My Creativity Blog

Welcome back to My Creativity Blog! My goal in writing this blog is to inspire you! Let me know through comments or email how I’m doing. Thanks for visiting! ~TerryAll good things must come to an end. I hate it when I come to the end of a really good book. So, it is not [...]

There is a hot debate regarding the source of behavioral attributes in human beings. The creativity of children is inherently embedded in the debate. The argument centers around the question of whether it is nature or nurture that determines the way a person behaves and makes choices in life. The findings can have deep repercussions [...]

Creativity prompts get your imagination and creative juices going. Creativity prompts combine elements that you may have never thought about putting together before. Creativity prompts inspire you to create. There are many websites and blogs on the internet that give creativity prompts for writers, but I did not find much for artists.
What is a creativity [...]

I found the following prayer in the appendix of The Creative Call by Janice Elsheimer.  I did a little research and found that Cardinal Desire- Joseph Mercier was Archbishop of Malines, Belgium from 1906 until his death.  You can read more about Cardinal Mercier at Wikipedia by clicking here.
I feel that Cardinal Mercier’s words fit [...]

Welcome back to another article about The Creative Call by Janice Elsheimer. I have written an article every Wednesday as I work my way through the book. If you have been with me from the beginning, you know that we have almost finished. I hope my articles have been helpful to those of you [...]

Have you ever messed up a painting putting in a background? I have. I have ruined many paintings putting the background in last after spending hours or days working on the main subject.
What do I mean when I say “background”? I  mean the area behind the subject in a still life, a floral, or even a [...]

Welcome to another article about The Creative Call written by Janice Elsheimer. This week the subject is about making time for your art. I thought about saying I didn’t have time to write this article, but I figured that wouldn’t go over very well. But, I have to admit that sometimes writing for this blog does [...]