Photography and Writing Inspiration by Cynthia Staples

Cynthia Staples is a Boston-based freelance writer and photographer. Her writings can be found in online and print publications including African Voices, Creativity Portal, Flashquake, Seattle Times, and Terrain.org. For over ten years she has worked with education nonprofits and with organizations exploring concepts of culture, community and sustainability. Today, she enjoys writing about these organizations and the services they offer. She also enjoys writing about how nature and geography influence human behavior and perceptions. She finds inspiration in the natural world, through traveling and in her southern African American roots. In 2007, she received a Writer's Room of Boston creative nonfiction fellowship.

Inspiring Creativity Articles by Cynthia Staples

Strawberry Pictures
By Cynthia Staples
When I look at my strawberry pictures, I am reminded to live in the moment and to experience the opportunities available in that moment as fully as possible.

Find a Patch of Sunlight
By Cynthia Staples
With sunlight as my guide, I am more open to creative epiphanies that may be right in front of my face.

Embark on a Cloud Chasing Expedition
By Cynthia Staples
I challenge you to create your own Cloud Chasing Kit. Better yet, just stop in the course of your day to look up into the sky.

Feeding Imagination
By Cynthia Staples
As a writer, when I am starved for words and ideas, I open a picture book or go online and click into an artist's website.