"Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple—awesomely simple—that's creativity." -Charles Mingus
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published since July 2005 | Lessons in Creativity offers guidance to artists committed to the fulfillment of their creative dreams.
 
 
 
† Self-care Advice
guest contributor
 
Linda Dessau (eMail • Web site • creativity coaching services), BFA, MTA, CPCC, is a self-care expert, accredited music therapist and certified life coach whose journey of making and sharing music began with piano lessons at age 6.
 
Linda owns a successful music therapy practice and delivers weekly group and individual programs to adults and seniors with a variety of special needs.
 
As a certified life coach, she has developed resources and products aimed at empowering individuals to make healthier choices. She has also taught and spoken locally, in Toronto, Canada, as well as at conferences and events in other cities.
 
Linda's work has become focused on serving fellow creative types—musicians, artists and writers—via her popular Web site, eCourse and newsletter. Her original articles about creativity and self-care are published all over the Web and world.
 
Linda's most recent venture, Sing Out Your Stress, brings together her passions, gifts and skills in an exciting way by allowing her to share her whole self—musical, creative, spiritual, self-caring—by incorporating a strong interest in the Internet and new technologies.
 
 
 

 
 
Advanced Notions (various)
formerly patsymooreDOTcoms Bonus Writings; insightful and inciting literature from artists and about art
 
Amsterdam Dispatch (Karin Bos)
an insider's look at the art scene and artist life in Amsterdam
 
The Art of Fiction (Peter Quinones)
reviews of timeless literature
author interviews
 
bohoTV (various)
noteworthy Arts-centric viral video
 
Cambridge Letters (Kym Cooper-Rodgers)
reports about art scenes abroad
(9/2004-12/2005)
 
Deleted Scenes (Stuart Chait)
a guide to the great cinema and television you're missing
 
Design Psychology (Jeanette Joy Fisher)
a look at how design elements contribute to happiness, well-being, and productivity
(7/2005-3/2007)
 
The Iraq Watch Papers (various)
observations on war and peace
(3/2003-7/2006)
 
Lessons in Creativity (Linda Dessau)
self-care tips for artists
 
London Letters (Shakila Taranum Maan)
reports about the London arts scene and design
 
On Books (Tim Haigh)
book criticism
 
Paris: Vie et Art (Francis Powell)
an insider's look at the art scene and artist life in The City of Light
 
Portrait of the Artist (various)
a gallery of work by compelling visualists
 
Rake on Music (Jamie Lee Rake)
your map to the music underground
 
Savor (Brian Parker)
a passionate survey of food and cooking
 
The Self Expressed (various)
creative writing
 
Special Assignment (various)
profiles and interviews
 
Tending the Planet (Alyssa Stebbing)
ruminations on social responsibility and spiritual life
 
Thus Spake Fred (Fred Clark)
smart, witty examinations of socio-political issues
 
transcripts from A Lovers Quarrel
(Dwight Ozard)
one man's documentation of his restless relationship with faith and culture
(6/2004-9/2005)
 
Verse (Jim Newcombe/John-Paul Gillespie)
poetry laid bare
 
Verse Live (various)
new poetry
 
The World Watch Papers (various)
inspections of matters impacting the globe
 
Write of Passage (Eboni Rafus)
journalings of a confirmed writer

 

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