Jim Wall Creativity

creating and encouraging creativity
 
Jim Wall Creativity

Jim Wall Creativity

creating and encouraging creativity

It Rains Diamonds on Neptune

It rains diamonds on Neptune Far beyond our sight In the deep darkness Of an endless night Isn’t this already Beyond our imagination? What else...
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We’re All Living in a Parallel Universe

While scientists debate the possibility of alternate or parallel universes, it’s obvious that at least one parallel universe exists. And it’s right next to us....
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Associated Possibilities Do What You Can’t

There are many things in life we simply cannot do. We can’t walk on the moon without a spacesuit, assuming we’re somehow able to get there. Most of us will never be professional athletes. Depositing a billion dollar check is not on our immediate horizon. Is it worth setting impossible …
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Coloring Inside the Lines, and Other Tips to Enhance Creativity

This first tip for enhancing creativity will feel counter-intuitive: color inside the lines. It may be artistic heresy to say it, but you’ll find your creativity enhanced when limits are placed on you. Limits will force you to think and respond creatively. Study art or artists who function within restrictions. …
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What Becomes of it?

It started with a vision Of the future in my imagination Idealized, romanticized, and perfect in conception Pure and lovely in visualization Brought forth, broken...
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We Wouldn’t Practice Without Infinity

We practice in an effort to improve, to grow. To get better at music, relationships, work, life. Why do we do this? Because we’re not...
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Does God Care about Your Artwork?

Does God care about your artwork? He does. Everyone expresses themselves creatively. It can’t be helped. It’s one of the things we’re born to do. It’s part of what the Bible refers to when it says we’re made in God’s image. (Genesis 1:26.) An essential part of God’s nature is …
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You Can’t Help Yourself

Filmmakers often tell us how to react, the emotion we should be feeling. These feelings naturally mirror what the character(s) are experiencing. One of the...
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Beyond Your Most Poignant Memories

No matter how old or young you are, you have at least one poignant memory full of emotion, sometimes very strong emotion. Our minds bring...
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Being. Happy and Fortunate.

https://youtu.be/ySq5-BSOML8 Sometimes, particularly after a bad experience, I wonder how God’s heart must break from all the evil that we do to each other. The...
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Hip Hops, Blues Rocks, Jazz Bops

Life has a rhythm. Because God put it there. When hip-hops, blues rock and jazz bops it’s because of one thing. Time. Time is a...
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Goya’s Vision

One of Francisco Goya’s most famous paintings is Saturn Devours His Son. There are many interpretations of this painting. From the first time I saw it,...
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Artificial Intelligence for the Human Creative

One of the benefits of computer artificial intelligence (AI) is that it gathers together the collected knowledge of the computers that have come before it....
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Paul Bielatowicz’s Progressive Creativity

Paul’s bio at his Facebook page tells you some of what you need to know about him… “Paul Bielatowicz has earned a name for himself...
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Self-Diagnosing Your Creative Roadblocks

God has placed us in a universe in which creativity can flourish. A virtually limitless palette to draw from as we go beyond imagination. But...
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Ambient Guitar, Chapman Stick & PBass Meet for the 1st Time!

I recently visited my friend Bill Vencil, the ambient guitar whiz at Chords of Orion. I had dusted off the Chapman Stick and brought it...
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