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How a Revered Studio for Artists with Disabilities Is Surviving at a Distance

By Dan Piepenbring — 2020

Creative Growth is a place for artists with disabilities to gather, work, talk, and think without fear of reproach or dismissal. In 1974, the organization’s founders, Elias Katz and Florence Ludins-Katz, opened the studio in response to the closure, in the sixties, of many of California’s psychiatric hospitals, which caused a spike in the number of homeless and incarcerated people with disabilities. A thriving arts center, the Katzes wrote, would demonstrate that such ostracized people “not only belong in the community but should be active members of the community.”

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The Self-Employed Life: Business and Personal Development Strategies that Create Sustainable Success

From the host of the wildly popular The Self-Employed Life Podcast comes a compelling guide for self-employed business owners, freelancers, and entrepreneurs, on creating a purpose-driven, heart-centered lifestyle. To be self-employed means more than employing oneself.

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The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art

Rivalry is at the heart of some of the most famous and fruitful relationships in history. The Art of Rivalry follows eight celebrated artists, each linked to a counterpart by friendship, admiration, envy, and ambition. All eight are household names today.

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The Van Gogh Blues: The Creative Person’s Path Through Depression

Creative people will experience depression—that’s a given. It’s a given because they are regularly confronted by doubts about the meaningfulness of their efforts. Theirs is a kind of depression that does not respond to pharmaceutical treatment.

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Everyday Calm: 30 Ways to Soothe Your Inner Beast (Little Everyday Deck)

Award-winning creativity coach and therapist, Eric Maisel, offers the A Little Every Day Deck series to help readers develop a more centered, creative, intelligent life. Each card in the series presents a single idea and a simple exercise to try every day.

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Brainstorm: Harnessing the Power of Productive Obsessions

It’s true: a mind is a terrible thing to waste.

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Creativity for Life: Practical Advice on the Artist’s Personality, and Career from America’s Foremost Creativity Coach

Over the years, Eric Maisel has worked with thousands of creative people, including writers, musicians, artists, dancers, and actors.

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The Power of Daily Practice: How Creative and Performing Artists (and Everyone Else) Can Finally Meet Their Goals

Eric Maisel knows from experience and observation that the single most crucial element of success for any endeavor is a regular, daily practice. Dr.

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The Art of Creative Rebellion: How to Champion Creativity, Change Culture and Save Your Soul

Can a creative mind thrive in a corporate landscape? Can a business leader use creativity to guide teams more effectively? From one of today’s leading creative minds comes a book for modern rebels on building a rewarding life without losing your edge.

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A Grieving Artist Goes Viral Finding Flow | Josie Lewis | TEDxMinneapolis

After years of devastating pregnancy losses that mirrored a lackluster art career, Josie Lewis gave up. She gave up trying to grow her family and gave up trying to be an artist.

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Why Is It Hard to Get Into a Writing Flow? —Matthew Kalil

In this Film Courage video interview, Screenwriter/Instructor and The Three Wells of Screenwriting Author Matthew Kalil on Why Is It Hard to Get Into a Writing Flow?

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