As i was reading “the career guide for creative and unconventional people” (actually i was more stepping from one section to the other), I found out something i would have like to read last january when i found myself in a existential crisis.. (once more..)
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On the 21th of april was launched CreativeDay*
The website is done in a interview way, so that everybody can be interviewed
and read other people’s interviews online.
The topic? Creativity.
How do people use creativity in their day to day life, what inspire them,
how is their creativity helping/supporting/challenging people around them?
The website was launched on april 21th (creativity and innovation day).
I hope it will have a long life and that it will be a good opportunity
for people to share about their creative abilities.
Share the good news!
The site is now online under http://creativeday.unitedsituation.de
Julia Cameron,
The vein of gold
the artist’s way
Paulo Coelho,
By the river piedra i sat down & wept
The Alchemist
Nancy Huston,
Slow Emergencies
Shakti Gawain,
Creative Visualization
Sark,
Succulent wild women
Inspiration sandwich
Sabrina Ward Harrisson,
Brave on the Rocks
Spilling open
Stefen Nachmanovitch,
Free play
Bjork,
The Book
Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa,
The eight human talents
Dharma Singh Khalsa,
Meditation as medicine
Cameron S. Foote,
The creative business guide to running a graphic design business
Thacher Hurd and John Cassidy,
Watercolor for the artistically undiscovered
Why worry about money, a mail to m-c from mel.
This is a email i got from my friend mel, after that she received a mail from me where I was writing about all the money issues i had when i left my job and all the anxiety that came with that choice (which was the right choice 
Enjoy!
(…) Why should we worry for some ugly papers, which are not even looking nice, full of bacteria and (other things), well, what could happen to you tomorrow if you would not have any money anymore?
1-you will not die
2-you will just eat less, but your friends will invite you and then you will meet new people
3-you will not have money to spend in shopping so you wont event think about it
4-no money for the train and the bus, so you stay at home and work, and you take walks which is healthier for you
5-the only problem is for the rent, so in the worst case you take a job at the “gutentagfraulen” for 18hrs per week, without any responsibility, so, without stress. As nobody is shopping there anyway, you have time to read all the nice magazines (I know they are all mostly in German, but its good practice for you).
In the worse case, you will clean dishes in a restaurant.
Do you know that thelonious monk was one of the greatest jazz piano player? when he was young, he had no money because he was always playing piano. He took a job in a restaurant to clean the dishes and every night, while cleaning the dishes, he had the chance to hear all the greatest musicians playing in this small restaurant. From that, he developed his own style in mixing all these styles.
So, if one day you are paid to clean dishes, tell yourself that if he did it, you can also do it!
You can not die from not having money, try to think magic, it will help. Anxiety is just keeping bad energies in you. Anyway, don’t think of next month, you will see next month what happen. You can never know what can life bring to you, do not let this human invention (money), responsible of all tragedies on earth, stopping your creative energy. (…)
I let you on what a 5 years old little boy told me yesterday,
“money is not good for people’s health”
mel
My Wordbook
From time to time, I like to study the meaning that some words have for me and to refresh some old values. I realize now how some words got such a negative meaning to me and I need to “clear off the closet” of old patterns to bring in new, sunny, positive meanings to them. This way is born my wordbook. I update it from time to time, adding my new definitions of common used words (new definitions are marked with a * ), also collecting definitions given by other inspiring people.
I hope you enjoy it! 
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Artist
To be an artist is often to give yourself permission to do things which you think are not allowed. Get inspired from people around you, share, make “mistakes”, look at what are others peoples doing, do something even if you don’t have the perfect skills to do it (if its fun for you!). But most of all, don’t judge yourself, the only “mistake” you can do is to judge yourself!
* “Being an artist is more than putting oil on a canvas eight hours a day, it’s a way of life. Sitting at the coffee shop or walking down the street, I notice shadows, shapes, and nuances of colors. Seeing and being aware is 80 percent of my work. Only 20 percent is painting in the studio.” Taken from an interview with Erin Robbins, artist, in Yoga journal, October 2002.
Compromise, concession
Something that we do by choice, a agreement with ourselves to do one thing instead of another, because we know that we will be happier this way.
about creativity…
* “Indigenous peoples are close to their intrinsic creativity – everyone participates in community dance, clothes making, drumming, food preparation, creating sacred space. In these societies, even though some people are more gifted at certain things, no one is labeled an ‘artist’ because everyone makes art”. Taken from an interview with Matthew Fox in Yoga journal, October 2002.
Originality
“…I think the word original for me means maybe if you truly go by how you feel and don’t compromise. Or if you find a way to make that work with the world around you – I think that usually ends up being pretty original.” (Taken from a interview with Bjork)
Trial and error
Satisfaction of one’s curiosity which brings us to realize what fits to us or not, which brings us a new point of view, and a positive change in our situation (exploration <-> evolution). There are no “mistakes” in a negative way, there is only satisfaction of a quest with new perceptions on ourselves and on the world around us. Whatever if we are satisfied or not of the “result”, we are always wining something. As Sark wrote in her book Succulent Wild Woman, “creative exploration will always result in mistakes, and if we fear those, we risk paralysis and numb (…)”
Work
A positive, sunny word. Something that we do by choice which brings us financial reward, fun and satisfaction, which give us the feeling that we are doing the right thing. Something energizing instead of exhausting, done in honest and satisfying relationships with other people.
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