As a teacher, I always equated September with the beginning of a new journey…new classes, new students, revitalized and revamped lessons…building on the past and adding the new to the future ahead of us. That, in turn, got me thinking about how we creative types move beyond the comfortable into the unknown to produce new work. To foster that for myself, I made a brief list of ways to move outside of the familiar. #1. Attend and speak at a Poetry Slam. Whoa, this was very far

This hot and sultry month of July, it can be tempting to put our feet up, sip a summer drink, and stare into the horizon…and there’s nothing wrong with that! The creative muse inside each of us stirs to life when we make time for inspiration to arise. I find much about July to send my imagination spiraling. Below are a few ways I keep the ideas coming even as it’s “summertime, and the livin’ is easy…” #1. READ! I up my reading game during the summer, and July is the best mont