Notice Moments Of Bliss
May our day be filled with little moments of bliss. Even more important: May we notice them. ~ Stan Stewart
Creative Insights
Along the way, Stan Stewart has learned a few things about creativity. He shares them with you in the hope that you’ll respond with your confirmation or perhaps that your experience is completely different. Both are welcome.
This is also a place where you’ll find some articles about inspiration. After all, that’s an essential part of artistic creativity, too.
doodle for joy
Sunni Brown offered us this prompt in #Quest2015: How could you make moments of joy a sacred priority in 2015? What forms will such moments take? Doodle your way into these questions and share your doodles. View this post on Instagram I like to #doodle – who knew?!?!? #quest2015 #sacredjoy A post shared by Stan Stewart
What does 100,000 tweets mean, anyway?
Part of the beauty of Twitter is the brevity. But there are some things you can’t say in 140 characters. Answering the question What does 100,000 tweets mean, anyway? Click To Tweet is one of those. I don’t know exactly what drew my attention to it. (Probably one of the dozens of Twitter interface remodels.) Suddenly, it
Painting Piano: #music inspired by visual #art
Thanks to everyone who is helping to make “Painting Piano” my best-selling album ever! I’ve chosen to include several of the piano improvisations and paintings from “Painting Piano” throughout this post. I’ve also linked (near the end of this post) the videos related to this project from YouTube. I hope you enjoy them. What do
Fear and Openness
Whatever fear invents, I swear it makes no sense. ~ Peter Gabriel (Come Talk To Me lyrics) New love. New life. What is this insecurity, This doubt? The danger lies In remaining silent. Speak. And the fear is exposed, Made vulnerable to The light of day. That is the way That it cannot Survive. Yet
#poem – now?
My eyes open to See the sun near The horizon; its Jagged, golden Flickers seemed to Invite me to fly to Its center. I lay still in the grass With chirruping birds nearby and Buzzing bugs enticed by the soft Flesh of my naked neck and bare legs. Hovering between the lush Hug of the lawn
Creative Process of Making the Video “Avalanche” (guest post)
A huge thanks to my online friend, Linda Freeman, for this guest post. Learn more about Linda and how to reach her at the end of this post. Be sure to also check out her post of music video tips on the awesome Sessionville blog. Linda Freeman (@lindafreeman_) shares her #creative process in making a
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passwords for positive change
The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true. ~ Ralph Marston I know that there have been a few posts about this going around the ether and recognize that this is “one more post” on using passwords for positive change. I see that
Making room to create
After getting married a few weeks ago, we started renovations on our house. In order to get this renewal underway, we had to make room for the construction crew to start their work. In other words, we had to empty everything out of four rooms. It was a lot of work to even get things
#Poem – Costly – Invisible People
You know it’s gonna cost you If you wear those worn out shoes. They’re gonna do worse than Hurt your feet. They’re gonna make people Look at ya funny.