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I have been working on a new habit. As a coach, of course I am familiar with theories about how to change habits, or how to stop doing one thing and start doing something else. Unfortunately, in defiance of all logic, my mind generally refuses to play “those games” so progress can be difficult at best. Like many creative people, [...]
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This is day seven of the week-long photography challenge. For today’s photographic adventure, I set out on a stroll through the neighborhood, enjoying the sunshine, snapping away at this and that without a specific goal in mind. It felt like a good time to noodle around and try the photographical equivalent of doodling or playing to see what might [...]
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Day 6 of the weeklong photography challenge and I am happy to report that I seem to have hit a groove this evening. This might have happened because today was in essence an all-day Artist Date. (An Artist Date, as discussed in creativity expert Julia Cameron’s book The Artist’s Way, is a weekly date with yourself [...]
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This week’s photography challenge is killing my urge to take photographs: give me reason to rebel and I’m all over it! On the other hand, my collage muscle cranked into gear and took off like a shot this morning. Not that I am complaining, mind you. I think any creative endeavor is worthwhile and it all [...]
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The phrase “beginner mind” ran through my head this morning while I considered how to approach my photography challenge today — and what to post here on the blog in terms of relating the challenge to creativity. Here’s the rub: Although I have taken thousands of photographs over the years, and sold hundreds of them, they [...]
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Today’s post is about showing up. I think Woody Allen is the one who is quoted as saying winning or success is 99% about showing up. (Or was that Charlie Sheen?) Nevermind, the point is I made a commitment to publish a photo or two each day during this week-long photography challenge and I am keeping [...]
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Sometimes we let a dare get away from us. Does that ever happen to you? It happened to me (again) today. As a result, I will be showing some photographs during the coming week as part of a creativity challenge. I hope you enjoy them. If you’d like to show some photographs of your own, [...]
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The more I read and experience and observe creative people, the more I notice how we get in our own way and limit our creativity by imposing rules about the conditions we require in order to create. We might be convinced we can only create using specific tools or in a certain setting or [...]
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Way back in January, I decided to try out a new-to-me technique: selecting a theme word for the new year. So now it’s time for the first quarterly report. According to my old MBA training, anyway. Have you tried doing this theme word thing? What word(s) did you pick? Or did the theme pick you? I [...]
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