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Dancing our way to Power Painting our Dreams

Posted by Michelle Jacobs on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, In : Power Painting 
Our dreams start off in the air around our heads and hearts as wispy little white puffs like clouds that disappear when you look straight at them.  We know they’re there, but they are undefined… just a yearning, really… for something… we’re not always quite sure what.

Then we think about them, flitting about in the air like mulit-coloured butterflies… powdery yellows, red and blues start to tint them slightly…oranges, golds and purples embolden them... feint shapes may appear…...
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Heartsong

Posted by Michelle Jacobs on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, In : Creative Soul Food 
My heart whispered into my ear but I was busy answering the phone.

It waved frantically at my frazzled mind but I was writing out a long to-do list. It thumped against my ribcage trying to get my attention, but I was busy doing laundry.

Then, exhausted by my long day, I sat quietly for a while on the couch, boiled the kettle for a cup of coffee and with multi-coloured koki-pens in hand, started doodling my stresses away.

‘At last!’ my heart said (as my mind relaxed) and sang a song that f...
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Creativity meets high tech!

Posted by Michelle Jacobs on Thursday, January 12, 2012, In : Creativity and Technology 
I am very excited to have come across a way to create these tangled word images...have you been seeing them around too and wondering how to make one?

I will be trying to insert the code for it here, but being non-techie I will find out with you if it works!

This is all part of me moving more into the online space and creating digital images and products - I am learning a fortune about being creative technologically every day!

Aha! I see it has worked!  So, this one is all about the Dream Journal...
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Be as free as the bird you were meant to

Posted by Michelle Jacobs on Thursday, December 22, 2011, In : Creative Soul Food 


 This digital "painting" was inspired by a papaya iPad bag I bought in Greyton this year...it's was an awesome experiment with digital watercolour brushes...and I am looking forward to finding techniques that improve the look n feel I was aiming for! Hope you love her too...




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Creative Sensations

Posted by Michelle Jacobs on Thursday, December 22, 2011, In : Creative Soul Food 
So, with 2012 knocking on the door, the Creativity Gym Xmas elves & fairies are hard at work!  We're putting together exciting, meaningful creative treats for you to enjoy this coming year, and will be introducing a new team member to you too. 

I have long believed that to lead a creative life, I need to be... awake!  And so leading my creative life has meant finding out what it takes to stay alert, conscious...not falling asleep.  And I don't mean literally, I mean in those every day ways th...
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The Curtain Has Been Lifted!

Posted by Michelle Jacobs on Thursday, December 22, 2011,
Woohoo!  We finally have the ability to leave comments here...so feel free. If you are moved by anything, have a view on something, a question to ask or just feel like saying hello...you now can.  Big happy sigh. Technology is on our side again :-)

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Wandering and wondering

Posted by Michelle Jacobs on Saturday, October 22, 2011, In : Virtual and Physical Home for Creativity Gym 
I am wandering through the online meadows, wondering when I will be able to create a blog that allows comments.  This bowling down the alley into a curtain, not knowing if I have hit a strike or no skittles at all, has finally reached its logical end for me!  I need feedback!  I am a social creature!  I will try to contact Yola and find out if they support this request.  If not, we will need to move the website n blog to greener pastures.

The other think I am wondering is whether Creativity Gy...
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Good Morning!

Posted by Michelle Jacobs on Tuesday, October 11, 2011, In : Wake-Up Blogs 
Sweet and good morning to you my darling Creative Hearts! 

How are you doing today?  I have woken early (for me) and have decided to create a morning ritual of journaling today.  I will be checking in with where I am and what I'd love to share as I wake up, and before I put on the kettle for some delicious herbal tea, I'll share that along with a few other treats to get our morning juicy and full.

You can imagine this as our own virtual PJ party!  You may already be at work, or you may be gett...
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Gratitude, Generosity & Art Journaling Party-meets-Workshop Planning

Posted by Michelle Jacobs on Friday, October 7, 2011, In : Creative Soul Food 
I am realising as I product develop for the end of this year and next that chakra and colour work will be able to be linked into lots of what we do in the upcoming months. Look out for the Gratitude, Generosity and Art Journaling party-come-workshops in November that will rock right across the eastern/western creative practices of chakra/yoga/expressive and intuitive art/ visual journaling/ going green through digital options and gardening/Xmas time/birthdays and more!

What's been my i...

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What do Chakras have to do with Creativity?

Posted by Michelle Jacobs on Monday, September 19, 2011, In : Chakra Painting 
Aside from our 2nd chakra being our centre for creative energy, everything about chakras spells creativity for me.  They each have a frequency, an associated colour and each represent several types of energy that in turn relate to our characteristics, feelings and even personalities!  Each one can be optimised and kept healthy, balanced and radiant.  This in turn creates a beautiful ability to develop who we are through movement, art forms, self expression and reflective processes like medita...
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Soul Food

Posted by Michelle Jacobs on Tuesday, July 5, 2011, In : Creative Soul Food 
So, it's officially my coldest day this winter, and despite being indoors, under a divine blanket with the aircon on full blast, I am feeling the freeze.  While I check my mail, unsubscribe from more spam, and tap into a few online circles I'm a part of, I also have a feeling that a blog is in order.  It's been brewing, like a good pit of divine smelling coffee.
And so, here it is.  Tapping away on plastic, my fingers find a rhythm that creates a stream of action between my thoughts and you.  ...
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Why Intuitive Expression need not only be through Painting...Drawing, Dance, Movement, Journaling, Writing, LIVING and more can all be intuitive!

Posted by Michelle Jacobs on Monday, June 13, 2011,
So I guess this is the point of why I started Creativity Gym and what I know keeps me going: my life is one big expression of my spirit...and who else will know how that needs to look except me - from my inside out?!  So, it needs to be an untuitive, self-lead journey, and with that idea in mind, I set out to explore my inner and outer world ...creatively. 

I am continuously amazed at where the adventure leads, when I give myself more and more permission to express my fullest self, my most se...
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The Power of Intuitive Art Workshops with Creativity Gym

Posted by Michelle Jacobs on Tuesday, June 7, 2011,
I am realising that the power of developing our intuition reaps rewards at every level.  We all long for success in our personal and professional lives, and the practice of intuitive art is showing me how we're able to transform under performing areas into creative oases that flow and grow.  What's outstanding to me is that the process of creating these changes has been enjoyable, meaningful, fulfilling and relatively effortless.  The energy I used to spend on other more traditional technique...
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Who's MischalaJ?


MischalaJ MischalaJ is an intuitive art and creativity business owner, seasoned corporate facilitator, intuitive creative consultant and coach. She started Creativity Gym to have a physical studio available to develop and teach non-traditional creative ways to be our most happy, alive and powerful selves. Innovative sessions and mini-workshops combine creativity and self development to achieve unusual outcomes...see the Creativity Gym FB page for reviews and photos...download products you can do from home from our products page...or book your paintbrush on the "What's Happening" page if you are keen to join me at workshops in Johannesburg!