Your Inner Critic Seeks Perfection How does your inner critic respond when you try something new? There is no better way to explore how your inner critic shows up than to try something new in a creative pursuit. You can use your creative outlet as a peek behind the curtain. Your inner critic is …
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The Zion Subway – Lessons From A Trip Outside The Comfort Zone
We were at a crossroads in The Subway. We could either try to climb out without the trail, or stay within our comfort zone and re-trace our steps. I was not comforted by either option... Memories of a day I took a journey outside my comfort zone washed over me while I scrolled through my …
How I Learned the Down Side of Perfection
Do you struggle to get things done because you're trying to achieve perfection? You may be spinning your wheels because you've fallen into a Perfection Trap. My first lesson in the down side of perfection was at my first workshop with Canadian landscape photographer Freeman Patterson many years …
The Power of Creativity
I took some time this morning to catch up on some of my photography of the last several weeks. It had been a while since I played with images and I had an accumulation of portraits for an upcoming project and some street photography I had squeezed in while driving along the Toronto …
Pencil by 53 – A Cool Creative and Productivity Tool
Recently, I was walking by the many duty-free stores in the Manchester airport, a familiar logo caught my eye. It was the logo from the company "53", creators of the Paper app that I've had installed on my iPad for over a year. I love the app because it lets me be creative on the go. Without a …