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A Quick Creative Practice
~simple practices can have profound impacts~

Keep It Simple

By definition, the creative mind is often overfull. Creativity gathers, accummulates, makes connections, and of course, generates. All of this can mean that when we try to produce something from all that raw material in us, it’s overwhelming and we get nowhere. The clutter in us is good but we have to make it work for us, not against us. Remember the mantra: *Keep it Simple* - especially at the beginning of a project. This doesn’t mean that we all have to be minimalists. It means that it can benefit our productivity if we make early decisions about what not to pay attention to. After we’ve made a solid start, we can creatively complicate to our heart’s desire!

Originally published in the July 2005 issue of The Practically Creative Quarterly, theme: space and spaces