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Let's stay creative
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8 February 2012
Last week I opened Tom Goldner's first solo exhibition, Photo for Freedom.
It was a pleasure to support a talented, ambitious emerging artist with so much energy and determination.
The show is on until 17 February.
YGAP
12–14 Grey Street, St Kilda (view location on Google Maps)
Wednesday to Sunday, 12pm to 7pm
And a friend sent me this today. I love it.
33 ways to stay creative
- make lists
- carry a notebook everywhere
- try free writing
- get away from the computer
- be otherworldly
- quit beating yourself up
- take breaks
- sign in the shower
- drink coffee/tea
- know your roots
- listen to new music
- be open
- surround yourself with creative people
- get feedback
- collaborate
- don't give up
- practice, practice, practice
- allow yourself to make mistakes
- go somewhere new
- watch foreign films
- count your blessings
- get lots of rest
- take risks
- break the rules
- do more of what makes you happy
- don't force it
- read a page of the dictionary
- create a framework
- stop trying to be someone else's perfect
- got an idea? write it down
- clean your workspace
- have fun
- finish something