Perfectionism can Ruin Creativity

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Girl drawing

You may disagree with me but I think that perfectionism can ruin creativity. I’ve seen it happen many times.

In a way, perfectionism is the fear of making mistakes.  It’s a fear of failure.

For example, what is writer’s block if not a form of perfectionism where you get paralyzed because you are too afraid to make a mistake?

Mistakes are an important part of the creative process. If you want to create  something you have to be prepared to make mistakes and stick your neck out. Creativity is not for the faint of heart.  It’s for the bold and brave in spirit!

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Handwriting Analysis is for Understanding People

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How to understand people

If you are interested in understanding people, handwriting analysis is one of the most fascinating hobbies you could ever cultivate. It will lift your understanding of people to a whole new level.

We’ve all come across people who hide behind a facade of pretense and whose real personalities are completely camouflaged. With handwriting analysis you can remove the mask in minutes.

Family members, friends, competitors and even rivals will be easier to understand. Not only will it help you to understand the people nearest and dearest to you, you will also be able to see into the characters of those not so dear to you!

When you study someone’s handwriting you are not only looking at the written page.  You are delving into a real live person’s feelings, motives and behaviour.

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Creative Thinkers are Fearless

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A Fearless dreamer

Are creative thinkers truly fearless people?

In most cases, yes!  They aren’t deterred by public opinion and they aren’t scared of flouting convention.

Convention is a stifler.  It kills creativity and no creative person can function in a restrictive environment.

As a creative thinker you have to be willing to kick over the traces. To be able to challenge well-established boundaries you cannot concern yourself with what other people think.

To break new ground you have to be able to think freely.  And to create new ideas without worrying about maintaining the old conventions you have to be fearless.

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How to Press Flowers For Greeting Cards – 5 Helpful Tips to Get You Started

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How to Press Flowers

Pressed flowersOne of my favourite crafts is pressing flowers. If you haven’t tried it yet you don’t know what you’re missing!

I use pressed flowers to make greeting cards and pictures and they always attract attention. But most of all, I enjoy making them.

Greeting cards made with pressed flowers are completely different from the ordinary printed variety. And you don’t have to be particularly artistic – the flowers do everything for you!

Here are 5 of my flower pressing tips to get you started:

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Crafting your Life with Passion

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Brownbird

I have discussed several types of crafts in these posts where I have introduced some of my own interests and many others.   Of course there are many more crafts that I have not yet touched upon.  But I do have plans to do so!

But before I get diverted, there is one type of craft that I think is far more important than any of the others and I would like to spend a few minutes discussing it because it is so all encompassing.

I am talking about crafting your own life.

So many of us go through life from day to day at half mast! We get through the boredom of our daily tasks and sigh with relief as we tick them off our “to do” lists.

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Why Children don’t Climb Trees

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Photo: flickr.com/cuoredimarmo

Do you remember playing cowboys and crooks as a child?  Or cricket or rounders in the back garden? Do you remember climbing trees and building tree houses? Or making furniture for dolls houses?

Did you ever make your own bows and arrows or build kites and fly them in open fields? Or galloped on a horse so fast that your hair blew in the wind?

When I was a child we did all these things and more.  We knew how to entertain ourselves without electronic or adult input. We ran, climbed and jumped. We were healthy and wiry and we learnt how to build and design things.

We used our imaginations to create plays, puppet shows and concerts. We discovered or made secret hideouts under arching trees and overhanging branches.

We found solutions for practical problems and we were physically confident and self-sufficient.

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