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Information and inspiration for creators: https://thecreativemind.net
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The Creative Mind 6.12.18

The Creative Mind 6.12.18 | The Creative Mind | Scoop.it

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

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Friday, Mar. 23, 2018 - The Creative Mind

Friday, Mar. 23, 2018 - The Creative Mind | The Creative Mind | Scoop.it

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

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Friday, Mar. 16, 2018 - The Creative Mind

Friday, Mar. 16, 2018 - The Creative Mind | The Creative Mind | Scoop.it

The Creative Mind Daily for March 16 includes: * Gaining health and personal growth using our Shadow; * Developing creativity with less thinking, more being; * Multitalented and Creative | etc

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The Creative Mind Daily Feb. 24

The Creative Mind Daily Feb. 24 | The Creative Mind | Scoop.it

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

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The Creative Mind Newspaper

The Creative Mind Newspaper | The Creative Mind | Scoop.it
Information and inspiration to enhance your creativity and personal growth.
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Be More Playful To Be Creative

Be More Playful To Be Creative | The Creative Mind | Scoop.it

“Creative people combine playfulness and discipline, or responsibility and irresponsibility.”

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Creativity Can Be Challenging

Creativity Can Be Challenging | The Creative Mind | Scoop.it

Creative work can be deeply rewarding, but also physically and emotionally challenging.

The photo is Juliette Binoche in a movie - her character “is an art instructor suffering from severe rheumatoid arthritis...”

 

There are also emotional challenges in being creative, as Eric Maisel and Sharon M Barnes explain.

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Seth Godin On Success For Creative Freelancers

Seth Godin On Success For Creative Freelancers | The Creative Mind | Scoop.it

How can being a freelancer work out for creative people? Creative freelancers include web designers, copywriters, programmers, photographers and others.

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Seth Godin comments,

“Think about the people who are truly great. The programmer who can save you months.

“The cartoonist who draws life-changing images on the backs of business cards. The guitar player who can sit in on a recording session and change everything…

“These people are first class. They’re in charge. Top of their game. The best of the best.

“That’s the freelancer each of us is capable of being.”

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Do We Need Artistic Talent To Be Creative?

Do We Need Artistic Talent To Be Creative? | The Creative Mind | Scoop.it
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.
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The Creative Mind Daily for Mar. 17, 2018

The Creative Mind Daily for Mar. 17, 2018 | The Creative Mind | Scoop.it

The Creative Mind Daily for March 17 includes: Missing or Abandoning Our Creative Fulfillment; Emotional health - Karla McLaren on working with emotions; Ranking and Self-Esteem | etc

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The Creative Mind Daily for Mar. 08, 2018

The Creative Mind Daily for Mar. 08, 2018 | The Creative Mind | Scoop.it

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.

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Jan. 16, 2018 - The Creative Mind

Jan. 16, 2018 - The Creative Mind | The Creative Mind | Scoop.it

"Information and inspiration to enhance your creativity and personal growth." - The Creative Mind. Articles in the daily paper from the edition of Jan 16 include:
Gordon Parks: a Renaissance Man
Do We Need More Confidence To Be More Creative?
Adult underachievement - not living up to high potential

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"Information and inspiration to enhance your creativity and personal growth." - The Creative Mind. Articles in the daily paper from the edition of Jan 16 include:
Gordon Parks: a Renaissance Man
Do We Need More Confidence To Be More Creative?
Adult underachievement - not living up to high potential

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Tom Hanks on writing and self-consciousness

Tom Hanks on writing and self-consciousness | The Creative Mind | Scoop.it
Jeffrey Brown: But self-consciousness as in, hey, I’m an actor trying to write, or this isn’t my medium, or…

Tom Hanks: How about all those things? Plus a few other things
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Unfocus To Be Creative | The Creative Mind

Unfocus To Be Creative | The Creative Mind | The Creative Mind | Scoop.it

“Their creativity and productivity...were not the result of endless hours of toil. Their towering creative achievements result from modest ‘working’ hours.”

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Conformity and Creativity | TalentDevelop

Conformity and Creativity | TalentDevelop | The Creative Mind | Scoop.it

“I hope I’m becoming more eccentric. More room in the brain.”
Musician Tom Waits

 

Therapist Sharon Barnes notes in an article some of the challenges that creative, exceptional people may experience.

Also see quotes by other psychologists and artists.

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