The Creative Instinct

Creative Development for Artists, Writers and all Artistic Creativity

I’m having trouble writing my next posting for The Creative Instinct.
I’ve been trying to produce my second article about the power of small gifts – about gifts to and from others. It’s a lovely, juicy topic that’s got my head fizzing with ideas that simply refuse to [...]

Creative Development for Artists, Writers and all Artistic Creativity

My head’s in a spin. I just came across the following quote from the great psychologist Abraham Maslow:

A first rate soup is more creative than a second rate painting.

Is it?

There are all sorts of ways of looking at this. I guess that certainly the [...]

Creative Development for Artists, Writers and all Artistic Creativity

This is a very personal posting.
It’s ironic that only a few weeks after celebrating The Creative Instinct first birthday – and looking forward to the continued growth and development over the next year – I’ve been really struggling to keep on blogging.

If you’re a regular reader you [...]

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 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 [...]