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 | Apr 11, 2017 | Being gentle, Food for thought
This weekend, many people in the Christian world are celebrating Easter. Even though I’ve been a Buddhist for nearly thirty years there is something about the Easter story, particularly the solemnity of Good Friday, that really touches me. For me I think Good Friday...
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 | Mar 9, 2017 | Being gentle, Fame and Success, Food for thought
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you make art of any kind and try to put it out to the world, you will face rejection. People will say No to your work in all kinds of different ways and you will have to learn how to cope with rejection. Your stories will...
by Cali Bird | Feb 8, 2017 | Food for thought
Apologies for the mournful subject matter. I figured that if I was pondering this question then other people might be too. It has been a grim few months. It seems that everything in the world is de-stabilising. Nationalism is growing. President Trump is acting like a...
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...
