Theme: Creativity - Do You Mind

Creativity

Are you creative? If you’re breathing, the answer is YES! But if you’re breathing, you probably also have some hang-ups about your creativity—ideas and judgements that keep you from loving your creative products. This month, we’re looking at our relationship with Creativity, clearing away that which gets in the way of our “just making stuff.” Whether your outlet is music, performance, or visual arts, you’ll love hearing what our podcast guests have to say about letting go of the inner critic and playing with Creativity!

Huge Lessons from Tiny Things

1 June 2019 | 6-Minute Read

Huge Lessons from Tiny Things

My mother taught me everything I know about creativity. When I was in fourth grade, she said that I was finally old enough for the project she'd always dreamt of doing with me: building a dollhouse... CLICK TO READ ARTICLE

Book Review: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

13 June 2019 | 7-Minute Read

Book Review: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

I can’t begin to tell you how much I love, love, LOVE this book! I’ve read it two and a half times (the “half” is a story of its own…) and each time I finish it, I want more. I learned of the book Big Magic from a dear . . . CLICK TO READ ARTICLE

Book Review: The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds

20 June 2019 | 4-Minute Read

Book Review: The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds

Sometimes, great wisdom resides within the pages of a picture book. The Dot, now more than 15 years old, is one of those humble children’s books that is really for adults. It begins in dissatisfaction—a place that’s all too familiar . . . CLICK TO READ ARTICLE

Crayons

3 June 2019 | 7-Minute Read

Crayons

When I was in elementary school, summer days seemed to stretch to infinity. One day of eating honeysuckle nectar rolled into the next day of looking for shapes in clouds. If I rest for a moment and let my mind journey back, I can see my thumbnails, stained green. . . CLICK TO READ ARTICLE

Turn, Turn, Turn

16 June 2019 | 3-Minute Read

Turn, Turn, Turn

I said in the feature article for this month’s theme of “Creativity” that everything I know of creativity came from my mom. Well, that’s actually not the complete truth. My dad, it turns out, was an incredibly imaginative and creative person as well, and he passed that . . . CLICK TO READ ARTICLE

A Conversation With... Caroline Johnson

27 June 2019 | 2-Minute Read

A Conversation With... Caroline Johnson

I had so much fun talking with Caroline Johnson about music and creativity! Caroline Johnson has had the good fortune of enjoying not one, but two creative careers doing what she loves — first as a journalist, then as a music teacher . . . CLICK TO READ ARTICLE

My Brother's Turtles

11 June 2019 | 5-Minute Read

My Brother's Turtles

The instructions were straightforward enough: color the turtle. My second-grade brother Scott looked at the sheet of paper with the mimeographed turtle outline and considered the possibilities. "Color the turtle?" SURE! . . . CLICK TO READ ARTICLE

A Conversation with... Tennille Wilson

17 June 2019 | 1-Minute Read

A Conversation with... Tennille Wilson

When I called Tennille to invite her to appear on the show and talk with me about creativity, she said, “I’d love to! Creativity is my thing!” Tennille studied art and art history at the University of Tulsa and Administrative Leadership at OU Tulsa. She . . . CLICK TO READ ARTICLE

Creativity and Kindness

30 June 2019 | 4-Minute Read

Creativity and Kindness

You know how, when you’re considering buying a certain kind of car, suddenly you see that make and model everywhere? Of course, it isn’t that there are suddenly a zillion more of that vehicle on the roads—it’s that awareness . . . CLICK TO READ ARTICLE