Creativity Takes Courage

<DIV>It’s not always easy to be creative—to give our minds space to roam while ignoring our inner critic, to stare down a blank page and make the leap from nothing to <I>anything</I>. It takes courage.<BR/>     Finding the courage to create is something the editors of <I>Flow</I> know a lot about. Creativity is a central value of the<I> Flow</I> mission, evident in every issue that bursts with the wild imaginations of its artists, writers, and editors. In <I>Creativity Takes Courage, Flow</I> brings together inspiration, hands-on projects, boundary-pushing activities, and special paper goodies to show readers how to unleash their inner artists.     <BR/>     Organized around a series of twelve “dares”—including Dare to Fail, Dare to Be a Kid, Dare to Be Bored, Dare to Go Offline, Dare to Collaborate—<I>Creativity Takes Courage</I> encourages the reader to be fully present . . . and spend idle time staring out the window. To leave your comfort zone and start a project, without hesitation . . . and nourish yourself with museum visits and reading time. Each dare includes fill-in pages and prompts to go deeper into what motivates us or hinders us, like mindful questions to identify fears of failure, or a Dare to Commit notebook for recording both daily and weekly projects.<BR/>     It’s the illustrated and fully interactive gift of how to live more creatively and enjoy every minute of the process, no matter what the result.</DIV>