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People come with a past and a personality. Marsha was no exception. Her sister’s accidental death at the age of twelve and her family’s collapse after that terrible death robbed Marsha of something: joy; confidence; hope for her own future; something. It also seemed...

I was visiting with an editor at a well-known magazine in her midtown Manhattan skyscraper offices. I commented on the chairs in the waiting room, which were sort of like bar stools only pointy, tall, and sadistically uncomfortable. I said to her, “Wow, those chairs...

Beginning in the new year I’ll be offering daily creativity tips to folks in my private gathering space on creativ.com. I’ll also be chatting with folks, answering questions, and being of general help <smile>. Please come join my gathering! Here is the place to...

What does “creativity in business” really mean? The word “creativity” tends to have three rather different meanings in a business context. Sometimes it stands for “innovation.” Sometimes it stands for “problem-solving,” Sometimes it stands for “manifesting human...

Many artists do not recognize the extent to which they are silenced, in their life and in their art, by the unconscious injunction not to make waves and by the corollary injunctions not to speak, not to have a point of view, not to have a voice, not to lead, not to...

This first appeared on Recovery.org: https://www.recovery.org/pro/articles/5-simple-tactics-for-creating-in-recovery/ 5 SIMPLE TACTICS FOR CREATING IN RECOVERY Many ghosts, demons, and new challenges confront a creative person when he first enters recovery. On top of...

Deadlines provoke anxiety! Learn from how working artists deal with the anxiety of deadlines. Jerry explained: The thing that works best for me is to have a written calendar that I can look at all at once with all the year’s deadlines written down.  If I need to...

If you’ve ever had problems with meaning, I recommend my new book to you that just came out this weekend! It’s called Life Purpose Boot Camp and it’s really worth your time and attention. Take a look here:...

Artists, like all human beings, have multiple life purposes and various ways of describing their purposes. Have you ever tried to articulate your life purposes? It’s an excellent and even a life-changing exercise to try to state your life purposes and to then go one...