Archive for June, 2008

Have you ever given up something pleasurable now in order to reap greater rewards later? That’s delayed gratification. And I’ll bet you’ve also decided to blow the consequences and take the pleasure now. That’s instant gratification.
In this post I’m going to present the standard arguments for delayed gratification and against instant gratification. Then in the […]

It’s only a couple of months ago that I wrote about the challenges and opportunities we are faced with when illness knocks you out of your creative stride. That posting, Creativity - When Illness Strikes, was mainly about myself and my partner, Lynda, whose illness has had an impact on both of us.
But I also […]

Understanding Your Creative Block Through Metaphor

I saw an interesting post about writers’ block over at Whimblog, where artist William H Miller struck a blow against his creative block by creating an image of it. He used the play on words to make an actual creative ‘block’.

I wondered whether you could take this one […]