by Katherine Torrini | Sep 12, 2011 | TINY CREATIVE ACTS
F.U.N. If you spell it, it will come! Remember: Tiny Creative Acts don’t need to take a lot of time, skill, or expensive materials. Doodling with whatever is at hand (like oak leaves arranged on my journal cover) can be so F.U.N! What Tiny Creative Acts are you...
by Katherine Torrini | Aug 15, 2011 | COACHING, CREATIVE INSPIRATION, VISUAL JOURNALING
Mindful Minute: Take 10 minutes to answer these 6 self-coaching prompts to ground and center yourself, so you can launch your day with mindfulness, purpose and gratitude. Gratitude: List one thing you’re grateful for Intention: How do you want to be today?...
by Katherine Torrini | Aug 1, 2011 | COACHING, VISUAL JOURNALING
Go Write Past it! : The Power of Journaling “Keeping your Inner Critic under wraps does not keep him under control, it keeps him in control!”—Captain Creative Your Inner Critic loves nothing more than to keep your fears larger than life and stuck in...
by Katherine Torrini | Jul 18, 2011 | COACHING, UNSTUCK
I have a time machine in my garage. This unassuming white box allows me to capture the fruit of my labor and send those gifts forward in time to a night when I am tired, hungry and in need of a dinner miracle. I’m so inspired by my freezer’s capacity for...
by Katherine Torrini | Jul 2, 2011 | CREATIVE INSPIRATION, TINY CREATIVE ACTS
ITALIAN TINY CREATIVE ACT photograph of the castle on the hill….buona note a tutti!
by Katherine Torrini | Jun 21, 2011 | UNSTUCK
Miss Originality Doll Name: Miss Originality Wanted For: Being possessive, judgmental, snide, and suspicious, not to mention her obsession that everything be utterly original. And have I mentioned her aversion to repetition or routine? M.O: Shutting down any idea...
by Katherine Torrini | Jun 21, 2011 | TINY CREATIVE ACTS
I will be going on my yearly trip to Italy soon, and I’m feeling FUN. Follow my blog mycreativelifespark.blogspot.com and keep an eye out for my first Italian Tiny Creative Act Post. The first person to comment on that post gets a special Italian surprise mailed...
by Katherine Torrini | Jun 20, 2011 | VISUAL JOURNALING
Don’t think you have to always be alone or at home when you journal. As you are out and about this summer–whether its around the corner or around the world–take your journal with you! Throw your stuff in a bag and you can take your journal practice...
by Katherine Torrini | Jun 6, 2011 | VISUAL JOURNALING
Normally I like hard cover journals, but when I travel I like soft covers because they are lighter — like this moleskine. I made this cover at one of my Creative Sparks Gathering in 2009. I was teaching people about collage and started using my journal as an...
by Katherine Torrini | May 23, 2011 | UNSTUCK
I used to be shy about my birthday. I’ve even thrown a few big parties over the years and not told anyone until I brought out the cake. I worried that people would feel obliged to bring gifts. I feared it would seem greedy for an adult to do anything but...