The Creative Mind

The Creative Mind Daily 6.12.18 - Posts include: *Valedictorian speech on sexual misconduct cut off *Creative People with Depression and Deeper Wounds *Getting Over Stage Fright |etc

Why do we make art?
In one of her books, artist Lynda Barry addresses sensitivity, why we create, and the power of fairytales.

“There are certain children who are told they are too sensitive, and there are certain adults who believe sensitivity is a problem that can be fixed in the way that crooked teeth can be fixed and made straight.

The Creative Mind Daily for March 26 includes:
* Differences Between Empaths and Highly Sensitive People
* Giftedness Characteristics
* Coaching Business Success | etc.

The Creative Mind Daily for March 24 includes:
* Getting past overwhelm & distraction as HSP
* Not time to ditch gifted label
* She started acting at 88 in ‘Black Panther’ | etc.

Cheryl Arutt, Psy.D., a clinical psychologist specializing in creative artist issues, writes: “I am continually amazed at the work of the unconscious in the minds of creative artists.

"The capacity to hold many details in the conscious, wakeful mind may seem limited; the unconscious is capable of holding far more.

The Creative Mind Daily for March 8 includes: Solitude and creative expression; Outer Creation and Inner Life; Express Your Unique Voice; Are Gifted Underachievers More Creative? -- etc.

Are we sometimes (or often) waiting for some powerful creative idea to be delivered to us from outside, by some sort of Muse, in order to know what to do, or have the “creative energy” we think we need to have before accomplishing something creative?

Psychologist Sharon Barnes works with creative, sensitive, intense, gifted children and adults. She writes: "I had heard that mistakes can be our finest learning experiences, but I’d not relished that idea until I reclaimed one of my discarded pieces, and unexpectedly discovered how to reclaim my life, too."

The Creative Mind Daily for April 6 includes:
*Anna Deavere Smith and Shondaland
*Feeding Our Teeming Brain
*The upside of our dysfunctions
*Lena Dunham on meditating and creativity | etc

The Creative Mind Daily for March 23 includes:
* Reverse Engineering the Brain;
* Paradoxes of Creative People;
* Existential Depression;
* Jessica Chastain and High Sensitivity | plus more

The Creative Mind Daily for March 22 includes:
* Multipotentialite Entrepreneurs;
* Relieve Stress & Anxiety When You're Highly Sensitive;
* Emotional Health for Creative People | etc.

The Creative Mind Daily Feb 24 - Creative people feeling like misfits; Learning Thinking Style; Heather Graham sends up Hollywood’s toxic masculinity; and more