Developing Creativity newsletter 11.01.14
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The newsletter discusses the relationship between fear, courage, and creativity, highlighting how impostor feelings can stifle creative expression. It features insights from Stephen King on overcoming shame in writing, along with resources tailored for introverts and highly sensitive individuals. Additional topics include perfectionism, mental health insights from notable figures, and strategies to cope with fear of failure.
Developing Creativity newsletter 11.01.14
- 1. DEVELOPING CREATIVITY Newsletter 11.01.14 edition • Fear and Courage and Creating • Impostor Feelings & Your Creativity • Resources for Introverts and Highly Sensitive People > and more
- 2. “Creativity takes courage.” Henri Matisse
- 3. "I spent too many years being ashamed about what I write." Stephen King
- 4. Fear and Courage and Creating “The artist begins with a vision — a creative operation requiring effort. Creativity takes courage.” Henri Matisse What fears and anxieties are holding you back from expressing yourself more creatively?
- 5. Impostor Feelings Can Dampen Your Creativity Stephen King relates a story about his high school teacher critiquing some of his work. King says, “I was ashamed. I have spent many years since — too many, I think — being ashamed about what I write." Even very talented people may experience fraud or impostor feelings, and shame can feed those feelings.
- 6. Resources for Introverts and Highly Sensitive People This page includes articles plus some books, sites, videos and other material about these qualities of introversion and high sensitivity, and their impact on our creative lives.
- 7. Additional articles in this edition : • On Being Sensitive • Perfectionism and Brene Brown on The Gifts of Imperfection • Feeling like an impostor, a fraud • Be Your Own Therapist • The upside of our dysfunctions - "So many good things have happened to me because of how unhealthy I’ve been mentally.” Producer, Writer, Director Judd Apatow • Getting Past Fear of Failure • What Is Power And How Are We Empowered To Create?
- 8. See the newsletter online for links to articles - and to subscribe : Developing Creativity
- 9. Thanks for reading. The Developing Creativity newsletter is a publication by Douglas Eby, M.A./Psychology - writer, researcher and online publisher on psychology and personal growth related to creativity. Creator of the Talent Development Resources series of sites
- 10. The weekly newsletter presents selected articles and resources from the TalentDevelop series of sites, including related Facebook pages and other channels. Facebook pages include: TalentDevelop The Creative Mind Find much more to fuel your creative mind at : talentdevelop.com