The Creative Process – an Interview With Cindy Morefield

I have the pleasure and honor this week of having as my first-ever interview guest my friend and colleague Cindy Morefield, the creator of CreateStrong. I first met Cindy through a wacky mutual acquaintance, her sister-in-law and my my oldest friend Laura Morefield. Cindy is an avid student and scholar of the creative process, and she has by her own confession found much that is useful in Emergenetics as she has developed her thinking (and, now, her business) on helping people kick-start and enhance their own creative efforts.

One of the things that’s hugely useful for me in Cindy’s thinking/work is her distinction between how most of us “do” our work as problem-solvers rather than tackling them with a creative mind-set. Let me STRONGLY encourage you to take the time to listen to this interview (and, if you’re yellow like me and easily distracted, download it so you can listen to it when it works for you!)

Cindy is one of the people in my life who has really made Emergenetics a study, and she grasps the concepts and the application beautifully. So, without further ado, here’s the interview, a picture of Cindy and a sample of the creative work she does as as visual artist. But be clear about this – creating is for EVERYONE, regardless of your thinking/behavioral preferences, and she’s the person to help you understand that!

Reservoir 2, acrylic, charcoal, ink & metal leaf on panel, (c) 2010 Cynthia L Morefield

Here is the picture of Cindy - obviously...

Here’s the Interview:
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Here’s her site:

http://cynthiamorefield.com/createstrong/