Creative Spirit

Shiloh Sophia McCloud is a visionary artist, author, and teacher, as well as a revolutionary entrepreneur and publisher. A leader in the intentional creativity movement, Shiloh champions the importance of self-expression for every person and lives her philosophy that all art forms are tools for individual, social, and spiritual transformation. In addition to owning a gallery featuring her original paintings, Shiloh has published more than seven books as well as creativity journals, cards, and other offerings. She's the perfect person to conclude our monthlong look at the call to creativity!  

For more than 30 years, textile collage artist and "spiritual couture" designer Amy Zerner has followed her creative call ... and in this interview, we'll receive ideas and inspiration for how we can too. Well-known as the creator (with her husband Monte Farber) of many books and divination decks, Amy will offer suggestions for how we all can commune with our creative Muse. You won't want to miss this!

Internationally known New Thought recording star Karen Drucker will tell us how she followed "the call to creativity" and how she's managed her prolific career as a singer/songwriter of 15 CDs, a workshop and spiritual retreat leader, and the author of a book Let Go of the Shore. With humor and insight, Karen will inspire listeners to follow their own creative call!

Join Eric Maisel, Ph.D., widely regarded as America's foremost creativity coach, as he launches this month's look at "The Call to Creativity." Eric is the author of more than 40 books, including Secrets of a Creativity Coach, Making Your Creative Mark, Coaching the Artist Within, Fearless Creating, Mastering Creative Anxiety, and Creativity for Life. As a trainer of creativity coaches, as well as maintaining his own individual creativity-coaching practice, Eric has much wisdom and helpful tools to offer on how to start, and maintain, a creative life.

Gail McMeekin, author of several books including The Twelve Secrets of Highly Creative Women and the creator of Creativity Courage Cards, has spent decades studying why creativity matters and what we can do to foster our own creativity. Join us to find out how!

Roger Housden, New York Times best-selling author of the Ten Poems series, which started with Ten Poems to Change Your Life in 2001, will delve into this month's look at why creativity matters by reflecting on the power of poetry, and other creative expressions, to keep our sense of the sacred alive every day, in every way.

Why Creativity Matters Join modern-day Renaissance man Phil Cousineau—author, poet, filmmaker, teacher, travel guide—as he launches this month's look at why creativity matters by exploring ways to—as the subtitle of one of his books, Stoking the Creative Fires, suggests—rekindle our imagination and passion for creating (whether you consider yourself an artist or not!).