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		<title>Creativity can be so Messy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A behind the scenes look at a Real Artist or Real Writer or Real Creative-Person-Doing-Fill-in-the-Blank in action frequently reveals a less than neat and tidy process going on.
Let&#8217;s face it, the creative product is the result of many forces at work over a period of time. Some of these forces are predictable, like learning the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Steps to Unlock Your Creativity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven’t read the old 80’s era creativity book, A Whack on the Side of the Head: How to Unlock your Mind For Innovation by Silicon Valley creativity guru Roger von Oech, you should. As von Oech describes it, the book explains how you can engage in mental sex – meaning “sex of our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Coffee Shop Creativity Ritual</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sometimes write in a coffee shop. I might go there because the peeps at home are driving me nuts, sometimes because I am feeling uninspired and hope a short stroll and change of scenery will help jolt my creativity, sometimes because I am away from home and just plain need a pit stop with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vibe by Design Supports Creativity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am convinced we are both overtly and subtly influenced by the space we are in, including our work place. We need what works best for us so we can feel ‘right’ and do our best creative work. Vibe is important!
How Sense of Place Influences Creativity
During years of designing landscapes and gardens, I learned to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Mind Creative Clutter ?</title>
		<link>http://reptitude.com/creativity/do-you-mind-creative-clutter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you think clutter provides a richly stimulating environment for creativity or does it cause confusion in your mind? Some people insist that a neat and tidy environment is a prerequisite for getting down to productive work. I’m not so sure. 
Neat and Tidy is Productive
In her MyAmericanArtist.com blog post Clutter Causes Confusion, Lori Woodward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be More Creative by Being in the Moment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know how you come back from vacation or the weekend at the same time relaxed but also all jazzed up and ready to roll? And then you re-enter the routine of daily life and the energy seeps out of your being until you are right back where you started with the same sapped-out feeling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Principles for Passionate Living</title>
		<link>http://reptitude.com/creativity/principles-for-passionate-living/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creative people, people in the arts, and people who live a passion-driven life of making meaning can all benefit from the following guidelines to living as enumerated by Eric Maisel in his self-improvement creativity manual, Coaching the Artist Within.

Know your game – your creative field, how it works, what is expected, and how to maneuver [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Secret to Achieving Your Creative Dream</title>
		<link>http://reptitude.com/creativity/the-secret-to-achieving-your-creative-dream/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although many artists, writers and other creative types talk about “the creative process”  as though there is only one, we can actually work with a goal-less process or with a goal-oriented process. Eric Maisel highlights this critical distinction in his creativity manual, Coaching the Artist Within. Working without a goal is way easier. It’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honor the Creative Process</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you committed to the process of making art, or are you one of those creative types who, as Eric Maisel describes in Coaching the Artist Within, would much rather imagine that other (lucky!) people’s creative projects finish themselves joyfully and magically by effortless genius while you, meanwhile, refuse to get out of bed? 
Dilemma: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Not to Create More</title>
		<link>http://reptitude.com/creativity/how-not-to-create-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creating in the middle of things is admittedly not easy and often difficult, fraught with all kinds of risks and fears and do-ability issues. If “Just do it NOW!” doesn’t push you to take action, then you may need to work on some strategies to help yourself get moving. In Coaching the Artist Within, creativity [...]]]></description>
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