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My Creative Work Space
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We all have a creative space, a place where we create most regularly. What's yours like? What does it look like, what tools and materials do you have around? How is it decorated, do you have pos...

Started this discussion. Last reply by jane 1 day ago.

The CCS Ultimate Creativity List...

I talked about a similar way to get started in a new blog post today. I think sometimes we expect the first word or sentence we write (to use writers as an example) has to be brilliant, the best th...

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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...

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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.

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Creativity and Faith...

That strength of faith must certainly be very reassuring Charlene.

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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 Goodwin replied to Wendy's discussion 'Wendy's Creativity >> November' in the group Thirty Days of Creating
Yoga is something I've been wanting to try for years, as well as more focused meditation. Let me know how you get progress with your reading and practice Susan...
yesterday
Dan Goodwin replied to Wendy's discussion 'Wendy's Creativity >> November' in the group Thirty Days of Creating
This is such an intriguing idea, but one we often seem so averse to. By having still, quiet time, by stopping to listen, by letting go, we create space for good new stuff in our lives. I think we can get very attached to the idea that "being creat...
on Wednesday
Susan Hosken replied to Dan Goodwin's discussion 'My Creative Work Space'
I used to use the dining table and kitchen bench which is the centre of my open plan home. It used to drive me nuts eating meals with all my craft and when visitors came I had to pack up. A lady came to my home regarding Feng Shui and suggested I ...
on Wednesday
Susan Hosken replied to Dan Goodwin's discussion 'My Creative Work Space'
Nick, It is great to see your creative space because I am so used to painters and art people with glue, paint and tabletops and desks. I never thought of a music person and their creative space or a gardener showing me their garden. lots of love f...
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Erika Larskaya replied to Dan Goodwin's discussion 'My Creative Work Space'
My 12x12' studio gets messy in about two hours after being cleaned and organized. It is total waist of time and thank goodness, does not affect my ability to create. I could care less what is around me. The walls are covered with cutouts and vario...
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Carol@Swallowcliffs replied to Dan Goodwin's discussion 'My Creative Work Space'
Hi Dan and all: I used to live in a very tiny house with not much room. My art space there was my walls... I painted doors, walls, found items, whatever. Then we added on and once we got the downstairs finished, we were rather worn out with constr...
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Nick replied to Dan Goodwin's discussion 'My Creative Work Space'
"A creative mess is better than tidy idleness."
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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.
Your Website:
http://www.CoachCreative.com
Your Blog:
http://www.CoachCreative.com/blog
Your Twitter URL:
http://www.twitter.com/coachcreative
Additional website/ blog:
http://www.HowToBeatProcrastination.com

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Photography, Meditation, and Travels With Kate

Last weekend I went out to the woods with my camera. I usually go out walking most weekends and haven’t been for a few weeks. I soon realised how much I missed it.

Walking in itself is a wonderful, therapeutic experience for me, as is being in nature. I’m a country boy at heart, I grew up climbing trees and playing in fields and tumbling over hay bales, both at home and on the farms where my granddad and uncle (his son) worked. So my natural place is amongst grass and earth and twigs and leaves… Continue

Posted on November 14, 2009 at 5:53pm — 2 Comments

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How To Be Creative When You Think You’ve Forgotten How To Be Creative

Each of us have a huge well of creativity inside of us, just waiting to be drawn from, so the most wonderful ideas, visions, and creative projects can flourish into life.

As a Creativity Coach, this is one of my most fundamental beliefs. If I didn’t think you had an infinite source of creativity within you, I wouldn’t be able to do anything to help you nurture and encourage it.

But of course, sometimes it doesn’t feel like we have such abundant inner creativity. It doesn’t feel quite such a hu… Continue

Posted on November 14, 2009 at 1:30pm — 8 Comments

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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

Dan Goodwin

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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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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