Several writers I know are walkers. They walk to break writer’s block. They walk to create inspiration Walking Image from: Pixabay Writing Image from: Pixabay There is a host of data to suggest that walking helps writers break through any creative […]
When you see someone living something awful, a rocket of desire for their resolution shoots out of you. And then, if you start focusing upon their resolution, you’ll start feeling better right away. And now, you’re part of the current that is […]
Sort of a follow up to last week’s Creativity and Coping as today I discuss writing and how much it means to me. Writing and creativity has helped me become the person I am today. Anyone who knows me understands how […]
I need creativity in my life to help me cope with life’s challenges. Christopher Jennings Penders Said by myself about a month ago to a frequent library patron. I’ve always felt my creative output has helped me deal with emotional […]
I’ve been a reader my entire life. In fact, I’d go as far as to say that reading as much as I did growing up helped my writing get to where it is today. Without reading, you’re not going to learn. […]
I read a book one day and my whole life changed. Light The Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process When someone asks me what I do, the first response is photographer. It should be […]
I’ve been editing my manuscript: Taking Off a Coat: Ruminations on Transitioning for the past couple of weeks. Image from: Pixabay Hence there will be no traditional column today. I hope to have the final rough draft of my manuscript done by […]
Leave me alone. I’m writing. Christopher Jennings Penders My friend, Mike Allton inspired today’s column when he shared: 12 Things You Should Never Say To A Writer Before I start this column, let me say, I’m aware that many of […]
Hard to believe when I began Wisdom and Life I wrote columns five days a week. Keeping that pace wasn’t difficult in the beginning as Wisdom and Life was the only blog I wrote. Now seven years after its inception, W&L is […]
My friend Jean Wise writes a blog called Healthy Spirituality. In her latest column, she writes about Paying attention to the Sparks. What do you do to pay attention to your OWN sparks? I gave a response at her column that being […]