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- Parenting Advice: Promote Imaginative Play - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2010 from Menno SpijkstraImaginative play should be encouraged and fostered in children because not only is it fun for them but it is also a significant part of growing up and learning. Playing through imagination is an essential part of childhood. Through this, the child learn more about the world and about himself and ...
Views: 1448 - *** Show Up Naked - Honor Your Authenticity - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery Satterwhite"A poem is a naked person... Some people say that I am a poet." - Bob Dylan When you show up naked, vulnerable, authentic and open, you allow others to genuinely see who you are. You've heard the old adage, "Actions Speak Louder than Words". It's true. When you fully realize that what you ...
Views: 1448 - Give a New Dimension To Your Home Using Interior Design Ideas - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2011 from Wilson TreavorHaving the perfect home is something each one of us thinks about. Being a proud home owner is not less than an honor today but the ultimate satisfaction comes when your home is designed and decorated tastefully. Interior design ideas for homes are numerous the real task is choosing the suitable ...
Views: 1445 - Historical Overview of Photography Editing - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2009 from Luka MalgajPhoto editing is as old as photography itself. For example American Civil War photographs were published as engravings, based on more than one negative. The pioneer among journalists distorting photographic images for news value was Bernarr Macfadden and his composograph in the mid-1920s. ...
Views: 1441(1 vote) - *** You Are Enrolled in a Cosmic Grade School - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteWelcome to your life, the attendance in a universal elementary school of sorts, where you are here to learn, develop and enjoy your being. You are here to learn your ABC's of Abundance, Being-ness and Consciousness. In the rich generative soil of physical reality you are meant to grow and ...
Views: 1439 - Teaching Children to Sew: Which Sewing Machine To Use - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2007 from Kristi BorchardtEven if your child is 3 years old, the only question you must ask yourself to determine if a person is ready to learn to sew is: Will they obey the MOST important rule in sewing? What is this rule? - Keep your fingers out from under the needle!!!!! When our daughter was 3, I knew that she ...
Views: 1435 - *** The Inner Critic Kidnaps the Artist Soul - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery Satterwhite"Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your Soul." - Walt Whitman For many artists, challenges are very personal. And one of the biggest challenges is the Critic in the room, the Inner Critic. This gnarly Inner Critic is the voice of your self-doubt and fear. It is the ...
Views: 1433 - It's Easy To Unleash Your Creative Thinking - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2011 from Karen FuscoMany people have the misconception that only a select few are able to unleash a steady stream of creative genius. That’s not true at all. Actually, creativity is very much like a muscle that needs to be exercised in order to consistently give out great results. If you don't practice harnessing ...
Views: 1432 - Supercharging Your Meetings With Creativity - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2008 from Kam YewLaughter Laughter is probably the best method for relieving stress, improving health and opening up the mind. The beneficial effects of laughter have been proven by scientific studies. It can even heal incurable diseases as revealed by Norman Cousins in his book, “ The Anatomy of a Disease” He ...
Views: 1432 - Whatever You Want, You Can Have - by When you are aligned with the invincible forces of Natural Law, desired goals materialize extremely quickly. But if you have contradictory desire streams - desires for two opposing things at the same time - it becomes much more difficult for Nature to fulfill your desires.
Whatever you want, ...
Views: 1429 - Improve Your Children’s Creativity - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2011 from Rae LuskinEvery child is born creative. Each and every child is blessed with a set of unique skills and talents which only require to be polished. We need to identify their talent and interests and help them work towards it. Each and every child, and adult, has a spark of creativity. We just need to ...
Views: 1428 - Affirmations: The Most Important One - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery Satterwhite“Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence” - Friedrich Nietzsche While traveling the road of life's journey of growth and fulfillment many people recite affirmations such as "I am rich without a hitch" or "I am strong, I am safe and all is well." ...
Views: 1427 - Let Your Creativity Flourish with Your Inner Magical Child - by Submitted on May 19, 2015 from Astra NiedraWe all have different facets to our psyche and by the time we become adults we identify with only a few of them, having pushed away those we either think we no longer need or those parts of us we find problematic in some way. Creativity is something we all had as children but because it is an ...
