Imagining Sisyphus Happy

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? Albert Camus This morning, washing dishes, I spied a black squirrel creeping along a fence outside my kitchen window carrying a huge bread roll in its mouth, its light brown burden, almost as big as itself, extending sideways like [...]

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A Creative Space of Your Own

Make it easy on yourself. Find a working environment where the prospect of wrestling with your muse doesn’t scare you, doesn’t shut you down. It should make you want to be there, and once you find it, stick with it. Twyla Tharp, The Creative Habit Do you know what kind of work environment is most [...]

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Do You Notice the Good Stuff?

Human beings are wired to notice the bad stuff in life. In fact, we are so good at noticing the bad stuff that we sometimes miss the good stuff. And, most of the time, there are good things and bad things going on at the same time. By choosing to notice and affirm the good [...]

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Sometimes You Just Have To Hang

I need a nap. Seriously, I need to balance the movement patterns in my body and a drowsy nap during which I drift in and out of sleep would be perfect. The Four Movement Patterns Betsy Wetzig has developed ways of working with four basic movement patterns that reflect underlying neuromuscular tensions in our bodies. [...]

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Self-Care for Creatives

Whether we are paid for our creative work or not, creative people have stressors that are directly related to our work: the need to be productive and avoid procrastination, solving the problem at hand, self-doubt, finding time for subconscious creativity and for experiences that introduce new ideas and images to our thinking, etc. There is [...]

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