Lord Thompson Manor Blog

By Scott Lindsay

Has the creativity in your writing flown to lands unknown and little visited? Do you long for the return of your muse and feel it has rejected your companionship citing lack of interest?

We’ve all had those moments when we can only seem to remember times when creativity flowed from our fingertips like proverbial milk and honey. Yet we stand in a forlorn place where our fingers do not receive instruction on what to write. They stand poised over the keyboard ready for orders that never seem to come.

Reasons for a Creativity Leak

1) You are spending too much time writing. When you cloister yourself away in an effort to maximize your writing there will come a time when the well runs dry. Everyone needs a little dose of “life” from which to draw creativity based in real life experience.

2) You are trying too hard. There are times when we work so strenuously to find the perfect phrase that we sap the strength from writing. Relax. The creativity will come. Simply write and worry about fixing things later.

3) You base your work on an unrealistic standard. Work at competing only with yourself. Don’t try to do something exactly the same way someone else has done them. Don’t expect the same results. You are a unique writer with unique gifts. Become comfortable with who you are as a writer and allow the creativity to return.

Creativity Restoration

1) Visit a location that has provided inspiration in the past or a location you have always admired for its beauty. Spend time simply enjoying the atmosphere.

2) Spend less time writing and more time with family and friends. Forget about writing for a season and reclaim a bit of life experience.

3) Concentrate on the little things around you. Spend some time on a park bench or in the mall just observing the people who cross your path. You may find characters for a story or wisdom in the interaction of people you meet.

4) Pressure Writing is a means of dumping all of your disjointed thoughts onto a page for future reference. When you unclutter your mind you may find that creativity has a greater chance of finding some room to set up shop once more.

There are obviously more ways to jumpstart your creativity, but the greatest point is you can only retrieve creativity from a life that is actually lived.

By Lael Johnson

DEVELOP YOUR ARTISTIC CONFIDENCE I’d really like to write but I don’t have enough time. Creativity coaching can give you back control over your calendar.

EXPAND YOUR HOBBY TO A PART-TIME BUSINESS: I can make crafts for others, but I’m too scared to sell them to strangers. Creativity coaching can teach you how to expand and meet your artistic expectations.

EXPLORE YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS: Marketing my work to new markets is difficult. Creativity coaching can teach you how to research and develop new markets.

ACHIEVE YOUR ARTISTIC GOALS: I can set goals, but I can’t complete them. Creativity coaching can teach you how to formulate and complete your goals.

EXPLORE ALL ASPECTS OF YOUR CREATIVITY: I don’t know if I am creative or not. Creativity coaching can help you discover the truth about your creativity.

BALANCE YOUR CREATIVITY AND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE: If I don’t write regularly, I begin to feel trapped. Creativity coaching can help you discover the truth about your creativity.

DISCOVER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER NETWORKING OUTLETS: Where do I find artist in my artistic discipline? Creativity coaching can help you increase your business skills.

CREATE CONCRETE PLANS FOR YOUR ARTISTIC BUSINESS: How do I write a business plan, when my art isn’t even selling? Creativity coaching can help you increase your business skills.

By Lael Johnson

Cultivating your creativity is more than spending time with a hobby or performing and displaying your work. Cultivating your creativity takes time, awareness and deliberate action. Creativity like any other skill, needs to be nurtured and affirmed, as well as directed, in order to expand throughout your life. Creativity crosses all barriers,cultures,even when styles differ and philosophies change. Creativity never changes. It’s time to put away those past negative influences, including no more starving artist scenarios. Let’s explore what creativity really is.

REASON ONE: Creativity is born in movement, be it physical, intellectual, enmotional or spiritual or any combination thereof. When you perceive change going on in your life , some part of the creative process is on the move.

REASON TWO: Training yourself to create art regularly contributes significantly to making an idea work by exploring, expanding, building, performing or sharing it.

REASON THREE The creative process takes time. However, it can be structured and directed. You can finish your creative projects on or before your deadline.

REASON FOUR: Creativity stretches your comfort zone. Practicing a creative skill, takes time, concentrated effort and consistent work. I know that I feel angry as I progress through the first phrase of the creativity process. I struggle to admit that I need to practice, that I don’t know everything, that I don’t need help and that in spite of these thoughts, I can still make progress using my skills. I am not comfortable when I fail to meet my expectations. When I complete one creative project. I know that I’ve done a good job. My next challenge is to patiently repeat the first phase of mechanical learning for as long as it takes, to complete my next job. My reward is to become more comfortable using my creative skills ,over and over again.

REASON FIVE: Creativty is fun. I love looking at numerous possibilities. It’s wonderful to be able to freely interpret and produce a creative product.

By Catherine Franz

I believe that creativity is a natural order of life itself
and it provides my life with the purest of energies.

I believe there is an underlying creative force infusing
throughout my life.

I believe that when I open my creativity, I am opening the
Creators creativity.

I believe creativity is part of my destiny and just as
important as all living things.

I believe creativity is my Creators gift to me. Using my
creativity is my gift back to him.

I believe expectation of a fulfilling life attracts with
powerful changes when I allow creativity to flow through my
beingness.

I believe it is safe for me to discover my own creativity
even if it sets new paths not yet discovered.

I believe as I move more towards my creative self, I move
towards my own divinity.

I believe I am worth the time it takes to create whatever it
is I am to create.

I believe I have the right to have all the creativity I
deserve.

I believe that when I allow my creativity to flow throughout
my life, I tap into the source of all that there is and all
that ever was.

I believe that the time I spend creating is as precious as
anything else in life.

I believe that as creativity gives to me, so does she
deserve from me all my faith mindfulness and commitment.

I believe in my creative self.

I believe in me.