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How to make lemonade – OR – buck up and be a marine!

How to make lemonade – OR – buck up and be a marine!

By gwyn-michael on December 5, 2011

I almost didn’t write this post. It is certainly not the post I intended to write, but as they say, s*it happens. About 3:00 in the morning it happened to me. You see, I have a back injury that flared up about a month ago. It was bad, got better, and then after two days [...]

Posted in Conversation Starters | Tagged adaptation, art, creative living, creativity, gwyn michael, pain, perseverance | 12 Responses

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Gwyn Michael is an artist armed with a camera, Photoshop, some painting supplies, and a discerning eye. She is passionate about creating images that teach us to view the world differently or more deeply. To learn more about Gwyn, her inspirational art, and her passion for creative living, visit her website and blog. Gwyn frequently gives mini tutorials on Photoshop and offers creative challenges on her blog.

are you where you want to be with your creative work? keep working

are you where you want to be with your creative work? keep working

By liz-kalloch on November 8, 2011

Are you where you want to be with your creative work? Have you started working on a project or an idea and realised that what you are making and what you envision making are not on the same level? Is the vision in your mind so much better that the result right now? Are you [...]

Posted in creating action, Plot Notes | Tagged creative living, creative process, creativity, encouragement, liz kalloch, process, vision | 9 Responses

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Liz Kalloch is an artist, designer, traveller, and writer who has worn many different creative and entrepreneurial hats – and some of these hats she has even designed and knitted herself. Her artwork – and life – is focused on searching the soul to stay connected to her life path, clarifying and re-clarifying a life purpose and always trying to listen more carefully to that inner voice that speaks the truth. These days you can find her in the San Francisco Bay area where she runs her own freelance design and art creating business and blogs about it here.

living a creative life: a brief manifesto

By tara gentile on October 14, 2011

This week we’re taking time out to share some classic Scoutie Girl posts. Today’s post originally appeared on May 24, 2010. Living a creative life is taking joy in thinking outside the box. It’s finding abundance in the most simple things: basic ingredients for a healthy supper, uncut fabric, dirt, a camera, a crayon, a [...]

Posted in creative thinkers, creativity | Tagged creative living, creativity, manifesto, passion | 5 Responses

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tara gentileTara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about productivity, passion, and profit. She’s the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning.


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congregation: the crazy awesome results of being amidst world-changing people

congregation: the crazy awesome results of being amidst world-changing people

By tara gentile on June 15, 2011

Last week, Megan told me I could no longer call myself an introvert. Why? Because I had just spent an off-the-hook weekend schmoozing with 500 on-fire people in Portland, OR. Yes, I was at the World Domination Summit but this isn’t another WDS-recap. Any trappings of my introverted selfhood fell away in this congregation of [...]

Posted in creativity | Tagged community, congregation, creative living | 5 Responses

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tara gentileTara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about productivity, passion, and profit. She’s the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning.


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obliterating beliefs with Bridget Pilloud: engaging success & identifying abundant resources

By tara gentile on May 4, 2011

My favorite part of creative living isn’t the spray paint, sparkles, or half-finished projects cluttering my office closet. My favorite part of creative living is obliterating assumptions & long held beliefs. What assumptions are hold you back right now? What liabilities are staring you down? What tired tactics are wasting your time? Examine your own [...]

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tara gentileTara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about productivity, passion, and profit. She’s the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning.


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