Posts from ‘October, 2010’

Persistence: The Seventh Quality of Creativity

Through rain and local flooding I headed off to Brisbane tonight to go to an interview and book signing with well loved singer songwriter Paul Kelly. His new book How to make Gravy is an unusual mix of biography, creative insights and Australian stories. I recommend it for a good solid read.  In the book [...]

Motivation: The Sixth Quality of Creativity

Remaining motivated can be a hard call at times. Creative people can be like boats, tossed about in the storms of life, as they sail for peaceful and fruitful shores. Their craft may have an excess of anchors, which dig into the sand and hold them back, so it is easy to get disillusioned. There [...]