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Creativity Corner Segments by Eileen Kalinowski

With a background in education, Eileen was a high school and middle school teacher for many years in the Boston area. She then spent several years in health education, helping adults and kids grapple with issues around sexuality, alcohol and drugs and wellness. The prestigious Wurlitzer Foundation residency in creative writing brought her to Taos and she never returned to New England. For the last three years, she has been singing, producing a CD of her music, “Yesterday’s Rain,” freelance writing for the Taos News, and is a member of the Taos Coalition to End Homelessness.

Featured Creativity Essays by Eileen Kalinowski

Dipping into the Darkness
By Eileen Kalinowski
It’s a lesson in appreciating all of my material, all of my life, all of whatever has brought me to this day and this place.

Creativity and Self-Doubt
By Eileen Kalinowski
Sometimes the truest things I say are the ones I’ve never thought before, never heard in my own mind before. It’s how creativity takes me to better things, new ideas, new connections.

Should I Quit My Day Job?
By Eileen Kalinowski
I can’t tell you how often I’ve asked myself this question, this seemingly reasonable, adult-type question that touches on the important issues of responsibility, financial security, the creative energy necessary to sustain a worthy work.

I Stand at the Door and Knock...
By Eileen Kalinowski
So much of my writing life has to do with getting quiet enough to hear what’s going on inside me…to get underneath the noise and haste and wheel spinning of my every day life.

Creativity Loves Company
By Eileen Kalinowski
We who are appreciating the newfound joys of creation, whether it is a new song, a new poem, a book we’ve been trying to put down on paper, or a painting ... we are finding the joy is increased tenfold if we can share it.

Creating when you don’t feel like it...
By Eileen Kalinowski
Sometimes I don’t feel very creative, or inspired, or even very smart ... The very last thing that occurs to me in these times is to pick up my pen, or go to my piano, or start something new.

“You Should Write more about…”
By Eileen Kalinowski
When someone starts off a sentence with, “You should write…” I feel as if I’ve been stepped on, diminished somehow… criticized for not doing what I’m supposed to be doing as a writer.

Life As Material
By Eileen Kalinowski
As a writer of songs, stories, essays, and someday, maybe, a novel, I want to share a bit of wisdom with you that took my breath away.

Just Cause It’s Messy Doesn’t Mean It’s Wrong
By Eileen Kalinowski
After doing a lot of work on a project you can lose your sense of what it’s about or where you’re going.