There is a great post over at Write to Done entitled A Bucket List for Writers. In it you’ll find the six core competencies for writing. These, give or take a little tweaking are essential for creative writing. Great post.
What pen should I use for my artwork?
January 21, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Basil Fawlty: Where are the pens?
Sybil Fawlty: They’re in that box. It says “pens” quite clearly.
Basil Fawlty: Looks more like “Ben’s.”
Sybil Fawlty: Well when Ben comes, you can give it to him.
Fawlty Towers
You’ve either got a box of pens like John Cleese or you don’t.
You may have one or two lying around that are useful for the odd piece of drawing but what if you’d like to know which ones are the best? Well you need look no further than The Artist and The Monsters at Peonyblue. They have a wonderful post about pens that will leave you salivating your way over to a stationer to bulk up your collection. (Or is it only me who starts to salivate at the mention of stationery?)
So if you need to know the best pens around for your artwork, then take a look at this gorgeous list.
The Muse vs The Critic
January 14, 2011 by · 2 Comments
There is an interesting post over at The Glamorous Life by Jenni Holbrook-Talty about where in our creative heads the muse and the critic sit. She suggests, following on from research by a psychologist whose name has more consonants than a famous German philosopher, that they occupy opposite sides of the brain.
Now to complete a piece of creative work, we need both sides of our brain. However, these sides, the muse and the critic, don’t help each other out. So we need to first use the right side, the muse, and then the left side, the critic.
This sounds like plain and simple advice and it is, but how often have you sat down to do something and immediately said either ‘you can’t do that’ or ‘that’s not the way to do it’? Or come up with an idea for a story and before your first summary sentence is complete you’re editing it? I know I constantly struggle with this. Although there are one or two other deep issues that the awkward named psychologist could uncover when it comes to my inner voice!
There is a lot more in the article about how to work with the muse and the critic but you’ll need to follow the link below for that. In the meantime I’m off to have an idea and not edit it until the right side of my brain needs to take a break and have a cup of tea.
Read the full article here
Amazing timelapse painting from Pat Perry
October 28, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
The title says it all, watch and enjoy and be inspired.
Timelapse Painting Two from Pat Perry on Vimeo.
Overcoming musical writer’s block
July 8, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
A good start would be to try any of these 170+ ideas in an Oblique Strategies stylee from Synthgear.
Whatever you do, creativity is important
June 21, 2010 by · 1 Comment
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.
Free online score editor
June 11, 2010 by · 1 Comment
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.
Where to find good ideas by Seth Godin
May 10, 2010 by · 1 Comment
And also where not to find good ideas. What better way to start the week than with a little bit of inspiration.
Free e-book on getting free of the 9 to 5 for creatives
March 17, 2010 by · 1 Comment
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
Achieving Creative Flow from Zen Habits
February 19, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
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
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