by Zoe M. McCarthy | May 23, 2013 | Leading
“Communicating an idea juxtaposed with its polar opposite creates energy. Moving back and forth between the contradictory poles encourages full engagement from the audience.” —Nancy Duarte You step back from your creative work and, no matter how hard you rationalize...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | May 16, 2013 | Creating
“If people never did silly things, then nothing intelligent would ever get done.” —Ludwig Wittgenstein Tired of staring at a blank screen? Are all your ideas frozen inside your brain? Try this exercise. It’ll thaw your brain cells. 4 Steps to Jumpstart Your Stalled...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | May 9, 2013 | Creating
“I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.” —Pablo Picasso Pop! We get an interesting idea and race to our canvas, word processer, or potter’s wheel. Paint flows, words stream, or clay flies. Our critics say, “Nice.” Nice? What happened to “Wow!”? We can...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | May 2, 2013 | Leading
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”— Winston Churchill What are you going to do when: emails pop up about your presentation, comments appear at the end of your blog post, notecards arrive in your mailbox about your art show, mothers stop by your...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Apr 25, 2013 | Leading
“Order and creativity are complementary.”—Lewis Mumford Hello. My name is Zoe. I’m a creativity junky. If you’re like me, your creative musings and your compulsive desire to create threaten your sleep, your family and spiritual living, your house cleaning, and your...
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