Archive for the 'Being an artist' Category
Creativity and Joyfulness
3 Comments Published by Andrew Leigh January 18th, 2008 in Creativity, Just Doing It, Being an artist.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 towards that of the suffering artist. I’ve […]
Creativity and Depression?
17 Comments Published by Andrew Leigh January 15th, 2008 in 3rd Party Articles, Being an artist, Happiness.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 review and the excerpt. There’s clearly a lot […]
Stop Worrying About Talent And Be Your Best Creative Self
3 Comments Published by Andrew Leigh December 4th, 2007 in Creativity, Just Doing It, Being an artist, Happiness.One of the things that gives we creative people endless anguish is the nagging worry about our own talent. Do we have enough of it? Have others been blessed with more? Is it fair?
Well – here’s a hard truth. It’s a near certainty that there are other creatives out there, artists, musicians, photographers, […]
Sideways Saying #3 – If Nothing Changes, Nothing Changes
0 Comments Published by Andrew Leigh November 15th, 2007 in Just Doing It, Being an artist, Sideways Sayings, Happiness.Don’t you just love inner dialogues:
Oh… I really do love this saying…
What? How can you say that? This saying is so far wrong it’s coming round the other side and taking a crafty peak at being right.
It is right! It’s one of the great personal development aphorisms. It’s a fantastic motivator […]
Dare to be Disliked
4 Comments Published by Andrew Leigh October 25th, 2007 in Creativity, Personal Voice, Being an artist.When it comes to your creative output, if you want to be loved, learn to be loathed.
I had a bit of a revelation the other day, courtesy of the Daily Mail (and I don’t say that often). My dear mum-in-law handed me one of their give-away CDs, full of rock anthems which she […]
