The creative process is learning not to see with your eyes, but with your heart and soul. Creativity is an original product of the imagination. The imagination is the central force in driving the creative process. The creative process focuses on the mechanisms and phases involved as one partakes ...

I want to be a freelance creative writer (science fiction) because I have always loved writing. I have more full notebooks with funky colored ink than Cher has pairs of shoes. When I asked my roommate what my ideal job should be (I always love an outside opinion), she said science fiction writer....

This article was an interesting article to read. Everyone has heard that all creative poets are \"psycho.\" This fact has been proven to some extent; the author states that many creative people have some form of depression or another. This disorder may be what causes these creative people to be so c...

English Literature – Creative Writing Assignment – Writing Advice The first year of college; a flurry of overwhelming and unfamiliar responsibilities coupled with the first true experiences of higher education and self-exploration. There is much to say in the way of providing advic...

Level One - Journaling Memories begin to come to the surface. Anxiety released through the written word. Level Two - Writing to the Therapist Validation of experience by outside source, feelings are finally heard and uncovered from within. Level Three - Creative writing of the event...

Often when people become bored, television is the first source of entertainment that they turn to. There are extensive amounts of hobbies in the world. But many are ignored my the new technological and electronic advances of today. As fun as television, music, and surfing the net may be, people can...

In her book, \"The Creative Connection,\" Natalie Rogers states that \"a connection exists between our life-force – our inner core, or soul - and the essence of all beings.\" I believe that the overall question posed in this book was directed towards two audiences in a way. One audience being reac...

The world of literature consists of many different genres, and of those genres the most commonly overlooked is songwriting (Frey). To this day, uncountable numbers of records have been sold. There have been countless awards given to the people who focus their entire lives on creating this type of li...

The Writing Process Writing is an essential part of college life. Every student, from freshman to graduate, needs to develop good writing habits in order to succeed in life. Writing is essential to success even if one chooses not to attend college; it is essential in everyday life. For many peopl...

Statement of intention: In response to the selection of Australian poems on the theme of art and the artist I am going to write about an artist's need to create art. I will attempt to answer the question of why it is so important for an artist to create, incorporating my interpretation of wha...

According to The American Art Therapy Association, "Art therapy is a mental health profession that uses the creative process of art making to improve and enhance the physical, mental and emotional well-being of individuals of all ages. Through creating art and reflecting on the art products an...

Creative Ways of learningThe first thing I want to point out in this essay is that I've been in school for about eleven years and I'm finally being taught how to learn. These methods have been around for a while and still the school system is so set in it's ways that it is barely beginning to change...

1. Brainstorming (by Alex Osborn) The main idea is to separate in time the process of ideas generation and their evaluation. Every group member generates ideas, others try to improve them, all ideas are being written in a list, and the analysis of the ideas is being made later. Sometimes can be used...

When someone talks about dreams the first thing that they say is, was it good or bad. No one ever talks about what was the purpose behind the dream. Creative people tend to have more apprehensive dreams than do other people. Sometimes these intense dreams provide the inspiration for their creative...

Review: Meyers, Jeffrey, "The Greek Idea of Disease, Madness, and Art", published in the World and I, January 1999 pp. 318-324. Jeffrey Meyers has authored thirty-nine books including celebrated biographies of twentieth century literary masters Orwell, Hemmingway, and Fitzgerald...

Writing: As A CareerI've always enjoyed writing for fun in my free time. What turned me onto writing was reading. I was always reading Stephen King books and one day I simply said to myself "Hey, I bet I can do this". So I did. At first, I started just writing about my day in my journal. After a whi...

A team is a group of very different individuals who share a commitmentto working together to achieve common goals. Most likely not all of thepeople in the team are equal in experience, talent or education, but theyare equal in one vitally important way, their commitment to the good of theorgan...

I often compare writing an essay to getting ready for a date. There are many similarities that exist between the two. The similarities start from getting my essay assignment and being asked out, to the end of my essay and saying, \"Good night.\" The steps I follow in these two processes are: analyzi...

The Declaration of Independence is one of the most influential and well written papers in American history. This paper was written in order to have the colonists act out against Great Britain and it was very successful in doing so. Thomas Jefferson and the other important leaders of this time pac...

Working with the Past No one knows with certainty what really happen to African-Americans during , in my opinion, the worst historical moments of our American culture. The deliberated effort to intentionally destroy the African culture was insidious, yet only through the "creative spirit&q...

Statement of intention: I wanted to write a piece which put something me and my peers place way too much emphasis on, into perspective by likening the examination process to that of the evaluation of , for example, rehab patients. In both situations, individuals are being assessed for their suita...

According to comic book author Gerard Jones, the Incredible Hulk undid muchof the psychological damage done to him by overprotective parents and arepressive culture. By awakening little Gerard to his alter-ego, the Hulkempowered him, helped him find an avenue for the repressed rage andpowerlessness ...

"The world is but a canvas to the imagination."- Henry David Thoreau. Imagination lets one see many outlooks. Imagination is the core to creativity and knowledge. It is the structure of a mental picture that is unreal, and is not there for the senses to detect. Imagination is seeing, h...

The works of a composer are not the only factor used to determine canonization; culture and gender play a large part in this process. Marcia J. Citron shows how the Western art canon is the result of a complex mixture of opinions, traditions, and interests that often go unacknowledged and unchalleng...

Myself, the Writer How do I write? That is a question, I believe, that cannot be honestly answered by me. I may think I did a good job writing something when in reality it could be horrible. The reader is the one who decides the quality of my writing. I do not find writing to be natural to m...