Shape Your Dreams
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… →
You may have noticed by now the three components of our dreams seem to have a symbiotic relationship with one another. Our ideas cannot be brought to fruition without our effort and our effort is baseless without a solid idea. Both of these, the idea and the effort, are driven by our passions. Just as our ideas come from within us, our passion is the… →
We all know that one person. He’s almost finished writing that screenplay, ten years later. She’s got all those great ideas for a new business, until next week when a new one catches her eye. Our ideas are great, they can be downright amazing at times, but they won’t go anywhere unless the dreamer is willing to put in a bit of elbow grease. (That… →
I stated last week that the Loop can be started and begin again at any time. At its base, the Creative Loop is a fluid cycle of ideas, effort, and passion. Each stage lends itself to another and each one can spur the others into action, all of them are interwoven together to enable and support the others. Each stage of the Loop contains the… →
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… →
You’ve done what you’ve set out to do! You’ve conquered your doubts and succeeded in dragging your dreams into reality. After all of the effort and work all you want to do is take a load off and congratulate yourself. Regardless of what you’ve created, be it a new kind of cake or a fantasy book, you deserve a break. Once that final step is… →
At last the moment you have been waiting for! You have had your grand idea. You’ve thought about it, played with it, and developed a plan of attack. Now it’s time to drag your idea kicking and screaming into this reality. This phase of the Creative Loop is where the rubber meets the road. All our hopes and desires come crashing into harsh reality right… →
You’ve done it! You’ve had a brilliant idea. It is literally going to change the world for.ever. With a few nifty ideas in your head, you buckle up your tool belt, roll up your sleeves and start building! This dream stuff is easy, right?! Not so fast nacho. Remember that we are on a creative journey here, if you start off without a plan chances… →
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… →
Hi there, this is Teller. We have a yearly topic here at the DreamAnvil and September is the best time to sit down and have a chat about how we create. You may have wondered why The Dream Anvil’s logo is a steaming, glowing, rainbow ring of greatness. Why not something, you know, like an anvil? Well it’s time your questions were answered! What? You… →