by Maxima Kahn | Oct 18, 2017 | Creative Sparks
T.S. Eliot famously wrote, “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different.” What did Eliot mean by this seemingly outrageous assertion? He wasn’t talking about... by Maxima Kahn | Sep 6, 2017 | Creative Sparks
Creativity is not something we have to stress and strain after, contort ourselves into shapes over, feel terrible about, measure and fail. Creativity is our birthright, our blood. It flows through us and all things, giving them life and growth, drawing forth unique... 
by Maxima Kahn | Mar 30, 2016 | Creative Sparks
[This is part of a 2-part series on Tending Your Creative Fire and how to get yourself started creating each day. If you missed part 1, you can find it here.] As artists, we all know the horror of the blank page (or blank canvas or the equivalent in whatever medium... 
by Maxima Kahn | May 2, 2015 | Creative Sparks
As a poet, as an artist, one of the core skills we need to develop and cultivate is a radical attentiveness to the world around us, an awakeness to our senses and the sense impressions all around us. We need to sharpen our senses to a keenness that hears, feels,...
