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The Creativity Cure

Lessons from the Greats

Michael Kennedy
6 min readNov 30, 2022

If your creativity needs a reminder or a boost, or if it’s being undermined and you miss the creative courage you had as a child, you’re not alone. The critics, naysayers, and know-it-alls, may have contributed to a mindset of fear, denying yourself (and us) from ever knowing your true creative work. Or maybe you’re just asking the wrong questions.

Whatever it is keeping you from drawing out your thoughts on paper, your love of the arts, or passion for the sciences, we can find inspiration in Mother Nature and wisdom from some of the most radical creatives of all time, as they share their thoughts on creativity.

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“When I was a child my mother said to me, ‘If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general. If you become a monk, you’ll be the pope.’ Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.” ~ Pablo Picasso

The Creative Curse

Like the Lion in the Wizard of Oz, your creative courage never left you. You were born with it…

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Michael Kennedy
Michael Kennedy

Written by Michael Kennedy

Freelance Writer & Photographer. Resident of Olympic Valley, CA. www.BlueWolfGallery.com

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