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Thoughtful Thursday
Creative ExcusesCopyright 2010 Valerie Jones What have you ever told yourself or are telling yourself why you should not create? Me? I’ve told myself that I needed to wait until I had enough money. Hah! I could still tell myself that because I don’t have any more money now than…(continue reading) Posted in Thoughtful Thursday. Updated September 23rd, 2010. Share on Facebook or Pinterest. Creative WithdrawalCopyright 2010 Valerie Jones As I revisit The Artist's Way, I keep coming back to this phrase, “We ourselves are the substance we withdraw to, not from, as we pull our overextended and misplaced creative energy back into our own core.” We ourselves are the substance we withdraw…(continue reading) Posted in Thoughtful Thursday. Updated September 16th, 2010. Share on Facebook or Pinterest. Painting by FaithCopyright 2010 Valerie Jones One of my favorite quotes is by Amos Ferguson – I paint not by sight but by faith. Faith gives you sight. Julia Cameron states in her book, The Artist's Way, that many of us wish we were more creative. Many of us sense we are more…(continue reading) Posted in Thoughtful Thursday. Updated September 9th, 2010. Share on Facebook or Pinterest. Experiencing CreativityCopyright 2010 Valerie Jones Genesis 1:27 - So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. NIV Since God created us in his own image, we were made to be creative. Look at nature around us and see God's creative handiwork! …(continue reading) Posted in Thoughtful Thursday. Updated September 2nd, 2010. Share on Facebook or Pinterest. Creative ThinkingCopyright 2010 Valerie Jones In Julia Cameron's book, The Artist's Way, , she states - “The idea that the Creator encourages creativity is a radical thought. We tend to think, or at least fear, that creative dreams are egotistical, something God wouldn’t approve of for us…(continue reading) Posted in Thoughtful Thursday. Updated August 26th, 2010. Share on Facebook or Pinterest. |


