7 Tax Tips for Artists

With tax season coming upon us, I decided to sit down with Amanda Mills of Loose Change, Inc. and capture some of the wisdom she's gained in over 20 years experience as a financial and business management consultant for artists.

Collaboration Is The Secret To Making It Happen

The ability to see through an idea long after the enthusiasm in which it was conceived has passed. Writers and illustrators can find themselves isolated, especially when they get engrossed in a project that wont go away until they've seen it through. Sometimes however, no matter how brilliant the idea is, both writers and artists lose focus and give up, because it all becomes too hard. That's the time to find like minded people to offer encouragement and perspective AND, if you're up for it, a spot of collaboration.

Life: Lessons Ad Infinitum

Life lessons come in all forms, from trying something new to overcoming difficult situations like the illness of a loved one. Jennifer Louden shares her thoughts on the connections between creativity, struggle, and inspiration.

Creative Acts

An artist's reflections on the development of creative vision.

Using Perception and Third Eye Part 4 - Creative Projects

4 part series on third eye and perception

Creativity Management: Do Creative People Have Common Characteristics?

Trait theory's pros and cons...

Creativity Management: the Role of Motivation

An individual may be 'creative' but if s/he is not motivated then s/he will not produce to optimal levels.

Creativity Management: the Value of Focusing on Techniques

However, it is important to realize that techniques – though there may be thousands of them - are only one element of the creativity management process.

You Can Unleash the Great Artist Within You

Each of us has a little child - an artist inside. In each and everyone of us is a direct perception of the world around us which speaks to us. We need to express ourselves, express our feelings and thoughts. This is not a desire to become an artist - we are already artists - we create - we draw - we paint- we write...

Assumption--A Level of Consciousness

Words are the second step in manifesting. The word is the command to the universe to make your thoughts manifest in physical experience. To be able to manifest your thoughts effectively on demand your words must match what you are thinking spiritually. You will always experience your thoughts at some level of consciousness...

Creativity And Humour

This article econtains a few random quotes that many (but not all) consider humorous. Have you ever wondered why we might find them so and what has this to do with thinking creatively in everyday life?

So You Think You're Not Creative?

There is creative potential in all of us, and trying to create room for it to flourish can be a challenge. A reasonable degree of creativity is a natural output of mentally and socially healthy people. As in any other human activity, practice and training can develop it. It is, however, quite a fragile state, and many things can, and often do, disrupt it, so that in many cases we are not operating to our full potential.

Using Creativity To Generate New Product Or Service Ideas

Creativity is often overlooked in favour of giving the job of new product development to the Marketing department. In fact anyone can have a go, just get hold of a few good techniques and see what happens.