How spontaneous dancing is a creative gift to yourself When my daughter was three her she’d dance wildly on the rug in our living room. Clutching a bear in each hand, aa spare stuffed down the front of her tutu, she’d jump up and down, arms (and bears) waving. I’d Read more…
And how doing something else can help unlock creativity When I was a kid we had one of those ping pong tables that folded up so you could play by yourself.Exactly the kind of relaxed and unfocused activity that gives your brain a rest while sneakily opening the door to Read more…
How Easter eggs can spark creativity When my daughter was little, I’d sneak out early on Easter Sunday morning, in snow, sun, rain, or whatever else a Swiss spring can throw at me, to hide lots of little eggs around our garden. She’d find most of them but invariably I’d Read more…
How imagining doing something can be (almost) just as good as actually doing it Many moons ago, I was preparing for a piano exam. Reader, I was a wreck, to the point where the morning of the day of the exam I was so anxious I ate an entire pack Read more…
Have you ever found yourself so deep in the process of creating something—and it could be anything—that you feel like you’re in danger of losing track of what it is you’re trying to do?
