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Month: December 2022

Map Your Thoughts onto Paper to Boost Creativity and Memory

Map Your Thoughts onto Paper to Boost Creativity and Memory

December 31, 2022December 17, 2022 Posted in Creative ProcessLeave a comment

Our brains only have a limited amount of thinking space. Researchers have discovered that sketching allows you to map your thoughts onto paper.

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Boost Your Creativity with Three Creativity Cocktails

Boost Your Creativity with Three Creativity Cocktails

December 24, 2022December 4, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedLeave a comment

We have two types of brains chugging away in our heads, a logical straightforward engine and a second, more dreamlike thinker.

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Are You Digging the Wrong Hole? How to Slow Down When You Create

Are You Digging the Wrong Hole? How to Slow Down When You Create

December 17, 2022December 4, 2022 Posted in Creative Process, WritingLeave a comment

Within your mind, sits a drunken monkey who constantly chatters idea after idea. This is what we artists have to cope with while settling down to compose or write.

Make Creative Mistakes and Seek Your Own True North

Make Creative Mistakes and Seek Your Own True North

December 10, 2022November 26, 2022 Posted in Creative ProcessLeave a comment

We learn early in life that the results are more important than the process. But the reverse is more correct.

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Creativity is Like Pulling Teeth: 6 Ideas to Write Your First Draft

Creativity is Like Pulling Teeth: 6 Ideas to Write Your First Draft

December 3, 2022November 12, 2022 Posted in WritingLeave a comment

If you never get started, your ideas will only exist in your head. You need to start somewhere. Here are six ideas to write your first draft.

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