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Transforming “Have To’s” Into “Want To’s”

“I’m not going to do that,” I said to myself. “I have no need. I’m creating like a fiend! Why would I bother to add one more thing to my plate?”

That was the logic inside my head before the start of the very first creative challenge inside the Creative Sandbox Community.

I’d been thinking of offering creative challenges for a long time in the Sandbox — after all, daily prompts for a limited time are a great way to rally a community to get creating and sharing together.

Three wonderful members — my Creative Prompt Committee — volunteered to [Read more…]

LCN 074: Mark McGuinness on Resistance, Rejection, and Resilience – a replay of Creative Insurgents #11

LCN 074: Mark McGuinness on Resistance, Rejection, & Resilience - a replay of Creative Insurgents #11
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LCN 074: Mark McGuinness on Resistance, Rejection, and Resilience - a replay of Creative Insurgents #11
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LCN 074: Mark McGuinness on Resistance, Rejection, & Resilience - a replay of Creative Insurgents #11Before I started the Live Creative Now podcast, for about a year I co-hosted a podcast with Cory Huff of The Abundant Artist (aff).

That podcast was called Creative Insurgents, and you can still find all the episodes we published archived here on Cory’s site.

Unlike Live Creative Now, Creative Insurgents was a 100% interview podcast. Some of those conversations are real gems, and they deserve to reach a wider audience. So with Cory’s blessing I’ll be republishing them here from time to time.

(Full confession: this serves the double purpose of exposing these conversations to new listeners, while also liberating some of my time to keep working on my forthcoming book — hurrah! Launch day is only 61 days away — yikes!)

In this episode (Creative Insurgents #11), we speak with poet and creative coach Mark McGuinness, author of the books Motivation for Creative People: How to Stay Creative While Gaining Money, Fame, and Reputation and Resilience: Facing Down Rejection and Criticism on the Road to Success (aff).

Note that this episode was recorded back in the Spring of 2014, so the time-specific info you’ll hear is no longer relevant.

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LCN 060: Do You Care Too Much? Overcoming the Resistance of Caring

LCN 060: Do You Care Too Much? Overcoming the Resistance of Caring
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LCN 060: Do You Care Too Much? Overcoming the Resistance of Caring
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LCN 060: Do You Care Too Much? Overcoming the Resistance of CaringA few days ago I got an email from Barbara, a textile and mosaic artist, that touched a nerve with me.

The problem that Barbara is struggling with is exactly the same problem that I had way back when. I know it’s a problem that a lot of other people share, so I thought I’d address it here on the podcast/blog.

If you listened to (or read) the last episode, #59, you’ll find a lot of overlaps with this one. That’s how it works: all the blocks and resistances and stucknesses that hold us back are intimately related and woven together, and the solutions for getting past them are, too.

Everything is interconnected, so when you learn to handle one challenge, you’ll find that you actually know how to handle lots of challenges.

Here’s Barbara’s letter (edited a bit for clarity):

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LCN 055: How NOT to Tell If You’re a Real Artist

LCN 055: How NOT to Tell If You're a Real Artist
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LCN 055: How NOT to Tell If You're a Real Artist
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LCN 055: How NOT to Tell If You're a Real ArtistI want to talk about something that has made a lot of creators feel pretty badly about themselves — including me!

I wrote about this on the blog last year (click here to read the original article), and I thought it was a good time to revisit this topic, because I know somebody out there needs to hear this.

If you’ve been wondering whether you’re a real artist, because you can’t honestly say, “I can’t NOT make my art,” or “I can’t NOT write,” or “I can’t NOT do my creative thing,” then this one is for you!

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LCN 040: BONUS EPISODE: YOU (Yes You!) Were Born to Create — Here’s Proof

LCN 040: BONUS: YOU (Yes You!) Were Born to Create—Here's Why
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LCN 040: BONUS EPISODE: YOU (Yes You!) Were Born to Create — Here's Proof
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LCN 040: BONUS: YOU (Yes You!) Were Born to Create—Here's WhyYesterday I hosted a free class, Born to Create: Why Your Creative Play Is ESSENTIAL, Not Self-Indulgent, and the participants loved it so much, I decided to share it on the podcast!

I covered:

  • The surprising truth about why you feel resistance to the thing you love to do.
  • How to make every creative block your friend.
  • The unexpected science of how creative play affects the brain (you’ll never look at it the same way again!)

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