Views: 1425(3 votes) - Joywork Part1: Make Work a Productive Pleasure - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2011 from Asia Sharif-ClarkIf you've ever held a dead-end job, you know how painful it feels and how much energy it takes, just to rise every morning. If you've held a career, that brings you nothing but money, there's an emptiness within you, your paycheck can't fill. Make your work a productive pleasure, by planting ...
Views: 1424 - Dust, vacuum...create? - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2009 from Danielle RaineThe results of housework are all too fleeting. You spend your time performing boring tasks and before long, they need doing again. There’s not much scope for any earth-shattering achievements, right? Wrong! A surprising side-effect of monotonous jobs is the activation of your creative mind. ...
Views: 1423(2 votes) - Knowledge is Not a Skill - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Young KimI used to be friends with a guy, Chad, who was a big movie buff. He knew every thing about movies. He fancied himself to be on par with Martin Scorcese and Quentin Tarantino in terms of being an encyclopedia about film. Although he aspired to be a filmmaker, he actually never made a movie. He ...
Views: 1422(3 votes) - Ma-Mahajnan explains thoroughly - What an illustration! - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Ma-Mahajnan prosadThere’s a mango hanging on the topmost branch of the tree. My mouth waters. How can I get it from there? Can I just looking on? If I really drool at the mouth, I’ll surely do something to pluck it off. But there’s mango on the topmost branch, I keep looking on and then come away. My mouth waters ...
Views: 1422 - All I Got for My Membership Was This Lousy T-shirt - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2011 from Young KimNot so long ago, I used to be part of a photography organization that had a space where members could hang their work for sale. The space also had lighting equipment and printing equipment that members could access. The organization also had a magazine where photographers were challenged to ...
Views: 1421(1 vote) - Creating Change - Are You Ready to Create Positive Change in Your Life? - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2010 from Tomar LevineCreating Change - Are You Ready to Create Positive Change in Your Life? Tomar Levine Is there anyone among us not looking for change of some kind? Better health, better income, and better relationships top most people’s wish lists – and that’s just for starters. I believe many of us also ...
Views: 1421(1 vote) - Human Auras, Colors & Their Meanings - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2016 from Pazit BarakEach human being is surrounded by an aura. As a psychic energy field, the aura depicts an individual’s physical, mental, emotional and spiritual state. The human aura consists of multiple energy layers and each vibrates differently. Further, it changes frequently according to a person’s ...
Views: 1420 - Don't Let Perfect Be the Enemy of Good - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2016 from Sarah KoestnerYesterday, while taking a drop-in art class I had an experience that I don't always have when I'm engaging in something creative: I was fully "in the zone." My instructor even commented: "You're on fire today." Painting after painting was flying out of me. I felt free and almost reckless - a ...
Views: 1419 - Essence of Truth Realized by Ma-Mahajnan (Seven) - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Ma-Mahajnan prosadNo More Of Mystery. Prosad : Universal solutions have unraveled all the mysteries. Then whatever mystery there is in creation, you've unveiled it and, keeping in view all the miracles and mysteries not to gain any importance, you stand matchless through this unique work 'Universal Solution ...
Views: 1419 - Spark Your Creativity Via Your Intuitions - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2009 from Gail McMeekinWorried that you’re not creative? You are, but you may be out of touch with it. Your intuition can lead you into a world of novel ideas, experimentation, and brainstorming that will perk up your work life and stimulate innovation and problem-solving. Intuition training is not just for New Agers. ...
Views: 1419(2 votes) - Fear, weakness and where does stand an atheist? - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2011 from Ma-Mahajnan prosadWeakness is the root cause of fear: A weak mind is prone to fear. Fear is another name for ghosts. A stout mind has energy. Energy is another name for God. Fear springs from weakness. The man, who happens to be weak, has a heart which can not but tremble with fear. If a man is free from ...
Views: 1416 - *** Stress Relief: Take Up Cog-Knitting - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteGranny may be on to something that our comparatively inexperienced presence may not be aware of. We often run to Granny for her sage, sometimes cryptic, wisdom. And Grannies knit. Are the two related? Would we be well served by picking up a pair of knitting needles and a skein or two of yarn? ...
