by Ellen Clarke | Jan 8, 2018 | Creativity
Photo by Bianca Isofache on Unsplash One of the most ambivalent things about creative work is sending a part of yourself out into the world. I’ve had the honor of having many of my haiku published, and I’m about the worst one when it comes...
by Ellen Clarke | Jan 7, 2018 | Creativity
Teaching involves so many forms and goals. Classroom, tutoring, online, videos…….to learn a new skill, reach a goal, prepare school children for the future, to climb over a hurdle. Is it creative? Consider any subject in a classroom, for example; there are...
by Ellen Clarke | Jan 6, 2018 | Creativity
Writing is about the easiest form of creativity to engage in. You can write by hand, on computer, even dictation can translate into print. Thoughts in the brain follow a path through to the hand and onto paper. It’s a proven psychologically beneficial process...
by Ellen Clarke | Jan 5, 2018 | Creativity
We need creative people. Your ability to connect people, share experiences, dissolve our differences and bring us together. Art reflects our innermost selves that we thought only we felt, making us feel less alone and more understood. Bernard Hiller says, “When...
by Ellen Clarke | Jan 4, 2018 | Creativity
Whether you’re an artist, musician, cook, fashion designer, architect, interior designer, actor, dancer……..there’s a magical element in doing it. A part of yourself is in it. Why do we? Because it feels good……brings joy to us...
by Ellen Clarke | Jan 3, 2018 | Creativity
Photo by Alfred Leung – Unsplash Creativity is one of those vague terms with subjective meanings, like “happiness” and “success.” What it means to you is different from what it means to me. So there could be a million definitions. Like...
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