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The creative cycle

The creative cycle

(peaceful music) - Hi, I'm Amy Wynne and I'm an artist. I'm a professor, and I'm a creative coach. One of my very favorite things is helping people source their creative power. So many times people put obstacles in their way. They tell themselves old stories, sort of habitual stories that they learned over time. Stories like, I'm not creative. I don't have any creative ideas. I'm just not that kind of person. And, I say you are. I say every person is. Everyone has it down deep inside, and it just needs to be reawakened. It needs to be sort of, opened up. So, how do I know this? Because, I've had a journey myself with creativity for years, and I've recognized through that journey that it takes desire, it takes vision and it takes curiosity to grow a creative spark. It also takes gentleness with yourself, because we try and try again. Sometimes we fail as creative people, or just trying to find our creative voice, and that's okay. It means that you're pushing yourself out of your…

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