The Art of/and Wintering

“Creativity is defined as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertaining ourselves and others.”

In order to be creative, you need to be able to view things in new ways or from a different perspective. You need to be able to generate new possibilities or unique alternatives.

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How to break through Creative Blocks?

“Creativity is defined as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertaining ourselves and others.”

In order to be creative, you need to be able to view things in new ways or from a different perspective. You need to be able to generate new possibilities or unique alternatives.

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Words and Art

Words (either written or thought) are the starting point for many creative ideas. What if our writing was somehow incorporated into our paintings? Jean-Michel Basquiat was a perfect example of the canvas becoming a big notebook. His poetic thoughts drawn from his experiences on the streets of New York eventually made their way into his paintings.

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My Abstract Mixed Media Art Development

“Creativity is defined as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertaining ourselves and others.”

In order to be creative, you need to be able to view things in new ways or from a different perspective. You need to be able to generate new possibilities or unique alternatives.

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How to Increase Creativity through Lateral Thinking

“Creativity is defined as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertaining ourselves and others.”

In order to be creative, you need to be able to view things in new ways or from a different perspective. You need to be able to generate new possibilities or unique alternatives.

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What is Mindful Mixed Media?

“Creativity is defined as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertaining ourselves and others.”

In order to be creative, you need to be able to view things in new ways or from a different perspective. You need to be able to generate new possibilities or unique alternatives.

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Art and Spirituality

Can Art Nourish The Soul?

“Art is a form of nourishment (of consciousness, the spirit),” 31-year-old Susan Sontag, the American writer and philosopher, wrote in her diary in 1964.

in 1910, Russian painter and art theorist, Wassily Kandinsky published “Concerning the Spiritual in Art”. He explores the deep motives for making art as a “spiritual impulse” and the desire by the audience to admire art for the same reasons….There are so many moments while standing in front of art of immense power, that I feel the elevation of the spirit. Rothko’s paintings are just one example for me. So are Rembrandts. It is an indescribable feeling but it nevertheless feels as though it is a unifying me with the rest of humanity and THAT to me is a spiritual experience.

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How are Creativity and Time related?

The soothing capacity of art making: Have you found that being deeply immersed in a creative pursuit changes your relationship to time? For me it seems to slow it down and allow me to breathe more deeply. My nervous system seems to calm down and I am now off the productivity wheel and into my process mode, in the present moment (akin to meditation).

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