Category Archives: the creative process

Knowledge and Risk

One of the reasons why mature people are apt to learn less than young people is that they are willing to risk less. Continue reading →

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Stepping off the edge

Last night was really hot, my brain was fried from work and even though I’d had a very restorative dinner with Mom and the sunset I saw afterwards, my thoughts were everywhere. I had a postcard to write and get … Continue reading →

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incoming monday postcard

Thanks to Deb for the card and inspired-by-card poem! Last night I took myself to the Sunday NaNoWriMo group because I thought it might be a few weeks before I come up for air again. Did my Sunday and Monday … Continue reading →

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Thrown into the quote box

The art of creation lies in the gift of perceiving the particular and generalizing it, thus creating the particular again. It is therefore a powerful transforming force and a generator of creative solutions in relation to a given problem. It … Continue reading →

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Learn to draw

This was one of the books offered by the New York Public Library in a collection on how to draw. You can see and flip through the whole book here or see all the NYPL’s suggestions here. They allow as … Continue reading →

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