creativity

Sharing Creative Ideas Speaking from Your heart Sometimes we get an opportunity to share creative ideas with a wider audience.  When we get the chance, it is often the impromptu questions that could be unnerving.  In those instances, I remember the advice of my husband Dan when I was nervous to speak to an audience,

Creating A Recipe   I am not a baker. Mostly because I have no self-restraint and can literally eat a batch of freshly made baked goods within hours. When the urge to bake, because I love to cook, comes upon me, I need to devise a plan for disbursement otherwise I am doomed. The thing

How Words Spark Creativity How can the power of words create inspirational imagery?  Think about how words, written and spoken create unique templates of thought in your mind.  This process is the essence of creativity. What does this thought evoke for you? What images come to your mind?  Are you inspired? What will you do

Decorate Yourself For The Holidays On a  recent trip to New York City during the holiday season, I enjoyed the festive holiday decorations. Twinkling lights on sidewalk trees, imaginatively designed holiday windows and the glorious Rockefeller Center Christmas tree never get old. Whether decorating our home exteriors or interiors or even our automobiles it feels

Exercise Inspires Creativity Movement is a potent way to achieve creative expression, and I bet you are thinking of dance as an example. Yes, dance in all its variations manifests creativity but other forms of movement do too. Have you ever thought that your golf swing, hitting a baseball or shooting hoops can be a

Music Inspires Creativity Almost on a daily basis, usually in the morning as I am getting Pippa’s breakfast (Pippa is my four year old dog), I crank up music and dance. My music selections  reflect my mood at the moment and the range of my choices is vast.  One day I dance to The Bee

The Creativity of Dreams Do you ever remember your dreams? Lately I have been remembering mine, and it got me thinking about the mysterious world of dreams and how our subconscious land of dreams could provide a bridge to our conscious creative lives. I have marveled at the depth of meaning of my recent dreams

Creating An Ancestors’ Collage Recently during my visit to the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, I spent a good bit of time walking through an exhibition entitled, “How Black Men Changed the World,” a Smithsonian traveling exhibition that “powerfully dismantles corrosive myths with triumphant portraits and the stories of African American men.”

Strawberry Moon and Strawberries in My Garden Harvest Creativity   On Saturday, June 3rd at 11:42 p.m. EST, the Strawberry Moon will reach its fullness. This moon is named after the time of the strawberry harvest. The strawberry is a sacred fruit symbolizing love, fertility and abundance.  A great time to honor and harvest what your

Saving and Repurposing a Beautiful Greeting Card  Yesterday, I attended a birthday brunch with a group of friends, and as is usual with our group of friends, there are so many good ideas and insightful conversations that are enjoyed by all of us.  Often there is a creative catalyst for my own thinking that evolves