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How Good is Good enough?

Excellent questions Wendy, and Lotus I love your replies. Talking about instant gratification in particular, it's so true that's how our culture is going. I've been a writer all my life really, bu...

Replied Nov 7

Creativity and Faith...

Yes I understand. Accepting our failings, trying to do the best we can, and forgiving ourselves, giving ourselves a break, are all important, and usually easier to talk about than do.

Replied Nov 6

Creativity and Faith...

That strength of faith must certainly be very reassuring Charlene.

Replied Oct 31

Creativity and Faith...

Control is a big issue for many. Giving up control, realising simply that we can't influence everything that happens to us, only how we react and respond, is a very important lesson. One I'm often ...

Replied Oct 30

Creativity and Faith...

Makes lots of sense to me Skylark. Especially your last two sentences, a wonderful call to creativity for all of us, it's our privilege and our duty! Dan

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About Me

Hi, I'm Dan Goodwin.

I'm a Creativity Coach, I help people who are struggling to be as creative as they know they can be.

Find out more about how I can help you be more creative at the website: CoachCreative.com.

For specific resources to boost your creativity, check out the Creative Resources, just over in the right hand column of this page, and any page on CCS. Click on any of the titles for more details.

For more creativity articles, see the CoachCreative blog - http://www.CoachCreative.com/blog.

More article archives are on EzineArticles.com, HowToDoThings.com and Creativity-Portal.com.

To see some of my more personal writing and projects, see beatdonedust, within us sleeps and sparkstartsfire.

You can follow me on Twitter here - twitter.com/coachcreative

I look forward to talking with you on CoachCreativeSpace.

Relax, have a good look around, make yourself at home, then dive in and start interacting...

Dan.

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Dan, If I ever come to visit your land, I want to take time out to go on a photo shoot with you and your "little friend" camera early some morning...or, late some afternoon. These are exquisite photos.
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Dan Goodwin replied to Wendy's discussion 'How Good is Good enough?'
Excellent questions Wendy, and Lotus I love your replies. Talking about instant gratification in particular, it's so true that's how our culture is going. I've been a writer all my life really, but the first time I really considered it an essenti...
on Saturday
Dan Goodwin replied to Wendy's discussion 'Wendy's Creativity >> November' in the group Thirty Days of Creating
Sounds familiar Wendy, I'm like that. Quite happy to get into deep and meaningful conversation in person, but struggle to talk about the weather, or the news or whatever. Getting better though. I'm reading an interesting book about social situati...
on Saturday
Dan Goodwin replied to Dan Goodwin's discussion 'Creativity and Faith...'
Yes I understand. Accepting our failings, trying to do the best we can, and forgiving ourselves, giving ourselves a break, are all important, and usually easier to talk about than do.
on Friday

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What's Your Favourite Way To Create?
Mainly writing. Also dancing, photography, graphic design, painting, composing music, and I've dabbled in singing, acting, short films.
Favourite Artists (in ANY creative medium)
Writers/ poets: Jack Kerouac, Thomas Wolfe, Walt Whitman, Dylan Thomas.

Lyrics: Morrissey, Michael Stipe, Bob Mould, Kate Bush, Bob Dylan

Music Heroes: Autechre, Boards Of Canada, Bowie, Kate Bush, Nick Cave, Cocteau Twins, Brian Eno, Marvin Gaye, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Grant Lee Buffalo, Emmylou Harris, Billie Holiday, Jesus & Mary Chain, Joy Division, Labradford, Lambchop, kd lang, M83, Takagi Masakatsu, Mercury Rev, Mogwai, Bob Mould, My Bloody Valentine, New Order, Pixies, Prince, Radiohead, REM, Roxy Music, Six By Seven, Slint, The Smiths, Suede, Talk Talk, Talking Heads, Tindersticks, Underworld, Windy & Carl, Stevie Wonder, Susumu Yokota, Neil Young... and a few dozen others!

Art: Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman

Filmmakers: David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick, Woody Allen, Ang Lee

Designers: Jonathan Ive, principal designer of the iMac, iPod and the iPhone. Obviously a genius then...
Greatest Creative Moment You've Had?
Probably a few years ago finishing a poem called "Ours Is Always Restless" that was the first piece of writing when I really thought "Hey I'm actually pretty good at this!"...
What's Your Biggest Creative Dream?
To be able to help 1000s of people become the creative person they know they can be, see the fulfillment that brings them and those around them, and the positive difference it makes to the world.
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http://www.CoachCreative.com
Your Blog:
http://www.CoachCreative.com/blog
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http://www.twitter.com/coachcreative
Additional website/ blog:
http://www.HowToBeatProcrastination.com

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How To Avoid The Secret Language That Sabotages Your Creativity

Our language - the way we speak, the words we use, and the way we use them - has a tremendous influence on our attitudes and beliefs, and ultimately how creative we are.

But what harm could a few innocent little words do?