Views: 1413(1 vote) - Where does lay the difference? - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2011 from Ma-Mahajnan prosadYes, it is to think seriously about and ask within delving deep into what makes the difference between truth inculcated by the prophets in the past and that of expounded lately by Ma-Mahajnan, the spiritual genius. Swami Vivekananda, the great Hindu monk, delivered a lecture in ‘The Parliament ...
Views: 1412 - Happiness Beyond Thought - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2015 from Ernst MarcOne of our main characteristics is that we try to conceive all that we live, that is we tend to build always a representation, a meaning about that what we experience. We do not have simple feelings, but conceived feelings, not direct moods, but mediated ones, namely mediated by our thought. It ...
Views: 1410 - 10 Ways to Overcome Creative Blocks - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2011 from Meredith HinesThe words aren’t coming. The music feels flat. The canvass stays blank. Panic starts to set in. Every creative person has had the experience of “hitting the wall” on a project. It can feel like torture and it can feel like forever. Here are 10 ways to breakthrough creative blocks. 1.) Check ...
Views: 1409(1 vote) - ***How Actress Courteney Cox Empowers the Wizard Within - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteHardly a day goes by when I don't read or hear of some celebrity or politician publicly humiliating themselves in an unconscious act of self-sabotage. Some get up, brush themselves off, learn a few life lessons and go on to reach even higher levels of achievement. Others take a few steps back ...
Views: 1406(2 votes) - We Create From An Internal Vision - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2014 from Moreen DuFermontWe Create From An Internal Vision Where does this internal vision really come from? Many may respond by saying that it comes from God or the Divine Source. This implies that as God chooses which gifts he endows to us, that we can allow such vision to gracefully unfold. You and I and all ...
Views: 1404 - Reducing Distractions - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2011 from Sean BurrowsOne of the key elements in our quest to improve the quality of our lives, is to reduce the number of unnecessary distractions which are causing our growth to either stagnate, or to move backwards. To fully understand what we need to focus on, we will need to ask ourselves a few simple ...
Views: 1402(3 votes) - The Amazing Benefits Of Sleep - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2010 from Terry WeberAs Americans, we live in a supercharged society where energetic activity always seems to take precedence over the simple common sense awareness of our basic need to get enough sleep. In fact, our active lives can be so enticing, so interesting that we get to the point where we actually begrudge ...
Views: 1402(3 votes) - HARNESSING THE POWER OF PRODUCTIVE OBSESSIONS - by Submitted on May 25, 2010 from Kim CorbinIn working with clients as a family therapist, creativity coach and meaning coach I began to see the following recurring pattern: clients would quickly lose interest in activities, projects, relationships and careers that they had started with great enthusiasm. They would even lose interest in ...
Views: 1399(8 votes) - Why to Take an Information Vacation - and How - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2015 from Liisa KyleAre you an information addict? A news junkie? A Facebook frequenter, a Twitterer or devotee of other social media? A slave to your PDA or fancy phone? The costs of this information addiction is well documented. No wonder it's becoming chic these days to 'go off the grid' for a period of ...
Views: 1398 - Don't Just Read a Bestseller - Write Your Own - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2005 from Richard LeeEveryone has a book in them – or so the saying goes. In 2001 I had an idea that it should be possible to develop a computer program that would help ordinary people realize their dream to write their own novel. So we started developing newnovelist. We were confident that we had the right ...
Views: 1395 - Mindfulness and Poetry: Delicious Word Awareness - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2005 from Maya FrostEveryone's a poet. Of course, everyone's a critic, too! This means that there are plenty of opportunities to heighten our awareness of words and how we use them. Words create pictures, and just as a painter uses a combination of colors and strokes to express a concept, we offer an artistic ...
Views: 1393 - Be Where Your Buyers Are - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2011 from Young KimOne of my clients, Anna, recently tried to sell her photographs at a concert that one of her friends held at a hotel. Anna's friend, Johnny has a small jazz band and was able to get his band booked for gig at the bar/lounge inside the hotel. Johnny also asked the hotel if they could have ...
