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Part Five:
Tango is a passionate, red and black dance. Tango is dramatic, with flair and flourish. It involves two people subtly, finely attuning to each other’s every move.
The Sauce of Life
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Creativity can be a
A Flower Power Point Presentation
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Flower Power Point Number Four
Daffy and Friends *
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The word ‘encourage’
comes from ‘courage’,
which comes from ‘coeur’ (French for ‘heart’).
I love knowing this.
It speaks to me of the courage required to brazenly or tiptoe-ishly move in the direction of our dreams.
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‘A Paintbrush was Sacrificed in the Making of this Picture’ (long title, little picture)
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Flower Power Point Three
CG Jung said, The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.
Play is an essential part of creativity. You can explore, try out different perspectives, respond to what happens when it’s not going the way you planned…in painting or in life.
You had a fully-
formed picture of a waterfall in your head, but you have absolutely no idea how to represent it and your painting looks like a mushy blue stripe. This is where creative play kicks in. You could turn the picture into a whole host of mushy blue stripes, full of life and vigour, informed by essence of waterfall. You could rip the page into morsels and reassemble them in a rhythmic collage. There are lots of options.
‘Lila’ is a lovely Sanskrit word meaning ‘Divine Play’.
Check out a slice of Lila in POG.
It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.
Let us play.
(so said a sign I saw years back in the wonderland Nimbin Museum, northern NSW, Australia)
and thank you, Lemonia Cafe, for this particular PLAY reminder
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Lightflower
Flower Power Point Two…
I’m in the supermarket, back from holiday, feeling flat.
Same old same old. No more birdy twitters and compelling vistas. Just dumb old plastic, fluoro, beeps and trolleys. Ah trolleys. I remember to
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(adapted from the creativity guide I wrote for the 2015 Divine Feminine Conference)
Sacre Fleur
You are Already Creative
You might have heard this before. You might not feel creative. You might think your friend, your sister, your child is creative but you are not. The truth is, we all are creative. Who says
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