The One Hundred Day Creative Challenge: Day 13 A small child chases a butterfly giggling and shrieking with delight as it flies away. He falls down onto the ground and rolls down a grassy knoll. More giggles erupt as limbs…
The One Hundred Day Creative Challenge: Day 12 We don’t always set out to create something as a legacy or for eternal meaning. Creating comes out of who we are on a daily basis, even when we’re not aware of…
The One Hundred Day Creative Challenge: Day 11 Each one of us has creativity lurking in the recesses of our minds. I’m sure you have times when you’ve itched to bake something just for fun or planted some new flowers…
The One Hundred Day Creative Challenge: Day 10 I haven’t had a great writing day for a while. I’ve done a lot of writing, but I haven’t focused on my novels for a couple of weeks. I enjoy everything I…
The One Hundred Day Creative Challenge: Day 9 Collaborating With Ideas. Ideas come from all sorts of places. Songs. Conversation. Billboards. Books. Gardens. Pinterest. I’ve driven along in my car with the radio off and something has dropped into my…
The One Hundred Creative Challenge: Day 8 Each one of us has a unique story to share with the world. A story that is told through our creativity. Whether it’s writing, painting, decorating, styling, fashion, singing, playing an instrument, teaching…
Everyone is creative in some way, shape or form. Some of us make things. Some of us think differently. Some of us make people laugh. Some of us can pull things apart and out them back together. What is…
The One Hundred Day Creative Challenge: Day 6 Not giving up is one of the brave choices we make. Whether it’s a relationship, a job, a creative pursuit or faith. Tenacity is a quality that brings to mind doggedness, an…
The One Hundred Day Creative Challenge: Day 5 Today I’m thinking about how I’m going to approach the New Year. January’s New Year Resolutions sneer at us in December, confronting us with all we did not achieve. Self awareness, conscience,…
The One Hundred Day Creative Challenge: Day 4 Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert is the latest book on creativity I’ve studied. There’s something about her down-to-earth, tell-it-like-it-is style that is refreshing. It’s not an artsy-fartsy, pie-in-the-sky book that leaves…