Be Persistent in Service to Your Creativity
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 11/1/2021 Theme, Knight of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth in the realm of home, health and wealth, anything physical. The Knight is the champion, the one who has the training and equipment to perform the task they are given to serve and protect. This knight works hard […]
Be Persistent and Get Your Work Out into the World
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 7/5/21 Theme, Knight of Coins. Coins is the element of Earth in the realm of home, health, and wealth, anything physical. The Knight is the champion, the warrior who leaves and returns in service to the realm. This Knight doesn’t like to go far. His battles are often fought […]
For Creative Success—Be Like a Weed
In preparation for the on-coming winter, Bob and I weeded a hillside garden that boasts proud, colorful daylilies, a run-away oregano plant, rampant dill, and two small boxwoods. We carefully weeded and mulched that bed last fall and, this spring, pulled out most of the young weeds. The bed looked beautiful. And then I traveled […]
Overnight Success—Are You Pursuing It?
People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most significant success is achieved. ~Annie Sullivan~ Recently, I attended our village’s annual lawn party fundraiser for our small but excellent library. A friend who now lives with her husband year round in New Orleans, attended the event after just returning from a trip […]
How to Move Under, Over or Through Resistance
“Every sun casts a shadow, and genius’s shadow is Resistance. As powerful as is our soul’s call to realization, so potent are the forces of Resistance arrayed against it.” ~ Steven Pressfield I have a confession… Several agents are interested in my current work-in-progress, a somewhat dark fantasy romance. You’d think I would have had […]
What’s Your CROI?
What is ROI? Return On Investment. In the broadest sense, for bankers, angel investors and financiers, ROI is the measure of profitability of an investment, and the definition of profitability can vary depending on the goals of the investor. Add Creative to the front of that and you have CROI, creative return on investment. Why […]
5 Lessons on Creativity to Learn from “The King’s Speech”
Friday night, Bob and I watched the movie, “The King’s Speech.” In spite of several important historical misrepresentations, the movie is a powerful story about King George VI’s struggle to conquer his stammer at a time when the popularity of radio was changing how governments communicated with their populace. One of the most powerful scenes […]