This post is part of an ongoing series of reflections on my reading of The Creative Habit, by Twyla Tharp.
The Creative Habit begins with a chapter called “I Walk Into a White Room”. Tharp uses this image to describe the stark nothing from which every new project begins. This feels to me like a place [...]
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This post is part of an ongoing series of reflections on my reading of The Creative Habit, by Twyla Tharp.
Much of my energy about the creative process of late has pointed toward one thought — how to get into “creative mode”. For me, and probably for you, it doesn’t just happen. It requires an intentional [...]
I imagine Merlin Mann has helped sell quite a few copies of The Creative Habit, but his is one of many recommendations I’ve had for this book. Maybe it’s been recommended to you many times as well. Let me add another to the list.
Twyla Tharp is a career creative who has spent decades choreographing. She [...]
This weekend, I launched a new design for Creativityist. I’m excited about the new look and hope it creates a better experience for you too. Along with the design, I rolled out a new tagline — soul.workflow.mac. It captures how the site has taken shape over the last year.
Along with the new design, creativityist has [...]
This week, Creativityist is celebrating our first birthday. The thumbnail to the right is a peek back at the first site design and the introductory post: Creativityist…one who practices creativity.
I started the blog with a few ideas, and a dark fog lingering beyond them. Today, I have a few more ideas, and the dark [...]
I’m learning that I have two different operating modes when it come to productivity. The first is GTD — getting things done — mode. This happens when I am cranking through my tasks list, responding to emails or making calls. There is great satisfaction in seeing my to-do list dwindle, and I can feel stress [...]
Welcome to the final week of The Artist’s Way Collective! I know several are working from a few chapters behind, but this post will wait patiently for you to arrive.
This week, we focus on Recovering a Sense of Faith, but it will also serve as a place to post your wrap-up thoughts. Please share your [...]
We are in the second to last week of The Artist’s Way Collective! This news might cause some of you to panic because it reminds you how far behind you are — and if that is you…keep going. It’s a worthwhile journey.
Week 11 focuses on Recovering a Sense of Autonomy. Please share your thoughts [...]
Only three more weeks in The Artist’s Way Collective! Today we being week 9 focusing on Recovering a Sense of Self-Protection. Please share your thoughts in the comments below. (If you aren’t participating, feel free to share your reactions too.) If you are using your blog to process your experiences, please leave us a link.
I’m posting my reflections earlier this week because some of this material has been sticking with me a lot. To mix it up, allow me to offer a few quotes from the chapter that captured, and troubled, me:
The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. The need to produce [...]
