Tagged With: Creativity
Personality Types and Blogging: How Personality May Affect Your Writing
Side-stepping away from travel for a half-a-second, this post is about my second favorite activity: writing. I stumbled upon this girl’s blog a while back and found it fascinating. In it, she outlines the strengths and weaknesses of various personality types as they relate to people’s ability to write. If you don’t know your … Continue reading
Creativity: Where does it come from?
I watched this 19-minute speech by Elizabeth Gilbert (author of Eat Pray Love) the other night and loved the little anecdote she gave about creative inspiration. I’ve included a transcript of it below, but you should also watch the whole clip. Her speech about ‘nurturing creativity’ is honest and spot-on. Here’s the exert: “I met … Continue reading
Living abroad makes you more creative…But what happens after you return home?
“The world is but a canvas to the imagination.” — Henry David Thoreau Lately I’ve been felt so uninspired…so stuck. It seems that every time I settle down in front of my computer with a cup of coffee and the resolution to work write something (anything!), I just end up spending the entire afternoon watching … Continue reading
Have you seen my Muse?
I can’t write. And when I say that I can’t write, I mean that I can’t write. Anything. No thing. Not a blog post, not my grad school application essay. Not even something as minor league as an email. It’s like my muse has up and abandoned me. He’s found someone new. He’s probably off … Continue reading
Coming Clean
Photo by Macwegen “I’m like a bird I’ll only fly away I don’t know where my soul is I don’t know where my home is” – Nelly Furtado It’s about time I aired a little dirty laundry. I’ve got a confession to make that I’ve been keeping a secret for far too long. So here … Continue reading
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