by Cali Bird | Apr 26, 2017 | Creating with a day job, Fame and Success, Food for thought
Most people have no idea what it is like to be a creative person. They think being an artist means wafting around the hollyhocks in your painting smock and knocking out a masterpiece when the mood takes you. They assume that the masterpiece will bring you fame and...
by Cali Bird | Mar 21, 2017 | Being gentle, Creating with a day job, Food for thought, Start Here
Isn’t it wonderful how a book can change your life! Today I have written about the books that have had the most influence on enabling me to live a creative life. Some are specifically about writing and others are about creativity in general. The common thread that...
by Cali Bird | Jan 25, 2017 | Being gentle, Creating with a day job, Food for thought
You’re not sure how to journal and whether you should be doing it. You’ve read that other people journal and say it is a good way to come up with creative ideas. Julia Cameron in the book, The Artist’s Way says that you must do it every day, three pages long hand. But...
by Cali Bird | Jan 12, 2017 | Being gentle, Creating with a day job, Fame and Success, Start Here
You loved making art, you were good at it but you haven’t done it in a long time. Now you don’t know how to return to it and be an artist again. Your life has changed since then. Maybe you have children or parents that are growing older and need your help. You had to...
by Cali Bird | Nov 24, 2016 | Being gentle, Creating with a day job, Food for thought
Your life was going great. You had carved out your creative time and everything was tickety-boo. And then your Mum or Dad got ill, or had a fall, or was rushed to hospital. Everything changed. Your time was not your own anymore. They needed you and you had to...
by Cali Bird | Oct 27, 2016 | Creating with a day job, Food for thought
Is creativity a curse? Sometimes it can feel like it. You’re creative and that seems to make everything complicated in your life. There are times when you just want to be normal like everyone else. But you’re not normal. You need time to be creative or you go crazy....
