the emotional devastation kept Lee in “As a social artist, I get to evoke
bed most days, until she met Jennifer new ways of thinking, being and doing
5 Ways to
Parrish, the woman who became her in people who apply my ideas to their
dream coach. social challenges,” says Lyn. “I tune in
Reignite Your
“For three months, Jennifer encour- and let my intuition and imagination
aged me to exercise my imagination, so guide me. People spark inspiration in
that I could dance, sing and live inside me, which in turn, manifests as some
my dream to keep it alive,” explains fun form of creativity. One idea, for

Lee. “Every time I got into victim mode, example, led to forming a group of
C
reativity
she reminded me, ‘You are in charge of mentors who are now interacting with
your dream.’ I needed a dream coach to youngsters at an elementary school, to
teach me that my truest life is when I am everyone’s benefi t.”
in the dream, awake,” Lee says, “and to Marvin Gram is a master carpenter
constantly remind me to have fun and and stonemason in Louisville, Ohio,
1
Make a weekly date
with yourself to do
use my imagination and artistry in order who puts his artistry to work through
something fun and
to weave my dream into reality.” these exacting sciences. Whether Gram
indulgent, and keep it.
is creating magnifi cent stone fi replaces,
imagining new possibilities
meandering trapezoid slate sidewalks
Albert Einstein once said, “I am enough
or garden teaching centers, he fi nds it
2
Start a journal (or
blog) and add to
of an artist to draw freely upon my
satisfying and inspiring to step back and
imagination,” adding that imagina-
let his eyes feast on the works of arts
it each day, telling the
tion outranked knowledge, because it
that he brings into being.
fascinating story that is
was unlimited. The ability to envision,
“All my life I’ve acted on my
your inner and outer life.
dream, speculate and wonder in and
ideas,” Gram muses. “Action keeps
Do not censor yourself.
beyond childhood can craft an adult
my mind open, builds confi dence in
life that refl ects one’s true passions and
my skills and talents, and increases
authentic desires. Yvette Lyn, of Orlan-
my resolve that I can do anything. It’s
do, Florida, imagined a life of adven-
the only way to fulfi ll dreams and stay
3
Get moving;
inspiration can
ture long before she lived it.
excited about life. Next to raising my
pop up during walks and
“As a young girl, I spent much
two sons, my work requires the most
runs, especially when
of my spare time reading Harlequin
imagination and creativity.”
you are free of others’
novels, and
In Elizabeth
dreamed of
Sandy Henson
Lake, California,
words in your ears (i.e.,
visiting the ex-
Jim Walker stood
no companions, radio or
otic places de-
back and gazed
books on tape when moving
scribed in every
upon his life’s
for creative inspiration).
book,” says Lyn.
canvas for six
Observe your inner and
“As an adult, I
months, until the
had a great deal
new direction for
outer landscapes.
of fun touring
his Magnum Opus
my dream lo-
took shape in the
cales as either a
form of environ-
4
Identify three
classes, lectures or
social hostess or
mental advocacy.
workshops that sound
a cruise director
For three decades,
aboard Holland
Walker’s natural
fun—not “good for you”—
America luxury liners. I exercised my
talents for innovative thinking, research,
just fun. Sign up for one.
creativity and imagination seven days a
communication, negotiation, strate-
week.”
gic planning and politics served him
Now, spending more time on dry
well as a labor relations representative
5
Make a collage of
images and words
land, Lyn has put a new dream into
for the California School Employees
motion in the form of something called
Association. Now, he uses these same
that refl ect who you are
Social Artistry, a catalyzing art form she
talents to teach environmental advo-
and who you want to be.
learned from Jean Houston, founder
cacy skills in his region, aiming to help
Let your passions come
of the International Institute for Social
conserve 165 acres of open water, trees
alive on the page, and look
Artistry. Today, Lyn splashes her passion
and shoreline that provide habitat for
at your creation every day.
and skills on the canvas of social reality.
the wildlife he enjoys observing on
kayaking adventures.
Celebrate when any of the
images become a reality.
7
September 2008
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