You might be familiar with the old rhyme:

“Sticks and stones may break my bones
But words can never hurt me...”

But that’s actually very far from the truth. And the words that are MOST damaging are those that come from within you, the ones that limit you and h… Continue

Posted on October 31, 2009 at 9:27pm — 21 Comments

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How To Prove You’re Far More Creative Than You Think

If I were to say: “How creative are you?”, it’s likely you start to think in your mind about all the time you spend actually making art.

For example if you’re a painter, you’d be thinking of how many hours you’re at the canvas each week. If you’re a writer, you be adding up keyboard time to estimate how creative you are.

You might not even get that far though. You may just have an instinctive pre-programmed, off the shelf answer: “ME? Oh I’m not very creative at all. It’d be a insult to artist… Continue

Posted on October 12, 2009 at 8:15am — 6 Comments

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Creative Flow: How To Power Shower Yourself With Maximum Creative Flow!

In creating, flow is everything.

You will, I’m sure, be able to recall times when you were able to create without even thinking. Ideas flooded to you, everything fell easily into place, you were on a creative high that meant hours passed in what seemed like minutes, while you were completely lost in your own creative world.

How recently have you experienced these kind of feelings of flow when creating? Do you experience them as often as you would like to?

My guess is that it was longer… Continue

Posted on September 26, 2009 at 3:47pm — 17 Comments

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Are You Making Enough Mess In Your Creative Life?

How much of your creative time is play time? Where you just experiment, try new techniques, make a mess?

Most if it? Half of it? NONE of it?

Do you instead have to carefully pre-plan every step of your creative process, making sure that along the way, everything runs as smoothly as possible, right down to the last perfect detail?

Oh, I mentioned that dreaded P word. Perfect. Or, in its longer form, perfectionism.

Many of us, maybe most of us, seem to have this idea that everything we prod… Continue

Posted on September 12, 2009 at 2:24pm — 11 Comments

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Inspirational Thoughts on Writing by Elizabeth Gilbert

I came across Elizabeth Gilbert recently, through a fascinating TED talk on creativity and genius she gave... Very inspiring and interesting, you can see it below:



On her website, Elizabeth shares some further thoughts on writing and the creative process, which I found very comforting, inspiring and motivating. I hope you will too. Here's an excerpt, follow the link for the full text.

"I believe that – if you are serious about a life of writing, or indeed about any creati… Continue

Posted on September 6, 2009 at 12:00pm — 4 Comments

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At 7:24pm on November 9, 2009, Wendy said…
The article is titled: How To Be Creative Without Being Selfish :)
At 6:08pm on November 9, 2009, Wendy said…
Hi Dan, Just (finally) read your article on creativity and selfishness. Wow - you've have addressed this issue SO well – I've really struggled with that. I particularly appreciated what you wrote about "Your own good feeling and happiness naturally radiates." Now I get what people have finally been trying to tell me. Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom!
At 2:54pm on October 28, 2009, Wendy said…
Hi Dan! Many thanks for leaving your comment on my painted lady. Yours was the first one, so I was greatly relieved to hear that you found the image powerful (and that it wasn't all in my own head!). You are an inspiration...happy day to you!
At 4:34am on October 15, 2009, Barbara Ann Storrier said…
Just listened to this and it reminds me of your poetry somehow. Wouldn't it feel great to have your words expressed by a powerful singer like this?
:)

At 11:51pm on October 6, 2009, DJ said…
Takes one to know one, Mr. Goodwin.
At 1:59am on September 26, 2009, meewah said…
Long time haven't bn to here , been busy with everything . Ideas burst in and out of my mind all times. Big thanks to all the mails , supportive words and a great community here . Miss the big family here .
At 5:05pm on September 23, 2009, WildCherry said…
Thanks for the message. I've missed being here but I don't have a lot of time right now. I'll try and drop in a bit more regularly though :-)
At 12:05pm on September 15, 2009, Lee Howell said…
My repurposing efforts tend toward the practical. Example: A really old ironing board from the days when they were made of wood that I found at the Goodwill store. I cleaned it up a bit, left the original green paint on the legs, fixed the warped top and sealed it. The board now functions as a catch-all table in the entrance way. Okay, that's not creative, but I had so much fun doing it and I love the reactions of visitors! Thank you for wonderful site.
At 4:48am on September 10, 2009, Wendy said…
Hi Dan. Many, many (many!) thanks for creating this wonderful community. You have given such a gift to so many. My creative life has already changed so much :) Blessings and happiness to you!
At 6:42pm on September 9, 2009, MarjakaThriver said…
Dan, I got your e-mail request to send cards to the 18-year-old boy, Garrett, who is entering hospice. I was deeply touched by his story. I wrote a haiku and included it in my card. I also created a collage to go with the haiku. I'm dedicating my creating today--in my 30 days of Creating-- to Garrett. Thanks for letting us know how to do one small thing to brighten a sick young man's day.

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