Posts by Linda McLean

Speaking of change I’m thinking of changing my name. Well, not actually changing it, just creating a new one. A name to suit the new personae I’ve been working on, a woman of no fixed address who is well on her way to becoming a bestselling author. Meet Ailla Zaeg. She’s an international woman of…

PART FIVE to prepare for your one month creativity diet –  COMPARE AND CONTRAST. Here is a great way to begin always, be conscious – ie ask yourself, ‘What has changed since I decided to spend one month on a Creativity Diet? Take a piece of paper. Take a pen. Divide the page into two…

PART FOUR of your MONTH OF CREATIVITY DIET will help you stay focused. WRITE A JOURNAL Write about your creative project every day. As much or as little as you want. At bare minimum write the date and one word to describe how you’re feeling about putting yourself on this creativity diet ie Good!  Bad!…

STEP 3 to prepare for your month on a CREATIVITY DIET is to make the commitment to stay on your diet. If it helps, make yourself accountable to someone else. COMMIT TO SHOWING UP FOR ONE MONTH This may be the hardest step in your month of creativity diet.  It looks easy in the beginning…

STEP TWO – CHOOSE YOUR FIRST PROJECT, JUST ONE PROJECT with the thought ‘Make it Easy’ in mind. To be creative is a choice. Diet – TO BEGIN MAKE IT EASY Now that you have a Creative Goal you have a vision of what kind of creativity you want to put your attention to! It…

STEP ONE – To get started on your month long diet of creativity CHOOSE ONE CREATIVE GOAL MY FRIENDS, NOW IS THE TIME TO BE WILD MIND! I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. We are ALL CREATIVE ALL THE TIME – whether we realize it or not, we are all creating all the…

A CREATIVITY DIET? It makes sense to me. I’m always on the lookout for ways to improve my diet, ie the food I eat, ie plans that make sense and will bring balance and nourishment into my life. Like all of us, I want to feel great and have lots of energy, so I’m always…

‘There are no accidents.’ That’s what a piano teacher told me once, the teacher who had me practice Bartok and counterpoint rhythms to train right and left hands to play independently and in unison. What has that got to do with creativity?  Taking piano lessons with Peter was like trying to make order out of…