Views: 1391(3 votes) - How to Cultivate Beginner's Mind - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2015 from Sarah Koestner"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few. ~Suzuki If you're a perfectionist like me, learning and creating while practicing "beginner's mind" is something you might find challenging. What is "beginner's mind" you ask? Beginner's mind is a concept ...
Views: 1391 - Andy Warhol and Scalability - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Young KimAndy Warhol introduced the idea of modern pop art, where a piece of artwork could be replicated over and over again using silk screening techniques. In a way, Andy Warhol made art scalable, but only up to a point. There's a reason why couture dresses sell more than the ones you find at a ...
Views: 1390(9 votes) - Finding Happiness With The Creative Aspect - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2011 from David SamuelActivity without fulfilment is just passing time while your body decays. It does not fulfil the emotional needs. Only by creating according to your own personal nature can fulfil that. If there is no channel for you to be creative, then the energy that is available for that must be used ...
Views: 1390 - Work At Home Business - Turning Your Idea Into Dollars - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2008 from Jeff CasmerI love opportunists. They are always thinking about what would make the next successful work at home business. The trouble with opportunists is they spend more time thinking than they do putting their ideas into action. Work at home businesses need action to be successful. This shouldn't be a ...
Views: 1390 - An Exponential Idea In Giving - by Here's an exponential idea for our time. What if, each time someone did a good deed for someone else, the good deed was paid back by paying it forward to three additional people? In turn, each day, each person, having received a good deed, did a good deed for three more people.
According to ...
Views: 1389 - What's Your Learning Style? | Adult Learning Styles Part 2 - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2015 from Liisa KyleTo develop and hone your talents, it's helpful to understand your learning style, the topic of Part 1 of this article. A second component to understanding how you like to learn involves recognizing your preferred learning experiences. For example, how much structure do you like in your ...
Views: 1388 - Mind Fitness: Improving creative thinking and problem solving - by Nimble. Flexible. Strong. Agile. Quick. Words that could be describing virtually any muscle in your body, right? How about the muscle between your ears?
Did you know there¡¯s a way to keep your brain fit the same way you keep the rest of your body fit? As a creative thinking coach I have ...
Views: 1387 - Shift Out of Normal to Experience New Possibilities - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2009 from Andrea BeaulieuDefinition of Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Do you want to create something and you just haven't been able to do it? Here's the thing: If we want to experience something differently, or create something new, we need to get out of our ...
Views: 1384 - *** Creatively Blocked? Let Go of "It Has to Be Good" - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteThere you are again, staring endlessly at the blank canvas or page. Perhaps you are sitting at the piano, clueless as to where to place your hands. Are you struggling with how to develop your character in the role you've just landed? Are you frozen with a creative block, stuck in ...
Views: 1381 - Balancing the Creations of the Mind - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2015 from Marc LernerDuring the day, do you focus on thoughts or feelings? This is so subtle, it is hard to really know. That is where you place your focus during the day. Is it on your thoughts? Is it on your feelings? Or, is it on the combination? The combination is definitely used by a majority of people. This ...
Views: 1381 - Embracing Writer's Block, Part 2: Content Needs Emptiness - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2010 from Christopher EdgarI’ve written before about how it’s helpful, when you’re facing writer’s block, to just sit with that sense of creative emptiness, and allow it to pass away on its own — rather than beating yourself up for being uncreative, or distracting yourself from the emptiness by playing Minesweeper. When ...
Views: 1381 - The Son stands as for The Mother - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2011 from Ma-Mahajnan prosadO Thou Destiny! You have snatched away our Steve Jobs only at 56. What a sad demise! Strangely, the medical board of America couldn’t save such an invaluable life! In fact, there is no consolation, since the sufferings of Jobs was beyond control of the greatest physicians of the USA. People ...
Views: 1381 - Artist Career Support: Performance Under Pressure - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2009 from Barbara BowenArtist career support involves the inner level of creating as well as the outer level of marketing. The inner level is key during times of stress. There is no point in struggling with thoughts that rush in during these times. Thoughts themselves are not the issue. The issue is how we choose to ...
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