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Taking Our Art Online - A new group on CCS - Your feedback please?
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Hi everyone,There's been a growing need expressed by a number of us here on CCS to have a place where we can talk about how we publish our art online, and finding an audience who loves what we do.So…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Dawn Howell 23 hours ago.

WCT2012 #2 - Inspiration and Percolation
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Welcome to the new WCT, and this week I wanted to bring into its own thread a topic that's been touched upon in various other places in recent days on CCS.That is, how we gather inspiration, and how…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by di Jan 25.

WCT2012 #1 - Getting Out Of The Way Of Yourself
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Welcome to the first Weekly Creativity Thread (WCT) of 2012. This week we're talking about getting out of the way of ourselves. To elaborate a little more, what I mean by this is removing the blocks…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Caroline Alexander Jan 19.

How do you keep up with, read, and reply to discussion threads on CCS?
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In another thread, the topic came up up about how we keep up with threads on CCS.The way we follow and read and contribute to discussion threads here is at the absolute core of our experiences as CCS…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Dan Goodwin Jan 20.

Weekly Creativity Thread #30 - Your Creative 2011
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Hey everyone, Welcome to the thirtieth Weekly Creativity Thread, and our final one for 2011.  Which makes it an ideal time to reflect on our creative lives over the past twelve months. Rather than…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Dan Goodwin Jan 3.

 

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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 blog: A Big Creative Yes.

For specific resources to boost your creativity, check out the Recommended 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 blog - A Big Creative Yes.

Please check out my pages on Twitter and on Facebook too.

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.

Latest Activity

Julia replied to Dan Goodwin's discussion 'How Can I Use Social Media As An Artist?' in the group Taking Our Art Online
I manage Facebook by mostly ignoring it....any mail or spam from there goes straight into my old hotmail account, which I never use at all.....I can keep in touch with family members in this way without the expense of trunk calls to…
5 hours ago
Julia replied to Dan Goodwin's discussion 'How Do You Organise and Manage Your Online Life?' in the group Taking Our Art Online
Hugs...thanks for missing me Susan...yes, life is busy right now, but it will slow down soon....I haven't been creating near enough to keep my inner child happy, but that will come....I would never be too busy to see you, and as soon as you are…
5 hours ago
Caroline Alexander replied to Dan Goodwin's discussion 'Should I Start A Blog, And What Platform Is Best For Me?' in the group Taking Our Art Online
hi Susan, some of it is in the title you use for your post, some is in the tags you use to categorise your post; these are the things that the search engines latch onto. A generalised title like New York is going to get lost in the billions of…
7 hours ago
Dan Goodwin replied to E-J's discussion 'E-J Creates, Feb 2012' in the group Thirty Days of Creating
It was clear and very cold, but virtually no frost, which was surprising.  I took some shots for a project/set on Flickr I began last month - rainheartwindow and from that batch I took, uploaded two more to the set.  We went for a walk at…
10 hours ago
Dan Goodwin replied to E-J's discussion 'E-J Creates, Feb 2012' in the group Thirty Days of Creating
These Drink and Draw sessions are such a great idea Emma. I'm pondering how I can do an online version somehow. Maybe on CCS, or maybe using Hangouts on Google+... Brain whirring! Glad yours was another good one!
10 hours ago
Dan Goodwin replied to Ahrabella Heabe Lewis's discussion 'Ahrabella Heabe's Freewheeling flowing February' in the group Thirty Days of Creating
Glad you're continuing in TDOC for February Ahrabella. I like the idea of a word for the month too, it's a good way to have a theme to focus around.
10 hours ago
Susan Hosken replied to Dan Goodwin's discussion 'Should I Start A Blog, And What Platform Is Best For Me?' in the group Taking Our Art Online
I have two blogs....one for my art which I rarely add now as I can't stand scanning. I just do it when someone wants to see what I am up to with my art. I also have a blog which is my chatty blog. it started off many years ago as my way of…
10 hours ago
Susan Hosken replied to Dan Goodwin's discussion 'How Do You Organise and Manage Your Online Life?' in the group Taking Our Art Online
My online life is a huge part of my socialising and my creative life. it can take over so I am careful to monitor it. In my quieter times I spend about an hour doing private emailing and going through my inbox where I have about 60 or more messages.…
10 hours ago

