Song of the Heart

The things that inspire us are where our dreams first get their spark. Be it a blinding flash of inspiration or a long slow building of ideas, our dreams take form from depths of our passions and loves. This month I will talk about some of the ways I am inspired. Where my stories and ideas come from is not just a single source but… →

Stars Above

The things that inspire us are where our dreams first get their spark. Be it a blinding flash of inspiration or a long slow building of ideas, our dreams take form from depths of our passions and loves. This month I will talk about some of the ways I am inspired. Where my stories and ideas come from is not just a single source but… →

The Creative Loop – An Overview

What are our dreams? Where do they come from? These are questions that most of us will ask at some point in our lives. Here at the DreamAnvil we believe that the answer is that our dreams are a continuous wheel. A circle of creativity that only ends when the dreamer stops dreaming. It is our logo, it is my own creative process and I… →

Less Wishing, More Dreaming

A dream is little more than a wish until we decide to take action. Until we bravely stand up and say to ourselves that we can achieve this, it is just a bit of imagination. Without our actions to bring it forth a dream is nothing more than a figment of our imaginations. Without the dreamer our dreams remain where they can never be seen,… →

From the Heart

Dreams. They are special creatures. Pieces of our souls that inspire us onwards towards greatness. Without dreams mankind may have never invented fire. We may have never seen the beauty inherent in a diamond. The mountains would lay unconquered. The ocean depths still a mystery. The stars unexplored. Dreams are no mere aspirations. They are what make us human. Where do our dreams come from?… →

The Spark

What is creativity? Where do our stories come from? It is something that I will be unable to answer here with these few short paragraphs. Creativity has been the focus of several major neurological studies and a topic that has been written about in countless books. Some will have you believe creativity is an act of divine inspiration, others that it is a harmonious dance… →

Bottled Lightning

The other day I was crawling through traffic listening to the radio when a singer came on to talk about her latest hit single. In the interview, she spoke of how she was on her tour bus after a show and the song just kind of popped out of her. I was tempted to think about how great that must have been; to have a… →

Born in Passion

Here at the DreamAnvil we believe that dreams are born in the fires of our passion, forged by our desires and tempered by our skill. This is the motto of the site and something I chose intentionally. Each phrase signifies a part of the dreamer’s journey. This month we are looking at that slogan and parsing out its meaning. What makes you tick? I think… →

The Creative Loop: Inception

What is creativity? Where do our stories come from? It is something that I will be unable to answer here with these few short paragraphs. Creativity has been the focus of several major neurological studies and a topic that has been written about in countless books. Some will have you believe creativity is an act of divine inspiration, others that it is a harmonious dance… →