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The Collaborative Process: Part 1 by Emily Lewin

The Collaborative Process: Part 1 by Emily Lewin (@girlontheband) How to prepare for collaboration. #bicollab

I recently collaborated with Alex Priore, of The Wild Nomad Studio, to create an EP of six of the songs that I’ve written (details coming soon!). I’ve always been passionate about collaboration and this experience was an amazing opportunity to witness the profound effect of true collaboration on a project. One of the most amazing aspect of this collaboration has been watching the exponential…

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Manifesto 8.3 by Emily Lewin

Manifesto 8.3 by Emily Lewin (@girlontheband) Overcoming regret (+ an excerpt from the Bright Ideas Book)! #manifestomondays

Regret is a thief and a liar. His primary objective is to trap us in the past, so caught up in our prior mistakes that we are unable to move forward. Converting failures from lessons to disqualifications, he attempts to blind us to the reality that mistakes are a valuable part of the process, intended to teach us wisdom for the rest of the journey. In our Bright Ideas Book (coming soon!) we…

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Don't Interrupt, Do the Work. #passion #dothework #creativesuperpowers #chineseproverb #creativity

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Are You Stuck in the Basement? by Emily Lewin

Are You Stuck in the Basement? by Emily Lewin - a challenge to explore all of your creativity.

We’ve previously discussed the importance of guarding your Creative Mind House from various intruders such as Colonel Criticism and Ringleader Regret, and we know that these mental terrorists, if let in, can wreak havoc on our ability to think and act in our full creative potential. However, Sarah and I realized recently that we were operating under the assumption that everyone is actually living…

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Manifesto 7.3 by Emily Lewin - Four Ways to Avoid Avoidance

Manifesto 7.3 by Emily Lewin - Four Ways to Avoid Avoidance #manifestomonday #BImanifesto

Raise your hand if you’ve ever avoided something hard or scary. Now raise your hand again if you did that scary hard thing and it wasn’t as bad as you thought it would be, or it was as bad as you imagined but you were still able to do it. I can’t be the only avoider out there. ;) One key thing that I’ve found myself avoiding, and being forced to face head on recently, is asking for help. Does…

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Why Not Be Creative? by Emily Lewin

Why Not Be Creative? by Emily Lewin (@girlontheband) #creativity #thursdayswithemily

Why be creative? What’s the point? Why the extra effort to break the boundaries of the status quo? If you’re not “naturally inclined” to be creative than it can seem like adding unnecessary fluff to your life for no logical resaon. Perhaps the question needs to be phrased differently, why not be creative?  If it’s true that we were each made to reflect the nature of God, and if we know that…

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Die of Passion, not Boredom. - Van Gogh #quote #creativity #brightideas #vangogh #mycreativesuperpowers

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Bright Ideas Collaborations: Lighthouse

Bright Ideas Collaborations: Lighthouse Submit your collaboration using #BICollab Details here:

Hello Friends! Today we’re introducing a fun new feature on our blog: Bright Ideas Collaborations. Last week I (Emily) wrote a new song called Lighthouse. I have several friends going through very difficult seasons – losing a young friend to cancer, dealing with chronic pain, infertility…so I wrote a song out of the overflow of my heart. I released the song on a day that another set of…

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