Call the Muse
A Practical Guide to Creativity
What is this place?
Call the Muse aims to make your creative adventure more fruitful - and less harrowing - by curating the most practical, thought-provoking insights on creativity and the artist's journey.
What to expect:
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The best ideas on creativity and the most effective, practical tools, techniques, and strategies — some you may know, many you may not
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Inspiring stories of artists from all walks of life, famous and unknown
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Insight around what to expect on your own creative adventure, how to overcome the trials and villains you’ll encounter along the way, and how to best use your creative allies and resources
Instead of hoping and waiting desperately for inspiration to strike, this community exists to help you more readily "call The Muse" — to reliably summon your creative capacities, motivation, and resourcefulness when doing your artistic Work.
…and when all else fails, it’s a great way to procrastinate
In a lecture on creativity, comedian John Cleese remarked, “telling people how to be creative is easy. It’s only being it that’s difficult.”
For most of us, reading about creating art is, of course, one of our favorite ways to procrastinate from actually creating art. But it’s at least a useful sort of procrastination.
When you need a break from doing The Work, want to reignite your creative motivation, or need to rekindle your inspiration, stop back anytime at Call the Muse.
About the Author
Jon D'Alessandro is a writer, musician, songwriter, occasional woodworker, and proud dog dad to two energetic Wirehaired Pointers, Larry and Olive.
Outside his creative endeavors, Jon works in Talent Development and Executive Coaching. Call the Muse combines his passion for creativity with his expertise in helping others learn, grow, and develop their skills.