Art is a gift of giving and receiving
Hello Creative QB’s, Seth GodIn once tweeted, ‘Art is a personal gift that changes the recipient. The medium doesn’t matter. The intent does’. 2 minute readThese past few weeks have been all about the gift of art with an exhibition called ‘Willful’. Together with...
Cultivate curiosity for creativity in everyday life
Hello Creative QB’s, Have you ever meet a Turtle you didn't like? How do you be like a turtle, stay home and be creative. Read on about how to cultivate curiosity for creativity in your everyday life - even through uncertain times. 1 minute read For the record, I've...
Willful Art Exhibition 2020 – Abstract works by The Ateliers
You are invited 'Willful' art exhibition 2020. Abstract works by the Newcastle Artist Group, 'The Ateliers' - Amanda O’Bryan , Alanya van de Wiel, and Geoffrey Holmes-Howitt. EXHIBITION DATESFriday 7th to Sunday 16th August 2020 | Friday, Saturday, Sunday 11am - 4pm...
Meditations for creativity
FREE MEDITATION FOR CREATIVITY Enjoy this meditation for a happy, healthy, creative life and mindset Amanda ♥ GROUNDED MEDITATION FOR CREATIVITY This 5 minute grounding meditation helps you firmly connect with your self and creativity. You can practice this...
Spark your creativity, even in Mercury retrograde
Hello Creative QB’s, Waiting for the planets to align? Or the moon to eclipse, mercury retrograde to fade and the universe to open before you can be creative? 1 minute read The energy of astrological events like the one we have been having over the past week may help...
Stories of resilience told through the power of the creative process
Hello Creative QB’s, This is a story of resilience and creative courage. Recently I met a group of women that through the process of expressing their creativity and making art, they are making new lives, building courage, confidence and incredible resilience. The...
Brainstorming or brainwriting – Fancy words for tools you can use in your everyday creative life.
How do you come up with ideas? With fancy creative life tools and techniques that you can keep in your handbag.
Daily Acts of Creativity, the podcast for students and teachers
Download on iTunes Daily Acts Of Creativity, the podcast for students and teachers created to support student's wellbeing while studying online or at home. A thirty part podcast series for students to explore short, simple, easy and fun creative activities in dance,...
Happy hormones for creative wellbeing
Hello Creative QB’s, If you are not getting enough rest or feeling more stressed than usual, you could be experiencing adrenal fatigue. What has that got to do with creativity? Imagine your creativity is a state of wellbeing and that stress, overwhelm and burnout is...
How isolation will help get your creative mojo back
Hello Creative QB’s, Creative mojo is just a sassy word for joy! The longer we are COVID 19 isolation, the longer it seems we live in perpetual uncertainty. We are all trying to figure out this new normal, so here are a few ideas on how you can get your creative mojo...
8 essential foundations for living a creative life
Hello Creative QB’s, Please repeat after me #Iamcreative The days of waiting for that magical, illusive ‘time out’, in order for you to create something that lights you up, that brings you joy and increases you wellbeing are here. Now it's time to happy dance!!! 2...
Rainbows wishes for Red Noses
Wishes for giving back Cate's fibre art Rainbows for Red Noses are available HERE > This past Monday marked the birthday of my second born child, a little boy we named Eamon. This year he would have turned 7. Eamon died suddenly and unexpectedly when...
A word about 2019
Hello Creative QB’s, On this last day of 2018, it’s in my nature to ponder the year that was. In the history of my many years, it was a good one. Sometime back in December I started thinking about 2019 with intention. Not like a resolution or something to achieve, but...
Drawing the end of 2018 with very Merry Christmas
Hello Creative QB’s, Has 2018 been a good year for you? Are you ready to farewell this year with a good dose of Christmas cheer? At the start of the year I recall reading somewhere that 2018 would be a year of endings. However 2018 rolled for you, there...
Stretching the comfort zone of your creativity
Hello Creative QB’s, How stepping from comfy sand shoes to nine-inch high heels helped me stretch out of my comfort zone and enter a regional art prize. If like me, creativity is starting to feel like an old comfy pair of favourite sandshoes it maybe...