The Creative Instinct

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 [...]

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 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 ideas to set your imagination free and fly out of even the deepest of creative ruts.

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 [...]