Jul 8
A good start would be to try any of these 170+ ideas in an Oblique Strategies stylee from Synthgear.
Jun 21
There is a lovely and inspiring post from Sarah Prout about the importance of creativity. This is just what you need on a Monday morning to bring things into perspective and begin to plan the week ahead.
Make sure that you don’t get bogged down with the ‘doing’ creativity. Creativity is also about ‘being’. Be inspired, be creative and be yourself. Don’t get lost in the busyness of each day.
Stop. Breath. Be inspired. Be.
Jun 11
Found a wonderful new online resource to while away the hours.
Noteflight is an online score editor. It is able to create wonderful musical scores, including lyrics, that can be printed or exported as .wav or midi files.
I certainly know how my weekend will be spent. I’ll let you know how I get on with it and do a more thorough review in the coming days.
May 10
And also where not to find good ideas. What better way to start the week than with a little bit of inspiration.
Mar 17
I’m not going to say much because following the link says it all. But, let me drop in a few words to make you want to scratch the itch: free, ebook, future planning, being creative, making a living… I’d best stop there for you to follow the link!
Flying in the face of convention… | Alexia Petrakos
Feb 19
There is a great post about getting into the creative flow over at Zen habits (link below). Having recently been in and out of the creative flow with a writing project I was doing it was good to see the three things that often block the creative flow listed:
- you aren’t allowing yourself to be challenged
- you’re completely overwhelmed
- someone else is holding you back
So if you want some tips to overcome the above take a look at the post.
The Hidden Art of Achieving Creative Flow | Zen Habits
Jan 22
Feeling totally (or maybe just a bit) drained and out of creative ideas? Perhaps you need to take a break, or make time for some creative input. Why not take a micro-sabbatical? You’ll find the reasoning behind it and some practical ways to have one by reading a great post by Bradley J Moore called Six Ways to Take a Micro-Sabbatical.
I’m off for a micro… care to join me?
Jan 5
There are times when we feel like a total and utter creative failure. Okay, confession time, I do. I don’t know about you but I am confident that some of you feel the same.
We may spend hours, day or even weeks being creative only to give up near the end, with feelings of inadequacy. The work that we have produced, despite the praise of our peers and friends, is deemed by us alone as complete rubbish. Our creative efforts are consigned at best to a hidden folder on Flickr and at worst to the delete button or the bin.
We are our own worst enemies. We go further than simply being critical of our work, we metaphorically and sometimes literally, tear it apart… and ourselves along the way too. But, and here it the big but, there is no reason to be doing this.
There is a great article at the Harvard Business Review that looks at managing your inner critic. While the article is aimed to help those in a business environment, the practicalities for dealing with this inner critic are transferable.
So, instead of ripping your work and yourself to shreds, have a read of the article below.
How to Manage Your Inner Critic – The Conversation – Harvard Business Review
And, over at Leo’s Zen Habits there is another post offering some similar advice, so I thought I’d add that here too.Nov 17
The Abundance Blog lives up to its name with this list of 17 creative resource links. They are aimed at getting the right (creative) side of the brain going. There is pretty much something for everyone in the list, so enjoy.
17 Resources to Awaken Your Right Brain – Abundance Blog at Marelisa Online
Nov 16
Here’s a great little apllication to help with learning guitar chords. It has a nice and simple layout, and with the added sound you can even see how close you’re getting to the actual chord when you attempt it.
