GUEST POST. I’m absolutely delighted today to publish a guest post by Christine Valters Paintner of Abbey of the Arts. Read to the end for news of a free gift for one lucky reader. Over to Christine: I teach a five-day workshop called Awakening the Creative Spirit, designed for soul care practitioners to kindle their…
Category Archives: Creativity
It’s (not) just your imagination
You wonderful readers! I asked for a tenth suggestion in my post Nine ways to prime your imagination and I got enough ideas for a second post. You left comments on this site and by email, on Facebook and via Twitter. There were some common themes so I’ve pulled them together here: Take up some…
Nine ways to prime your imagination
Here are nine ways to release the genie of imagination from your grubby lamp. Sleep. First because it’s difficult to be live creatively when you’re exhausted. Second because even if you don’t remember your dreams, you’re having them anyway, and your subconscious is making all kinds of gigantic leaps and connections that your conscious mind…
What tantrums teach us about creativity
Creativity is a much misunderstood concept and many women find it disconcerting and challenging. Perhaps we think it’s all about the visual arts…But I believe creativity is one of the cornerstones of a joyful old age, and that everyone is deeply creative…At its most fundamental level, living itself is a deeply creative art. Pilgrim’s Moon…
