Writer's Block - A New Perspective To Help You Overcome Writer's Block

Writer's block, or creative block to use a wider reaching term, is one of the most common issues with writers and other creative people. Creating in this frame of mind feels about as easy as if we were trying for the world 100m breast stroke record in a swimming pool of thick treacle. So changing our fixed perception of writer's block is a major step in feeling less fearful of it and experiencing it less often. Read on to find out more...

Favorite Hobbies - Watching Television

For many Americans, their favorite hobby is watching television. This may not sound like a hobby to some people, but it is. The definition of a hobby is to do some leisure or recreational activity outside of one's career. Watching television is probably the most common hobby there is.

Creativity Is For Life Not Just For Workshops! 3 Top Tips

Picture the scene. You've just returned from a weekend break away, a creative retreat. You've enjoyed the weekend immensely and come back feel more energised and in love with life and your creativity than you have done in years. After a few days (or even hours!) back in your normal world though, the events and impositions of daily life start to take grip on your creative work again, and the red hot spurt of motivation you experienced has become more of a lukewarm trickle. What happened? Why didn't the creativity and the energy last? Well, creativity is for life, not just for workshops. Here are 3 top tips how you CAN maintain that creative energy in your daily life, not just the occasional weekend:

Be More Creative - 7 Reasons Why Everything You Create, Perfect Or Not, Has A Valuable Purpose

Trying to be absolutely perfect in every detail with everything we create is an easy habit to get into. The fact is, whoever we are, everything we create WON'T be perfect.

Creativity Management - The Value of Structure

The common belief is that lack of structure and randomness enhances creative output, whereas in truth, creativity is enhanced when it is organised, systematic and based on highly structured processes.

Creativity Managment - Masks and Trance

One useful import from the field of Improvisation is the concept of Masks and Trance to get people thinking in different directions.

Dare To Experiment With Your Ideas - And Reap The Rewards That Come With It

An excellent quality you'll want to develop in yourself, if you want to experience more fulfillment in life, is the willingness or courage to experiment. It is one of the key qualities of highly creative people.

Creativity Tool - Role Swap

Sometimes the thing that is blocking you from making a breakthrough is the fact that you are looking at things from the same point of view that you have been used to. This article describes a technique that may help you overcome this creativity block. It includes a detailed explanation and a demonstrative example.

Creative Perfectionism Is A Killer Disease: Here's The Miracle Cure

What is the one single thing that more than anything else stops us from creating? The disease that kills creative projects dead, saps creative energy like a swamp full of starving leeches and can destroy a previously healthy and productive creative artist in hardly any time at all? Read on to find out what it is and how it can be cured...

On Becoming A Cartoonist

Alexa and Netcraft's top-ranked cartoonist talks about the land mines and challenges of becoming a cartoonist, shifting gears in mid-life.

An Idea or Concept Perceived by Act May Be More Powerful Than One Created From Thought?

Ideas, inventions, innovations and concepts are something that humans hold at a high value. Ideas or concepts that are perceived or born of an act or an event generally hold a more powerful imprint in the mind than a human idea or concept which is created from only a thought. This is due to the fact that humans tend to visualize ideas and concepts in their minds, thus if they see it or observe it, then it makes a more lasting impression.

Imagination: Your Connecting Point to All Possibilities

Your imagination is your connecting point to all possibilities. It is where you download divine ideas, view holograms of them, and charge them with energy. One aspect of you is an expert at using this premier tool in your creativity toolkit.

Be Your Own Sounding Board

One of the drawbacks to the solitary lifestyle of the home office worker is the lack of colleagues to brainstorm with. When a problem arises, we are left to our own devices to come up with creative solutions. The ability to generate new ideas and solutions is very important in any endeavor.

The Two-minute Drill: Crisis Resolution

Here is the shortest explanation on crisis resolution you will find. If you are skeptical, read on!

Practicing Creativity

How do you practice your creativity? You can start by picking up a disposable camera and taking a few photographs around town or in your office. It is through the eye of the lens that you start to see the world in a different and more creative way. The next time you are asked what you got on your SAT test, pull out a camera and start taking some pictures instead. Isn’t the creative approach to diffusing a difficult situation more valuable?