In today’s episode of Creative Lift, Creating Space: Designing with your Voice in Mind, we’re continuing our series that explores the Illuminary. The Illuminary is a visualization tool that invites you to picture your creative thinking process happening in various rooms. Our goal is to make the...
Creative Lift 016 – Visualize a Play Space
Whether you enjoy visualization, or it's a stretch for you, our exploration in this episode will help you see more clearly how to put this skill to use in your creative thinking. Whatever kind of...
Creative Lift 015 – Start with a Simple Recipe
Do you prefer to personalize your approach or stick exactly to prescribed guidelines? Either way, by starting with a simple recipe, you give your creativity a play space in which to innovate. In...
Creative Lift 014 – Saying Yes, And …
As an improv teacher, one of my very first goals in a workshop is to unlock the power of "Yes, and..." in our classroom. "Yes, and..." is what allows players to actually have fun while improvising....
Creative Lift 013 – Find the Doorway into Make-Believe
Do you remember playing make-believe as a kid? Maybe you had an ongoing world you would step into, where the story was always waiting to sweep you away. Whether you played long-form make-believe or...
Creative Lift 012 – Share Your Story
In order to share our stories, we must shape them into stories. We find the unifying thread, choose the meaningful details, and let the extra questions and loose ends fade into the background. Just...
Creative Lift 011 – Brave The Magic Flight
What if we, as adults, celebrated milestones and transitions in the way we encourage kids to do? What might the equivalent of a 5-year-old holding an "I just graduated from kindergarten" sign be for...
Creative Lift 010 – Wrestle the Dragon
Like developing our creativity, developing our inner strength is both a little bit harder and also a whole lot easier than we make it out to be. Harder because to meaningfully build inner strength,...
Creative Lift 009 – Uncover the Hidden Obstacle
Do you ever find yourself with cheeks aflame, heart thumping, even shouting at someone who's only trying to help, "You don't understand! I can't do this!!" When I leave a conversation like that,...
Creative Lift 008 – Build a Practice
When you start learning something new, there's often a phase where it's joyful to learn everything there is to know. Then, suddenly, overwhelm sets in. There is so much to know. What's the next step...