Archive for June, 2008
Delayed Gratification and the Creative Soul – Part 1: Delayed Gratification is Good For You
2 Comments Published by Andrew Leigh June 24th, 2008 in Goals and Goal Setting, Just Doing It, Success.Creative Development for Artists, Writers and all Artistic Creativity
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 [...]
Creativity and Illness – Victoria’s Good News Story
7 Comments Published by Andrew Leigh June 12th, 2008 in Barriers and Blocks, Inspiring Stories.Creative Development for Artists, Writers and all Artistic Creativity
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 [...]
How to visually dissolve Your Artistic Block or Writers’ Block
3 Comments Published by Andrew Leigh June 1st, 2008 in Barriers and Blocks.Creative Development for Artists, Writers and all Artistic Creativity
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 making artistic image of it. He used the play on words to make an actual creative ‘block’.
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