{"id":11847,"date":"2011-10-08T16:30:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-08T21:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/ala-reigniting-your-creative-spark\/"},"modified":"2011-10-08T19:03:15","modified_gmt":"2011-10-09T00:03:15","slug":"ala-reigniting-your-creative-spark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/ala-reigniting-your-creative-spark\/","title":{"rendered":"[ALA] Reigniting Your Creative Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>A List Apart<\/em> &#8211;<a title=\"A List Apart: Reigniting Your Creative Spark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alistapart.com\/articles\/reigniting-your-creative-spark\/\" rel=\"dofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Reigniting Your Creative Spark<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"text-align: left;\"><p><a title=\"A List Apart: Reigniting Your Creative Spark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alistapart.com\/articles\/reigniting-your-creative-spark\/\" rel=\"dofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 2%; width: 30%; height: auto; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/images\/tutorials\/alalogo-1.png\" alt=\"A List Apart: Reigniting Your Creative Spark\" width=\"156\" height=\"252\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><em style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; color: #666;\"><span style=\"font-size: 3.5em; font-weight: bold;\">\u201c<\/span><br \/>\nCreative is as creative does, except when your creative spark fizzles out. Looming deadlines, over-fussy clients, dull projects, or feelings of fatigue that may signal the beginnings of burnout &#8211; Any of these everyday afflictions can tamp down your creative fire, making it tough to come up with creative ideas just when you need them most. But fear not! Denise Jacobs shares sure-fire strategies to reignite your creative spark.<span style=\"font-size: 3.5em; font-weight: bold;\"><br \/>\n\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alistapart.com\/articles\/reigniting-your-creative-spark\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><big>READ MORE \u00bb<\/big><\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creative is as creative does, except when your creative spark fizzles out. 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