ewenstrom : MyBlogHer Profile

Recent Posts

Books for Creativity: The Artist's Way at Work

Emily WenstromCreative JuicerFollow me on TwitterThe Artist's Way at Work is based on the well-established Artist's Way creative method http://juliacameronlive.com/basic-tools/. It uses the metaphor of the dragon as illustrated in Chen Rong's renowned painting Nine Dragons, believed to symbolize the enlightenment of Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism  Read more >

The Sleeping Beauty Method to Finding Your Muse (And What to do Instead)

Once upon a time there was a lovely princess. She was beloved throughout the land, and fairies came to her to bestow upon her many blessings. But one fairy was jealous, and instead of a blessing she put a curse on the princess. The other fairies did what they could, but still the princess pricked her finger and fell into a deep slumber. And so the princess laid asleep for many, many years, until finally her prince found his way to her. With one kiss she awoke, and they lived happily ever after for the rest of their days.  Read more >

Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice: The Problem with Sleeping Beauty

Hot on the heels of vampires, zombies, mythology and other things that go bump in the night, fairy tales are experiencing a reemergence in pop culture.  Read more >

On Bad Ideas

“There are no bad ideas.”A the Idea Sandbox pointed out last weekend, this is said at the beginning of brainstorms the way one says “bless you” after a sneeze–automatically.And then we go on and forget it was said, sheepishly avoiding speaking up about ideas that we aren’t sure of, or that stray too far from the norm.The reason we forget this brainstorm preamble is because we all know it’s not true.  Read more >

Recent Comments

Information

Full Name
Emily Wenstrom
Member Since
November 2011
About Me: 

Lit addict, movie junkie, writer. I’m a professional writer working in marketing & public relations in Washington, DC. I’ve also written for newspapers, magazines and websites, and I dabble in some fiction, too.

Creativity is key for all of this. Now, I’m making a study of it on my blog, Creative Juicer.

Profession: 
Marketing
Location: 
Washington, DC
School Tags: 

Oakton High School

Calvin College

ewenstrom's Followers

 

Conferences


BlogHer '12

The BlogHer Annual Conference is heading back to New York City on August 2-4, 2012! Join thousands of other bloggers, writing on every topic under the sun, for 3 days of learning, networking, and fun. Register today!

Learn more about BlogHer conferences.

Subscribe to our newsletters.
Follow our RSS feed.