Archive for January, 2008

Creative Development for Artists, Writers and all Artistic Creativity

Well, earlier this week I wrote a post entitled Creativity and Depression. A comment by Sari offered the other perspective on the subject. Among a number of interesting points Sari argued that media presentation and our own willingness (as creative people) to express ourselves skewed the perception [...]

Creative Development for Artists, Writers and all Artistic Creativity

I’ve just read Chris Dunmire’s book review of The Van Gogh Blues: The Creative Person’s Path Through Depression, by Eric Maisel. You’ll also find an excerpt from the book, which is certainly worth taking a moment to read.
Now I haven’t read the book yet – only Chris’s [...]

What Is RSS?

Creative Development for Artists, Writers and all Artistic Creativity

If you are reading this then I guess that like me, you’ve been having a bit of trouble getting your head around RSS. I can’t believe how tough it’s been for me to fully grasp this – until I saw the two brilliant Videojug videos below – [...]

Creative Development for Artists, Writers and all Artistic Creativity

Now I’ve finally got The Creative Instict freebies online and sorted (with help) and also fixed a fair number of glitches on the site (with more help), I’m now ready for the next stage (cue trumpet fanfare) – promoting the site.
So far I’ve not promoted The Creative [...]

Creative Development for Artists, Writers and all Artistic Creativity

I am very, very pleased to announce a free download exclusive to this site. How To Stop Being Your Own Worst Critic is designed to help combat that tendency in most creative people to be their own most damaging faultfinder. It’s an easy and quick 17-page read [...]



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