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That’s Great If You’re Talented, But Do You Put In The Work?

That’s Great If You’re Talented, But Do You Put In The Work?

It’s pretty nice to be talented. If you are, enjoy, but it won’t take you that far. Work takes you a lot further.Natalie Goldberg That’s great if you’re talented, but do you put in the work?  It really doesn’t matter how talented you...
How You See A Problem Reflects Your Creativity

How You See A Problem Reflects Your Creativity

Have your ideas ever felt stale? Do you keep coming up with the same solution for the same problem? Over and over again? Not working, is it? That’s because how you see a problem reflects your creativity. What Do You See? Do you look at a hole in the ground and...
How To Work Around A Creative Block

How To Work Around A Creative Block

I know creativity can be elusive but if you love to create, no matter the medium, then we must create.  But how do we keep going when we are blocked?  I recently stumbled across a concept that I love and I think will help you learn how to work around a creative block....
Why Should I Love This Typewriter?

Why Should I Love This Typewriter?

Why Should I love this typewriter?  Because it’s mysterious.  Because I know it well.  Because it was just randomly sitting in a corner in the Palacio de la Artesania in Havana, Cuba.  Upon seeing it, my mind immediately jumped to Hemingway, but this...
The Stillness Of Nature Alone

The Stillness Of Nature Alone

In keeping with my Vincent Van Gogh theme this week, my creativity prompt is one of his sketches.  It goes with a quote of his that discusses the stillness of nature alone. This post contains affiliate links, which means I receive a small amount of money if you make a...
They Were Perfectly Normal

They Were Perfectly Normal

I love pulling creativity prompts straight out of a book.  How would we take a line from a famous book and use our imagination and make it our own? This leads me to this prompt from a Harry Potter novel, the first one.  How many people think they were perfectly...

How Did My Legs Get Cut Up?

How did my legs get cut up?  I love to hike, but hiking doesn’t always love me.  The below picture is evidence of that.  You’d think I’d been hiking for a week or more with legs that cut up, but no.  Just 3 days.  And, that’s three days with...
Is That The Leaf Man Of The Colorado?

Is That The Leaf Man Of The Colorado?

I love this photo from a vacation that I took back in 2005 to visit my niece in California.  They live in the desert, near the Colorado River which is also the border between Arizona and California.  Below is a popular swimming spot on the river.  My son was feeling...