Creative Mind Forward
Daily Inspiration
“Don’t let people rent space in your head”
-Warren Dahlin
“One’s destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.”
– Henry Miller
“Creativity is intelligence having fun”
― Albert Einstein
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.”
– William S. Burroughs
“Have no fear of perfection, you’ll never reach it”
– Salvador Dali
“If you’re not prepared to be wrong ,you’ll never come up with any thing original”
– Sir Ken Robinson
“A good painter is to paint two main things, namely men and the working of man’s mind.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
“I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.”
– William Blake
“Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.”
– FDR, first inaugural address.
“Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.”
— Jonh Steinbeck
“Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity”
— John F. Kennedy
“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities, and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.”
— Harry Truman  
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
— Pablo Picasso  
“I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
  — Thomas Edison    
“Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.”
— Jonathan Swift  

Opinion

Thursday, August 7th, 2014

Top ten reasons why creatives switch jobs: tips on retaining talent

by Jerrie K. Lyndon Just received a two week notice from your top creative employee? Chances are they will never tell you the true reason in fear of burning bridges for a future employment reference. Think about it – it takes sometimes up to a year for an employee to find a job in their

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014

Jerrie Lyndon’s recipe for creative alchemy: how to turn your every day life into creative gold in 10 easy steps!

  1. Keep a Journal. You will get to know yourself. Find out when you feel most inspired and when not. Then maximize the inspiration. 2. When creativity calls, be ready. Got an idea in the middle...

Thursday, September 5th, 2013

New Bedford: Art VS Dysfunction

I have mentioned to a friend that I am moving to New Bedford, MA. “I have just recently heard of that city,” she replied. After figuring out that the association to New Bedford was not a pleasant...

Sunday, April 7th, 2013

Roadtrip review: suggested applications for creativity in the Law School environment.

  On a lovely spring afternoon, I found myself sitting in as a visitor on one of University of Virginia’s Law School classes. Since an arts and  administration background prepared me very poorly for the constitutional law...