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Myths of Creativity and Creators – How They Hold Us Back
“I just thought making movies was something done by geniuses, and I was very clear that I wasn’t one of those.” Jane Campion When “The Artist’s Way” author and creativity coach Julia Cameron has asked...
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Disparaging Pop Culture Creativity
Critics and reviewers can help us find more art to enjoy, and better appreciate the creative process behind it. But some critics also discount and disparage forms of creative expression that do not...
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Janet Echelman on Creative Thinking and Living a Creative Life
Janet Echelman creates net sculpture environments in metropolitan cities around the world. A graduate of Harvard with Highest Honors in Visual Studies, she has lived and worked in Hong Kong, Bali,...
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Trusting Your Creative Self
If we are willing to put our creative work out there – into the world in some way – it will be judged and ranked. What if our book doesn’t make it to a bestseller list, our painting is not accepted by...
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Maybe Gifted Underachievers Are More Creative
“Einstein is a classic example of a highly creative and highly gifted individual that did not do well in traditional school environments.” That is a quote in a research paper by Kyung Hee Kim, PhD,...
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Lena Dunham on Creating From “The Parts of Me I Find The Most Shameful”
The acclaimed HBO series “Girls” was nominated for an Emmy Award for outstanding comedy series. I have appreciated the perspectives of creator and star Lena Dunham on being multitalented, and on using...
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Creative Thinking: Imagine You Are Seven Again
The acclaimed fable The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery declares children are much wiser and more creative than many adults. Can we regain that creative vitality? In a post on her Scientific...
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Does Creativity Have An Expiration Date?
The late Jane Russell famously starred in “The Outlaw” in 1943. In 2006, at 84, she was singing Cole Porter songs in a review she helped create called “The Swinging Forties.” Other examples of mature...
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Kathryn Bigelow, Filmmaker. Period. Creativity With or Without Gender Labels
“If there’s specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle.” // “A filmmaker is a filmmaker.” Kathryn Bigelow won the first Academy Award ever presented to a...
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We Need Healthy Self Respect to Be More Creative
One way to think about the related ideas of self esteem, self regard and self concept is in terms of how we compare ourselves to others, which can suffocate our creativity. If you are an actor, for...
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Creative People Cross Boundaries
Creative people often have personalities and inner experiences that are intense and beyond ordinary in multiple ways. “I’ve been accused of being ‘too much’ all my life. Too loud, too fast, too smart,...
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To Be More Creative, Be An Introvert
Author Susan Cain declares: “Without introverts, the world would be devoid of: the theory of gravity; the theory of relativity; W. B. Yeats’s “The Second Coming”; Chopin’s nocturnes; Proust’s In...
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Using Personality Traits to Be More Creative
“If there is one word that makes creative people different from others, it is the word complexity. Instead of being an individual, they are a multitude.” That is a quote by creativity researcher and...
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To Be Creative and A Mother
How does being a mother affect a creative woman, especially someone engaged in a career in the arts? “The motherhood thing – I think of it like a marathon, except a marathon is over in a day. It’s an...
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Creativity and Highly Sensitive Men
Psychologist Ted Zeff, among others, notes the personality trait of high sensitivity can be particularly challenging for men, especially in this culture. But many boys and men find that creative...
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Aren’t All Creative People Multitalented?
They may be identified with one form of creativity – such as writing or acting, one of the visual arts, or performing music – but so many people work in multiple ways, in more than one area of creative...
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Ben Kingsley And Our Need For Appreciation
“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.” Psychologist William James Our needs for attention and appreciation may be basic, and grounded in survival as a child, but for...
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The Dyslexic and Creative Mind
“There were a lot of benefits to being dyslexic for me…I think I came into an appreciation of all those qualities of language…” Novelist Richard Ford Although traditionally classified as a learning...
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To Be More Creative, Check Your Self Concept
One reason for discounting our creative abilities is comparing ourselves to other people, especially well-known and successful artists, such as millionaire novelist Dean Koontz. And myths about artists...
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Don’t You Have To Be “Gifted and Talented” To Be Creative?
“What about your very unique talents… that rare ability you have to yodel while break-dancing?” What does it mean to be “talented” or “gifted” and how do identity and intelligence relate to being...
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