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The Importance of Reverie The artistic process involves many approaches to assist creativity, among them is reverie. Daily distraction-free time is helpful to let the mind be undirected and spontaneous, ruminative, tangential, or to follow curiosity or some muse. Light attention on a task like walking, cycling or driving (without a podcast on) can also be important for the brain and mental health, but it's remarkable how little time most of us have in the current era to do n

In our work with music industry professionals, we encounter the need to process and heal from personal and professional betrayals that come up in the course of creative endeavors. These can be acute betrayals from dishonesty or more subtle disappointments stemming from the ebb and flow of professional interest and fan support. Other times, misalignment between band members, managers, producers and others involved in professional support can contribute to actual or perceived b

A reminder that creative success has no upper age limit. There are many examples of people who have had success in the music industry after the age of 40, such as Leonard Cohen, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt and Charles Bradley. If you think you can, you think you can, you think you can, you should!

https://www.psypost.org/creative-minds-often-come-from-broken-homes-and-its-not-a-coincidence/#google_vignette There is a notion put across by Riso & Hudson, authors of The Wisdom of the Enneagram, that the artist archetype uses art as a medium because of the inadequacy of language and conveyance of self through relationship. Perhaps owing to the limitations of family relationships and early environment deficits, artists often find themselves in need of communicating through

One of the ideas central to our work at Kav Counseling is Stephen Pressfield's concept of resistance. A protean force that we all face while moving forward on our path – particularly at times of growth and leveling up. In this video and elsewhere, Pressfield suggests that a primary orientation to dealing with resistance is will power. He advocates always moving forward even in situations that are not ideal. We believe that will power is only part of the story -- in many cases

"New evidence on the ‘mad genius’ theory: Are famous artists more prone to mental illness?" https://www.psypost.org/new-evidence-on-the-mad-genius-theory-are-famous-artists-more-prone-to-mental-illness/{Article Here} This article takes on the question regarding the relationship between psychopathology and creativity. The findings show a correlation for creative artists with high levels of depression, substance use and anxiety. However, there was no corresponding correlation