Hollis Chatelain is a textile artist and humanitarian. She also teaches creativity. In this episode, she shares exercises and techniques she teaches her students to help them tap into the creativity that is already within. What You’ll Learn * New exercises to help you get new ideas * Why and how to embrace boredom * Why journaling might not be the best way to foster your creativity About Hollis Chatelain Hollis Chatelain has inspired people around the globe with her award-winning scenes of multicultural life. She first went to Africa with the PeaceCorps in 1980. Influenced by the 12 years she lived in West Africa working with humanitarian organizations, her work has always reflected her dedication to social and environmental issues. Hollis has worked as a professional artist for over 40 years creating textile paintings that convey the untold stories of women, children and the environment. Resources * Hollis Chatelain’s website * Hollis on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Weekly Challenge Go sit in a place where you feel relaxed. Just sit and daydream. Be in the moment. What do you see, hear, smell? Tap into your senses and what’s going on around you. It’s not emptying your brain as in meditation, it’s about noticing and being bored. Do this for 15 minutes. Can you do it for 7 days? What did you notice? Do you start looking forward to it? Transcript Feel like reading instead of listening? Download the free transcript or read it below. Enjoy! Transcript for Episode #083: Creativity in Practice with Artist Hollis Chatelain Amy Climer: Welcome to The Deliberate Creative Podcast Episode 83. Today’s episode is the second episode in this series where I am interviewing artists or interviewing practitioners of creativity. Most of the episodes on this podcast, I am talking about a certain element of creativity to help you lead your teams be more creative. But today, I am interviewing artist Hollis Chatelain. She is an absolutely incredible artist who I feel so privileged to have gotten to know and to have on this podcast. I am going to introduce her in a moment, but first, I want to share with you a new review that came in on iTunes. This review is from Hoff1991 and is titled “One of the Essentials for Me” five stars. Hoff1991 says: “I saw Amy at the Wisconsin Library Association Convention in 2017. It was easily the highlight of the conference for me. I signed up for her podcast before the program was over and have also found that very helpful. The notion that creativity flourishes with prompts or with appropriate structure while other structures simply crush it is obvious when stated so eloquently and clearly. Amy’s podcast brings in other top pros in the field and is now a staple for me.” Wow! Thank you so much, Hoff1991. I really appreciate you taking the time to write the review and I am so glad you are listening to the podcast and very glad to find out that it is helpful for you. Awesome! That is what this is all about. If you have not written a review yet on iTunes, you can go over there, write a review for The Deliberate Creative. You can also leave a review on Google Play. It means so much to me and it is a great way to kind of give b...