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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.
Greatest Creative Moment You've Had?
Probably 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
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http://www.CoachCreative.com/abigcreativeyes
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http://www.twitter.com/coachcreative
Additional website/ blog:
http://www.HowToGetFocusedAndCreateWhatMatters.com

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Redefining Language

I finally found some poems from 2000 I've talked about in a few places before on CCS, where I went through a phase of finding English a little limited and wanted to write more in purely phonetic way.

 

These four poems I wrote in sequence over about a week. You can see the disintegration, or reinvention, of language along the way. You'll see I was not too keen on punctuation or capitalisation either!

 

Desculation and Meslan especially are among my favourite ever…

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Posted on April 27, 2011 at 8:00pm — 6 Comments

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A Little Digital Sabbatical

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Just to let everyone know, as last time I caused some concern when I went away for a few days, I'm taking a little digital sabbatical from tomorrow, Saturday 16th April, for a week or so, and heading the Cumbrian hills...

 

I…

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Posted on April 15, 2011 at 5:00pm — 6 Comments

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Dan Interviewed by Michael Nobbs of Sustainably Creative

Some of you will have met Michael Nobbs already, as I've talked about him before, and met him myself through the Art + Money book I read last year.

 

Michael's an amazingly inspiring person who supports himself full time through his drawing, writing and blogging, which is an achievement enough, before you even know of his struggles with ME/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome which can render him bedridden for hours and days at a time.

 

Anyway, Michael asked to interview me…

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Posted on February 7, 2011 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

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2010 - A Year Of Fruition

At the start of 2010 my word for the year was fruition.

 

And when I look back over the last 12 months, I can see that plenty of fruit has grown!

 

I've summarised over on A Big Creative Yes, some of the highlights of what I did in 2010...

 

2010: A Year Of Fruition

Posted on January 1, 2011 at 6:47pm

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At 8:27am on January 29, 2012, Anne WestlundAnne Westlund said…

Hi Dan,

I've been thinking about your Ports of Call post.  I looked for it on Google+ but couldn't find it.  If I have to get somewhere in the morning, 11am or earlier there's no way I'm going to get to my creative stuff, no time.  That said, I think you are right.  If I just made creativity my 3rd thing after breakfast and pills, I think I'd get a lot more done.  I don't usually write in the morning, I do embroidery, but perhaps I could write a poem?  Just wanted to let you know that that particular post really made me think.  Hope life is treating you grand!

Anne

At 6:30pm on January 26, 2012, didi said…

thanks for the link Dan.  I'll look at it tonight.

Yeah, I often use the tension and stress in my life as the switch too, that starts the burn.......

Live happens........and there is always stress of some kind........even happy stress and tension.....

Paul Simon talked  about this in an interview.  Anxiety of his own is often the fuel that creates wonderful lyrics and music.....

At 5:21pm on January 24, 2012, Diane ODiane O said…

Hi Dan - I hope to get back to CCS at some point, but right now I'm dealing with some financial and family messes that need urgent attention. I'm trying to get in some zentangle sketching most nights... it seems to have a slightly soothing effect after being stressed and depressed these days. Thanks for asking :)

At 4:44pm on January 20, 2012, Sam BrightwellSam Brightwell said…

Dan! The new Stan Laurel pose is brilliant. Like it.

At 8:39am on January 17, 2012, Sam BrightwellSam Brightwell said…

Hi Dan,

Thanks for the Hello. Our Uni term started last week so I'm kind of getting back in the swing of things. Had a lovely relaxing Christmas break, but now that we're back to term-time my energy has been pretty haywire, which is why I've been lying low. I only had one thing I was worried about getting done: the Tax Return. But I've actually filed that early this year... phew! So now I've got time to move onto some art.

Happy New Year to you.

Sam

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