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The more I create, the more I can create...

Contents at a Glance

Websites to help fan the flames
"Unfathomable Sea"
My favorite creativity books
Guestbook ~ reader feedback
Lenses on creativity
"All the Keys to Emerald City"

Cre8it!: Windows of creative opportunity by Jessica Wesolek, a professional multi-media artist and art instructor.
Creativity Portal: An imagination inducing sanctuary for artists, writers, crafters, and creativity enthusiasts.
The Virtual Color Museum: Color systems, color and culture, and toys!
Color Scheme Generator: Generator of color schemes and palettes. Intended for webpage design, but also great for art!
Tera's Wish: Tera Leigh's desire is to help make creativity part of everyone's life.
Artella: A creative zine and inspiring art community for artists, writers, and creative spirits.
Judity Reilly's Creativity Page: Twelve life lessons for creativity.
gapingvoid: How to be Creative: Hugh Macleod's 30 tips...plus cartoons!
CreatingMinds: Links to principles, tools, articles and quotes about all matters around being creative and using creativity.

"Unfathomable Sea"

Mixed media collage

My favorite creativity books

Art Escapes: Daily Exercises and Inspirations: By Dory Kanter
Designed for the many artistic people who are motivated, yet find it difficult to fit art into their daily lives.
Celebrate Your Creative Self: By Mary Todd Beam
Readers are invited to playfully explore various aspects of visual art through a series of imaginative art projects.
The Creative Artist: By Nita Leland
Teaches you to release the creator within you, encourages hard and constant work as a way to loosen up and discover your skills beyond shape and color.
Creative Composition and Design: By Pat Dews
This unique book presents solid composition and design instruction with an emphasis on fun and creativity.
The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life: By Twyla Tharp
Tharp not only promotes tried-and-true habits, but also encourages readers to dig deep within themselves and come up with their own answers.
Exploring Color: By Nita Leland
My very favorite book on color ~ and I have read many!
How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: By Michael J Gelb
This book offers "the Seven Da Vincian Principles" for learning how to approach life like a genius.
Living Out Loud: By Keri Smith
Youthful enthusiasm and playfulness are key to discovering who you are and what you love to do.
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: By Betty Edwards
Think you can't draw? Think again!
A Whack on the Side of the Head: By Roger von Oech
Spurs creative thinking and allows you to look at a problem from a fresh perspective.

Guestbook ~ reader feedback

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Lenses on creativity

One Acorn ~ Critical & Creative Thinking: "Good thinking" is a bit more difficult to come by than one might expect.
Sketching: Sketching is a module in visual thinking school, a course designed to help you learn how to think and communicate better using the visual part of your brain.
The Artist's Way: The seminal book on creativity, The Artist's Way has helped more than two million people access their creativity and realize their dreams.
Art Lenses: Lenses which focus on various art forms! All lenses, all the time :-)
Creativity According to Roy Blumenthal: Creativity can be learned, according to Roy, and in his lens he outlines his approach to teaching it!
What makes us creative at work?: You do not have to be an artist, performer, musician or film-maker to be creative; though thinking like a creative could help you.