Archive for August, 2007
Mind Mapping for an Explosion of Creative Ideas
Closed Published by Andrew Leigh August 29th, 2007 in Barriers and Blocks, Creativity, Mind Power, Planning.Creative Development for Artists, Writers and all Artistic Creativity
I saw a good posting on Mind Mapping yesterday that’s prompted me to discuss it here. This being a blog about creativity and creative output, it’s that aspect of Mind Maps that I’ll focus on. You’ll also find links to plenty of Mind Mapping resources, many of [...]
Do You Have the Creative X Factor?
Closed Published by Andrew Leigh August 24th, 2007 in Being an artist, Creativity, Musings & Rants.Creative Development for Artists, Writers and all Artistic Creativity
I’m beginning to learn that blogging often involves embarrassing confessions from yours truly. Okay – so today my confession is that I love the early, audition stages of the X Factor. I like to think that I enjoy it as an outsider – not buying into the [...]
Creative Ruts are Brain Ruts
Closed Published by Andrew Leigh August 9th, 2007 in Barriers and Blocks, Creativity.Creative Development for Artists, Writers and all Artistic Creativity
I wrote a couple of days ago about getting yourself out of creative ruts. Chris Garrett writing on Copyblogger yesterday really nailed the essence of it: challenge yourself to use your brain in an unusual way.
Yes – that’s what all my tips were getting at, but [...]
7 Tips to Shock You Out of Your Creative Rut
2 Comments Published by Andrew Leigh August 7th, 2007 in Barriers and Blocks, Creativity.7 ideas to set your imagination free and fly out of even the deepest of creative ruts.
Sideways Sayings: A Thousand Miles to Eat an Elephant
Closed Published by Andrew Leigh August 1st, 2007 in Planning, Sideways Sayings.Creative Development for Artists, Writers and all Artistic Creativity
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
I love these two sayings, but wow! they’re overused these days. It’s become accepted wisdom that if you want to achieve a long term goal, or even [...]