Inspiration
Exploring the World With Your Senses: Touch
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008See me, feel me, touch me, heal me.
See me, feel me, touch me, heal me.
See me, feel me, touch me, heal me.
See me, feel me, touch me, heal me, heal me, heal me.
~ Pete Townshend, composer of Tommy
Do you remember the first thing you ever touched? Most likely you don’t. Nonetheless when you were young […]
Planting Our Creative Garden
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Spring to me is the perfect time to make plans and set goals. The air begins to vibrate, as everything starts to wake up. The birds are a bit perkier and lunchtime is for walking outside and not just huddling in warm offices. The ground has thawed enough for planting to begin. What we plant […]
If I Were an Alien
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.
~ Kilgore Trout, (Philip Jose Farmer), “Venus on the Half Shell”
Scientists think the possibility for life in the universe does exist. The evidence for other planets that could sustain life increases as our technological advances find more and more planet like objects. In the remake of […]
Today’s Take Action Prompt: Writing With Your Heart
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008If your writing is not interesting to you, it will not be exciting to anyone else. Take some time to think about what you would like to really write. What makes your heart beat faster when you think about doing it? Write with your heart and meeting deadlines will be worth the effort.
Time Thieves
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The Myth of Time: Improve Your Life One Deadline at a Time
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”
~ Douglas Noel Adams, English humorist and science fiction novelist
Before writing I had to find the right music to play. There were the writing books to look through. After all, the experts have all done it before me so I can […]
Today’s Take Action Prompt: Found Poetry
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Found Poetry is the rearrangement of words or phrases taken randomly from other sources (example: clipped newspaper headlines, bits of advertising copy, handwritten cards pulled from a hat) in a manner that gives the rearranged words a completely new meaning.
Be creative and read your own Spam mail subject lines (please don’t open them - an […]
Poetic Spam? The Quest for Inspiration
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008“You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some with you.”
~ Joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist
Where do you find your inspiration? Some people pull it deep from inside them. Others glean it from life experience. Or you can find it on the side of the road. When you are ready to express your creativity […]
Today’s Take Action Prompt: Create your own wild garden of creativity.
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008First, get outside. Take along your pen and paper, even a camera or drawing pad. Walk around your neighborhood and see it for the first time. Imagine you are a tourist. What is your first impression? Notice the colors, smells and sounds of where you live. Write about it from that point of view. If […]
Planting Seeds ~ One Word at a Time
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008“Any ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a seed we can’t see right now. Sometimes we need to just do the best we can and then trust in an unfolding we can’t design or ordain.” ~ Sharon Salzberg, […]