Welcome to Creativity week!

CREATIVITY – The ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, relationships, or the like, and to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods, interpretations, etc.

Each week we concentrate on one of our habits. You've landed here for Creativity week.
Next week is all about Passion.

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PERMISSION TO PLAY : Creativity : #p2play

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“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson This week, I was ready to start making art again. Well… sorta. I was ready to do *something* in my studio, something that involved paint and hole punches and paper and glue. But I didn’t want to think about it… Read more

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PERMISSION TO PLAY : Order : #p2play

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“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things.” – Steve Jobs When… Read more

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PERMISSION TO PLAY : Joy : #p2play

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If you know me outside of Bliss Habits, you may know that about two weeks ago, my beloved kitty, Delilah, passed away unexpectedly. I’m only sharing this because I wanted you to know that when this “Permission to Play” challenge *officially* started on Tuesday, I was in a very bad emotional place. I’ll be honest… Read more

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are you ready to play? #p2play starts next week!

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“To retain the simple playfulness of childhood through one’s riper years is what opens a person up to the creative possibilities within a situation.” – Denise Shekerjian “Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.” – Mary Lou Cook “Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious,… Read more

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FUN IS GOOD.

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“Fun is good.” – Dr. Seuss As you may know from reading my post from last week, I’m committed to trying to have some fun this summer, at least where my creativity is concerned. I started thinking this week about “fun stuff” from my childhood. I thought if I took a little time to figure… Read more

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reconnecting bliss & creativity – a creative challenge

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“The creative person is flexible – able to change as the situation changes, to break habits, to face indecision and changes in conditions without undue stress.” - Frank Goble   So, this week’s Bliss Habit is flexibility and, as usual, I started thinking about it in relation to creativity. Almost immediately, a hard truth set in:… Read more