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Creativity Novels: exploring the creative life path through fiction

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Fugitive Colors, Creativity novels

Aridjis, Cloe. Asunder (2013) Boston: Mariner Books (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). This novel explores the relationship between creation and destruction, told from the point of view of a London museum guard. The story has a mysterious tone, a haunting beautiful elegance. Marie, the narrator, has a fascination with violent imagery and an obsession with decay and […]

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Brian Beholds concept: create your life on your own terms

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"Life was meant to be lived, and curiousity must be kep[t alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life." Eleanor Roosevelt

The Idea That Wouldn’t Go Away Long ago, I made a pact with myself that I needed to expand my awareness. I wanted an active part in as many experiences as possible. In 2004 I created a personal website and  Beholds seemed an unusual, strong and active name. This site has had various incarnations over

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Creativity Meditation Questions: ponder the process

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"The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or science." Creativity Meditation Questions

These questions are for meditation in this sense of “to think about, ponder, contemplate.” They are not questions with immediate, easy answers. But they are worth thinking about. Let me know how you use them, and what kind of answers you come up with. You could just sit and think about these things, write them

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Childhood Creativity: foundation for a magical life

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childhood creativity

Childhood creativity is magical. A child can come up with ideas, visions and solutions that surprise adults. They can accept imperfections. They are clever in using materials and situations in unexpected ways. And they do it all without a sense of being critical of themselves or each other.   Beginner’s Luck: When You Don’t Know

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Broken Colors: the strength of the creative spirit

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Broken Colors, Creativity Novels

Broken Colors  Michelle Zackheim (2007) Broken Colors is a beautiful love story. It is about the love between two people, a beautiful and lifelike look at how love plays out. But the love and the beauty of the novel is so much deeper than that. Tragedy and pain permeates everything, and shapes the characters. This book,

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The Artist Archetype: the mystical act of creation

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artist archetype, creativity, Brian Beholds

Elements of the Artist Archetype eccentric appearance and behavior outsider status, both physically, socially and spiritually observer of life, curious about the world and how it works a unique vision, combined with a way to express and share that vision with others experimenting with different approaches, materials, methods and styles of presentation sense of mystery

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