Creativity

Creativity Index

251. Analysis of The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs: A Study in Lateral Thinking By John Anderson
     I first read The Monkey's Paw as a youngster in Junior High School. I was touched by how an elderly couple received the gift that everyone would want, three wishes, and how the gift turned into a curse.I knew something was wrong at the beginning of the story when the previous owner tried to throw it in a fire. I also had a suspicion that though the paw granted wishes, it wouldn't work the way the person making the wish intended. Years later, I saw the Movie "Bedazzled" with Peter Cook and Dudl…



252. Top Ten Reasons To Start Creativity Coaching By Lael Johnson
     DEVELOP YOUR ARTISTIC CONFIDENCE I'd really like to write but I don't have enough time. Creativity coaching can give you back control over your calendar.EXPAND YOUR HOBBY TO A PART-TIME BUSINESS: I can make crafts for others, but I'm too scared to sell them to strangers. Creativity coaching can teach you how to expand and meet your artistic expectations.EXPLORE YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS: Marketing my work to new markets is difficult. Creativity coaching can teach you how to research and d…



253. Connect with Your Body By Linda Dessau
     When we're in the creative flow, we can sometimes forget we even have a body, because our minds are exploding with color, sounds, words and images. But when unhealthy habits sap your body of its vitality and strength, your creativity and productivity will be sapped as well.What could be more frustrating than the interruption of your creative flow by an uninvited headache, back spasm, dullness of mind or the "shakes"?I once heard the expression that as a guitar player, I'm a "small muscle athle…



254. Prime Your Brain By Meredith Keeney
     Have you ever wished that you could come up with more creative ideas? Well you can, you just need to know how to prime the creative portions of your brain and then once they are revved up and creating great ideas, how to maintain that level of production.The method for this is simple as long as you remember that your brain isn’t a big computer. You can’t just punch in something and have it spit the answer back out. Like all organic things, you have to nurture it for a bit before you see a resu…



255. Push The Right Button By Hifzur Rehman
     You can live a much more successful life than you think! Just push the right button and see how it opens the doors of success for you. Yes, its so simple and easy. Yet the great majority of people fail to achieve success. Why? Because they push the wrong buttons.The switch board of life has both right and wrong buttons; the right buttons of success and the wrong buttons of failure. You need to differentiate between the two if you want to succeed in life. You should not blindly push any …



256. Mindfulness and Poetry: Delicious Word Awareness By Maya Talisman Frost
     Everyone's a poet.Of course, everyone's a critic, too! This means that there are plenty of opportunities to heighten our awareness of words and how we use them.Words create pictures, and just as a painter uses a combination of colors and strokes to express a concept, we offer an artistic rendering of thoughts through carefully chosen words.Our linguistic intelligence is what allows us to both recognize and generate vivid word vignettes. Whether you enjoy novels, biographies, mysteries, …



257. Breathing Out Stage Fright By Linda Dessau
     You're stepping onto the stage, amidst opening night flurry and last minute stage directions. In the audience are the director you'd like to work with, the reviewer everyone listens to, and your first acting coach. The blood pumps in your ears, your heart is racing, and your throat is so dry you can't possibly speak your lines. Every muscle is tense and you want to run.It's called the "fight or flight" response. It's also called stage fright. Stage fright comes in many different forms. For som…






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