Last Saturday night I went to a house concert. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the concept, a house concert is a musical performance, open to the public, where the venue is somebody’s home. It’s a fantastic, intimate, music-lover’s performance, without the distractions of a noisy bar or the smell of stale beer….
Tag Archive: inspiration
Creativity is a Team Sport
We’ve all heard the term “Two heads are better than one.”, more than enough times. Even so, those really are words to live by. It’s the reason I have a business partner at my company. It’s the reason I love being involved in group blogging projects like this one. What I love about my Thoughtwrestling…
Strolling through the Fields of Awe for inspiration
Where do ideas come from? And are there limits on how many ideas are out there? We’ve written about idea generation techniques before at Thoughtwrestling, but we’ve never really probed the depths of idea generation. Is there any limit to the number of ideas out there? The limits of mining for ideas For example, Chuck…
What Fans Can Teach Us About Creativity
TweetMy husband and I are geeks. For our vacations, we often travel to places far and wide, like Indiana and Ohio, to attend horror movie conventions like this one. This past weekend, we stayed a bit closer to home, heading down the road to Toronto to take in the FanExpo Convention. FanExpo, for those who…
Maintaining Your Creative Edge When Life Takes Over
Whoo! Aren’t we all busy bees. Many a blog post has been written about productivity. We’re continuously flooded with tips and tricks to balance work, family, and personal time. We should all be experts at it now, right? Yeah, right. Yep – I’m busy too. I have lost count how many jobs I have. I…
Creative energy is air
If you are looking for information, tips and insights into finding and maintaining creative energy, you need look no farther than Thoughtwrestling and the many posts on creativity. Almost every post is about creative energy. So I’m going to write about, “What on earth is creative energy?” Many of us know it when we experience…
Seven inspirational thoughts to begin your week with possibility
Everyone wants a good start to their week, right? We’ve scoured the world to find seven inspirational thoughts, quotes and ideas to help you get your week to a good start. Here they are! Bookmark them, print them out and put them by your desk, or otherwise keep them near you to provide an extra…
When generating ideas is like child’s play
Seth Godin: marketer, entrepreneur and, most importantly, catalyst. He’s inspired me to talk about how ideas get discovered with his recent post. We’re going to look at idea generation techniques in this article. Ideas are a dime a dozen, to paraphrase a cliche. Good ideas are somewhat rare and great ideas even more so….
Divine Inspiration: Bring Forth Your Muse in 3 Easy Steps
Inspiration. It’s the thing we yearn for, wait for, hope for. It’s one of those things that is either there, or it’s not – or so it seems. There are myriad texts written on the topic of inspiration. How to get it, how not to lose it, where to find it. Some people seem to…