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what: Undercurrents Anthology
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who: Cape Breton Island writers
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Inspiration and Exhalation
February 12, 2007 |
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Inspiration means to inhale, to breathe in. It was chosen as the theme of the first Practically Creative Quarterly because this project is the result of inspiration brought on by my recent exploration of webdesign.
Learning something new always energizes and leaves me with a delightful side effect: an urge to revisit and expand upon interests that have been dormant or languishing due to lack of inspiration. My abiding interests in art, writing and the creative process are refreshed by this new-to-me medium.
None of us would last long if we only breathed out. Remember that when your enthusiasm fades. Everything here is meant to help you discover or be reminded of how you get inspired. Reading and viewing what’s in this issue will renew, refresh and get you ready.
Breathe it in — and out.
Inspiration fills us. Exhalation is putting what we’ve created out into the world.
Art work: an artist trading card/painted photograph by Nancy Waldman
© 05-07
Originally published in the April 2005 issue of The Practically Creative Quarterly, theme: inspiration
also posted in: Motivation , Inspiration , Creative un-Blockers , The Original PCQ, 05-06 , Essays - Nancy , Perception , Practice & Practices , Commentary , Process
tags: breath, breathe, breathing, create, creative, creativity, enthusiams, exhalation, exploration, inspiration, inspire, learning, nancy, nancy waldman, new, process, refresh, renew, webdesign
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Results of our previous poll
What is your biggest creativity problem?too many projects at once can't get in the groove not enough time everything else takes priority self-doubts
other ['not enough talent']27% 20% 20% 15% 15%
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