Creative Problem-Solving by Jackee Holder

Creative Problem-Solving Using Tree & Nature Images by Jackee Holder ** Exercise purpose Trees are associated with generative and often restorative associations including balance, alignment, rhythms and cycles, loss and resilience. Trees remind us of the natural...

The Sense Awareness Ritual by Halli Bourne

The Sense Awareness Ritual: How mindfulness helps you create by Halli Bourne ** Description of the exercise When imagination runs amok … Among the numerous many strengths we creative people possess is our ability to imagine. We can create whole worlds from snippets...

Just Five Words by Nancy Johnston

Just Five Words by Nancy Johnston ** Exercise purpose   The purpose of this exercise is to help creatives who are working on writing projects reconnect with their projects and make small steps toward restarting or kickstarting the writing process. It will also support...

Symbols of the Season by Nora Sibley

Symbols of the Season By Nora Sibley ** Exercise purpose This exercise helps creatives connect with their senses and the season as a vehicle for building personal meaning in the work. By connecting the physical and mental associations, new creative sparks fly and...

15 Great Artists on Beauty

15 Great Artists on Beauty “The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.”– Francis Bacon “If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your...

20 Great Artists on Nature

As winter descends, let’s hear from twenty great artists on their relationship to nature. 1. “I have gone into roses and have over a thousand planted. There is nothing like making pictures with real things.” — Mary Cassatt 2. “Wherever I...