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Read more about the article Gelli-Plate Printing

Gelli-Plate Printing

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:August 29, 2021
  • Post category:Creative Tools

I have been enjoying working with Gelatine printing to produce some cool textures and designs. It is an easy, cheap and fun way to get creative and make some art.…

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Read more about the article New Moon Wish Casting to Make Your Dreams Come True!
New Moon in Sagittarius as seen in Panama -December 19, 2017

New Moon Wish Casting to Make Your Dreams Come True!

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:August 15, 2021
  • Post category:Creative Tools

I stumbled upon a book that has got me quite excited about the potential of putting its practice in place. It's called New Moon Astrology by Jan Spiller. In it,…

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Read more about the article Art in a Matchbox

Art in a Matchbox

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:February 16, 2021
  • Post category:Creative Tools

I came across a photo where someone had taken a bunch of matchboxes and used them as little canvases to make art. I loved the idea and set about exploring…

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Read more about the article Limitations and the Creative Process

Limitations and the Creative Process

  • Post author:Farhad Desai
  • Post published:November 22, 2020
  • Post category:Creative Tools/Farhad/Writing

Sometimes, the hardest part of the creative process is getting started. In the early 1990s, I used to perform improv comedy in Toronto and the surrounding regions. Doing improv helped…

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Read more about the article How to Kill The Critic

How to Kill The Critic

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:October 24, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days/Creative Tools

You know the voice that tells you are not good enough for {insert your thing here}, or that you are too good for {insert your thing here}? This is the…

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Read more about the article Abstract Expressionism and Photography

Abstract Expressionism and Photography

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:October 20, 2020
  • Post category:Creative Tools/Elements of Art

In the 1950s a movement called Abstract Expressionism gained ground in the world of art. Painters like Willem De Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and Robert Motherwell were at the head of…

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Read more about the article Taping the Creative Flame

Taping the Creative Flame

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:October 2, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days/Creative Tools

A musical colleague told me something his teacher would say to him. 'Music is readily available to everyone, but we are seldom readily available to it'. Music = Creativity. Be it photography,…

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Read more about the article Get Started Already!

Get Started Already!

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 28, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days/Creative Tools

There is a saying out there in the world of motivational speak that directs us to ‘Get Started Before You Are Ready’. This is something I am really good at.I’ve…

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Read more about the article How Creativity Works in The Brain

How Creativity Works in The Brain

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 10, 2020
  • Post category:Creative Tools

Understanding how creativity works in the brain allows you to leverage your creative power. There are 4 types of scientifically identified brain activity that correspond to creativity. Deliberate and CognitiveDeliberate…

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Read more about the article Hick’s Law

Hick’s Law

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:August 31, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days/Creative Tools

As a creative, the more you know, the easier it is to get stuck. It's a natural thing. In fact, there is a law that covers the concept: Hick's Law…

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Read more about the article Photoshop’s Mixer Brush

Photoshop’s Mixer Brush

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:July 12, 2020
  • Post category:Creative Tools

Photoshop’s Mixer Brush does a good job of simulating paint on canvas. The one major element that digital artists have a difficult time wrapping their heads around is that -…

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Cyanotype Print

Print Making with Cyanotype

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:June 29, 2020
  • Post category:Creative Tools

I am experimenting with the Cyanotype photographic process to make some rudimentary prints. The images here are my first effort. I heard about cyanotype from an artist in my cohort,…

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Read more about the article A quick way to get centered
Getting grounded in the evening sunset.

A quick way to get centered

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:June 20, 2020
  • Post category:Creative Tools

We all get in our heads. Whether it is the outside world infringing on our perceived freedom, or pushing hard to accomplish things that our lives are built around. Whatever…

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Read more about the article Letting Go of Getting it Right

Letting Go of Getting it Right

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:August 17, 2019
  • Post category:Creative Tools

"Absolutism is a form of hiding. Perfect is the enemy of good." -Seth Godin I think of Seth Godin as a modern-day prophet. His wisdom, while given through the lens…

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Read more about the article Setting the Course for a New Year
Setting goals

Setting the Course for a New Year

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:January 9, 2019
  • Post category:Creative Tools

It’s the beginning of another year and time to look once again at the changes I want to make in my life. I am extremely fortunate to have a good…

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Read more about the article For the Love of Fonts

For the Love of Fonts

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:November 25, 2018
  • Post category:Creative Tools

Whether you are designing graphics or adding meaningful text to an image, the type of font you use is key. Use the wrong font and it can get in the…

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Read more about the article Morning Pages

Morning Pages

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:November 25, 2018
  • Post category:Creative Tools

In her book, The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron introduces the idea of Morning Pages. The Artist’s Way is set up as a 12-Step program towards Creative Recovery. Morning Pages, are…

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Read more about the article Beyond the Comfort Zone

Beyond the Comfort Zone

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:November 24, 2018
  • Post category:Creative Tools

I can hear the voice of Anne-Marie, my yoga teacher, saying "I can see you hanging out in your comfort zone! Go deeper!”. Indeed, going deeper is the path the…

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Read more about the article An Hour a Week

An Hour a Week

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:November 24, 2018
  • Post category:Creative Tools

In her book the Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron mentions two creative tools that when practiced, make magical changes towards opening up the creative channels in your life. One tool is…

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Read more about the article First Action of the Day

First Action of the Day

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:November 21, 2018
  • Post category:Creative Tools

Our habits set our lives on a constructive or destructive course. We become our automatic actions. Success teachers tell us that what we do in the first hour of the…

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