Bright Sparks: Creative Practices to Light Your Way

It was a pleasure talking with Marianne Pestana about "The Bright Way" book and other subjects. Listen to the podcast here:

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-moments-with-marian-28418912/episode/the-bright-way-with-diana-rowan-61105764/

There is no wrong way to create, but there is a Bright Way. Creative alchemist, writer, teacher and musician Diana Rowan believes that “creativity is one of the supreme ways to reconnect to our true selves and that creativity is accessible to all.” Her Bright Way system, detailed in her just relea

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This week on The Mystical Positivist, we feature a pre-recorded conversation with Diana Rowan, author of The Bright Way – Five Steps to Freeing the Creative Within, published this year by New World Library. Diana Rowan is a Creative Alchemist and founder of the Bright Way Guild, a virtual learning

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If you’ve ever told yourself you’re not creative, you’re wrong. Everyone — regardless of age, job, situation — has creativity within them says today’s guest, creative alchemist and author Diana Rowan.  Her new book The Bright Way: Five Steps to Freeing the Creative Within provides inspiration a

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One of the biggest barriers to creativity is lack of time. You’re busy. Your days are demanding. You have a long list of tasks from last week that you’ve yet to tackle.

But is it really a tangible, true-blue lack of time, or more of a belief or feeling that time is scarce or non-existent?

“If ther...

Dear Friends, in response to your questions about getting started teaching and creating online, I made this tutorial for you. Sending love and please share with your friends and colleagues!

In case you don't know me, I work full time online as a musician, writer and teacher, run huge virtual summi...

Mistakes! Monsters in my worlds of creating, teaching and performing. The number one fear I hear from creatives is “What if I make a mistake?” Not “what if I don’t sound expressive?” Not “what if I don’t sound interesting?” No: mistakes dominate as the greatest fear. And I completely relate. I gave ...

Do you feel giving & getting feedback is a bit scary? I understand. I feel the same. Yet it's a risk well worth taking, as the joys far outweigh the lows. Yes, by both giving and receiving feedback we:

• cultivate community

• accelerate our learning process

• stoke our inspiration

• identify bli...

You already know practicing in small chunks usually gets better results. But! It's easy to get caught up in the moment and practice too long, reversing your gains. Or, if you don't have a full hour at our disposal, we often don't practice at all, thinking it's not worth it!

Do you have a Practice Journal? For any art form, your Practice Journal = your personal Artistic Diary! See many examples of Journals here - you'll be able to find 1 in your space right now so you can get writing & reflecting immediately. Your Journal helps with tracking, motivation & inspiration, &...