, seeking ways to reconnect with interests we may have had as children. And new interests can be developed and pursued at almost any age.

Identity and Creating

Maybe our sense of identity is always fluid, and always unfinished. Many artists have commented that creating is not only a way to express their unique self to others, but is also a means to more fully understand and define who they are to themselves.

How to Mix Creativity and Negativity

Believe it or not, negative people have an important part to play in developing creative ideas. But negativity and criticism have to be used in the right way, at the right time or creativity suffers. Learn how negative thinkers can improve creative ideas.

Spark Your Creativity Via Your Intuitions

Your intuition can lead you into a world of novel ideas, experimentation, and brainstorming that will perk up your work life and stimulate innovation and problem-solving. Intuition training is not just for New Agers.

Using Your Brain(waves) to Enhance Your Creativity

Ever wished you could come up with that great idea when you need it? You can by simply and safely controlling your brainwave activity to kick-start your creativity.

New Inventions - From Absurd to Wacky!

New inventions? Heard of a revolving restaurant combination television tower? How about color x-ray pictures? Or heard of a new invention that turns the sea's salt water drinkable? These are wacky new inventions not having been fully used!

A Question of Time and Memory

Is time what we think it is? Or are we just like the people who believed the world was flat?

Sharing Our Creative Work with Others

This article offers my own musings about a particularly dangerous self-sabotage pattern that many creative artists fall prey to; subconsciously seeking feedback from sources that we know will criticize us negatively, validating our own sometimes-low opinion of our work and ourselves.

Stre-e-e-etch Your Imagination

The fastest, most efficient way to achieve any goal is to SEE it in our mind's eye. We are to act, feel and give heartfelt thanks as if it were already a done deal. For this, we need to summon our most playful imaginative genius.

True Power Series Part I. Visualization: Image Production and Verbal Thought

Visualization can be used to change core beliefs, to combat what you may consider a negative belief, without trying to oppose that belief. Try the step-by-step Visualization Exercise to realize your true beliefs.

Macrovision

Tips for opening up and allowing possibilities, not limitations!, to breathe new life into your writing.

The Source of Growth and Creativity

Life responds to the power of attention. Here's one: One small business owner decided to give attention to his accounts, balanced eight months of back bank statements, and miraculously received $5000 from nowhere the next day. The key is attention without interpretation of the situation. A mere attention and intention to improve is sufficient.