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Perhaps you are one of those people whose thoughts float through your brain in a gentle flow, causing you no distress, allowing you to proceed through your day on a current of peace and contentment. How I envy you, I think.

My brain seems stuffed full of thoughts like a raging torrent pouring over the dam in a dangerous, glittering, falling cascade. It is as though the keeper of the dam, the calm and silent figure who stands by with a wrench that perfectly fits the giant cog wheels that close the dam gates, decided to go out for a sandwich, then had to have a cup of coffee and then, hey, it’s only fifteen minutes until the end of the shift, went on home and forgot to return. Where the wrench went is anybody's guess.

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Hello all of my creative friends who are out there on the web and looking for ways to help jump-start those ideas for you artwork. I have read creativity books and have always been interested in how a person cultivates a creative soul. So I am planning, if life doesn't get in the way to give a creative tip each to stir up your inspiration.

Let's get started with our first creative tip for the week!

-Go through your stack of magazines and pull out photos that interest you. (I love to use National Geographic since the photos are so cool.) I want you to start keeping file folders of images. People, animals, buildings, artwork, landscapes, and other topics you can think of.