by admin-eric | Dec 5, 2014 | Fine Arts America
Among the interesting things I’m learning as I conduct interviews for an upcoming Life Purpose Boot Camp symposium is how long it takes folks to make a life change even after the meaning has drained out of their current enterprise—out of their profession, say, their...
by admin-eric | Nov 29, 2014 | Fine Arts America
Frances had come to narrative painting late in life after 20 years as a corporate lawyer. Her paintings were large, powerful, and sold well. But she had the hardest time not bad-mouthing them, both for the full four months it took her to paint one and after each was...
by admin-eric | Nov 21, 2014 | Fine Arts America
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...
by admin-eric | Nov 14, 2014 | Fine Arts America
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...
by admin-eric | Nov 7, 2014 | Fine Arts America
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...
by admin-eric | Nov 1, 2014 | Fine Arts America
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...
