The arts—writing, painting, cooking, dance, music—are supposed to represent the human element, yet artists, in our behaviors and relationships, often forget to be human.
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Many thanks to Superstition Review for publishing my poem “Cosmology: Four Score” in its tenth anniversary issue, and congratulations on a decade on the literary scene to founding editor Patricia Colleen Murphy and the entire staff!
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Content is the latest jargon for written and visual information: taglines. articles. blogs. infographics. white papers. social media posts. marketing e-mails. brochures. bios. ads. Content marketing is the use of targeted words and images to generate awareness, enter into a conversation with your desired audience,…
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Heliograph Communications is approaching two decades in business. It seems like a good time to look inward, reminisce, and ask why. How and why is it that I still feel so jazzed to help individuals and organizations advance their goals and make their visions reality…
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New to the idea of a writing coach? Read on to learn how coaching can help you develop your writing skills, expand your body of work, and get in touch with your unique voice. Johannah provides answers to some key questions: What is a…
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In this day and age, it makes sense to view communications with a critical eye. Certainly, there are those who make false claims or create messages that play on their audience’s fears. Our work is based on the idea that the most powerful messages come from…
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It doesn’t have to take a disaster to write a good poem. If you cultivate mindful openness, humility, and surrender, you can sustain your creativity under any circumstance.
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Try to catch yourself before you go into your usual reactions—and if you’re having trouble with that, try writing about it. Cry over the page. It can take whatever you have to give.
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It’s a new year, and there are lots of new events and services in the works. Around here, our motto for 2012 is, “Just start it!” That goes for you, too, and your writing or creative endeavors. No more thinking–GO! With that in mind, we’ve…
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True genius, a deep and authentic sense of creativity, is only possible if, at some level, you accept the process of constantly becoming, if you know yourself to be both Frankenstein and Einstein–because only the beginner’s mind is capable of genius.
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