In this world, no one would ever say, “I am not creative,” just like no one would say I am never thirsty or need to sleep. The people just think of themselves as CREATORS in every area of their life, including how they communicate or love.

One of the best ways I know to learn flexibility and openness in your creativity is to collaborate with a fellow artist.

My story about the medicine of showing up with an open heart and being the witness to another’s story. And, as is often the case when giving to others, we receive, in turn, gifts in multiples.

Could it be that playful-ness is a more enlightened state of being than we have been domesticated to consider?

The naïve and straightforward tool that keeps your momentum going when new things are hard.

Expressing your creativity is a potent tool for healing.

After working with countless creative makers, I have found there are some common traits they share. All artists have challenges to face: developing regular routines for creativity, learning to manage self-doubt, and facing rejection and judgment from others.

Conquering these challenges seems to be the nature of the creative beast. How each artist slays them is unique, but the lessons learned through facing those inherent challenges leave some common traits.

Creativity requires you to be a lone wolf.

To grow and flourish, you need space and time to reach your zone place, and that is often achieved by being alone. The travails of creative pursuits require courage to defeat the voices of self-doubt and navigate the uncertain waters of creativity.

Those who are not pursuing a creative life may not understand the journey. Their attempts at support may turn out to be unhelpful.

That’s why finding other creatives in your life is such a worthy goal.

When I finally committed to writing my non-fiction book on creativity, I had many ideas. So many, in fact, they tumbled into my head at the most inopportune times. I had to stop whatever I was doing - driving the car, eating with a friend, plucking my eyebrows, and catch them before they dissipated into thin air. For months this went on until finally I had to write the damn book.

Do you feel overwhelmed, anxiety, confusion, and fear when you have set goals for yourself that you don’t quite know how to reach yet?

We often have a great vision for ourselves, but don’t always know how to get to THERE yet.  So, we often get stuck and procrastinate out of fear of the unknown.

It’s a biology thing.  It’s not your fault.