100 Day Creative Challenge Day 44: Leap of Faith Whether you have a particular faith or not, you will take leaps of faith on a daily basis. Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Hebrews 11:1 Creating anything is an adventure […]
100 Day CreativeChallenge Day 40: Love Life Sometimes life sucks. We all have those times when grief, disappointment, resentment, bitterness, sadness, stress or just plain exhaustion make us question what life is all about. Today a whole town has been burnt down in the south of our state and I’m sure they won’t be thinking […]
100 Day CreativeChallenge: Day 39 Inspiration: By Appointment The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine. Ralph Waldo Emerson In the name of research and inspiration I’ve been on Pinterest, Facebook, design blogs, writers’ blogs, watched movies, read myriad books, […]
100 Day CreativeChallenge: Day 37 Be A Weirdo Masaru Ibuka, who founded Sony once said, “Creativity comes from looking for the unexpected and stepping outside your own experience.” Being weird is just being open to different experiences and ideas. We can all develop an openness to new experiences and step out of our comfort […]
100 Day Creative Challenge: Day 32 Appointments For Adventure New Year is traditionally a time when we reflect on the previous year and make resolutions or plans for the next. As a writer, I imagine the New Year as a blank page, one to be filled with potential stories, ideas and characters which will form […]
One Hundred Day Creative Challenge: Day 25 A Literary Christmas Today I’m sharing some of my favourite Christmas quotes. May your day be filled with family, friendship, food and faith as you celebrate with loved ones. 1. And then the rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept […]
The One Hundred Day Creative Challenge: Day 24 A Writer’s Christmas Eve Out of all the Christmas traditions we could possibly have, my writer’s heart loves this one. Tracy writes a letter to her son every Christmas Eve, places it in a hand-decorated box and hangs it on the tree. Love it! I’m the sort […]
The One Hundred Day Creative Challenge: Day 22 Giving Back to God The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron is one of my favourite books because it inspires me to live a creative life. Cameron writes about the spirituality of creativity as well as the practice. To her they go hand in hand. The Creator […]
The One Hundred Day Creative Challenge: Day 19 The creative life means we are in it for the process, not just the final product. Too many people are looking to just create that one piece that will bring them fame or fortune, but for most of us, break-even or gratis is what we end up […]
