Creativity Considered

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What do we really mean when we say “victim mentality”? We should talk about it. We often condemn people for being stuck in victimhood, but rarely ask whether they have the skills, the tools, hell, even the *will* to live, that can flip them from victimhood to survivorship.

12 Notes - On Life and Creativity

Quincy Jones

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Julia Cameron writes: "Anger is meant to be acted upon. It is not meant to be acted out." What a way that you have expressed anger that didn't feel destructive?

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Where do you want to find balance? For me, I want to do things that matter to me, with creative / intellectual satisfaction, and bills paid.

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This week I wrestle with what looks like prosperity gospel teachings in 'The Artist's Way' by Julian Cameron.

The Artist's Way - Week 5

Julia Cameron

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I often think about this quote from Doris Lessing, and how her actions may have been received in the 1940s (when she left her husband and children), and how they may be received now.

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I think there is a lot of commonality between athletes and musicians, especially ones who improvise. I believe athletes make significant contributions to their sports, in the same kinds of ways groundbreaking musicians do.

Creativity - The Psychology of Discovery and Invention

Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi

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What more do you want? Does this quote scare you, or make you feel connected to the universe?

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If you could instil one value in everyone's life, what would it be? Why?

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What immediately springs to your mind when I ask this question: *Where is creativity?*

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Do you think there's a difference between 'Big C' creativity and 'little c' creativity?