Are You Feeling Generous?


Hi it’s Tania  and we’re talking creativity. Recently I heard the saying that generosity is learned when you have nothing. Without scarcity we cannot truly know what having enough is all about. Take the loaves and fishes for example. It was only in the place of extreme need that the miracle could take place. ThoseContinue reading “Are You Feeling Generous?”

Do You Remember?


Hi it’s Tania and we’re talking creativity. Do you remember the adventures you had as a child? We bought a big old house in Walmer, Port Elizabeth its garden was rambling, out of control and wild (much to my mother’s horror) but this garden brought out the conqueror in me. I made trails and wentContinue reading “Do You Remember?”

Interesting Brain Stuff!


This is Tania Ahlfeldt and we’re talking creativity I was reading a piece written by actor Nick Nolte he was discussing the creative process with regards to acting and he summed it up something like this. There was an experiment done with mice. The scientists were trying to find out how mice grew dendrites inContinue reading “Interesting Brain Stuff!”

More Than Functional


This is Tania Ahlfeldt and we’re talking creativity. What is your function? What is your practical purpose? Most of us can start reeling off all the functions we have in life. It gives us such a feeling of being needed. Our functions demand from us and almost robotic-ally we fulfill their purpose. Our functionality becomesContinue reading “More Than Functional”

Double Beige and the Garden Gnomes


Hi it’s Tania and we’re talking creativity Double beige refers to colourless as opposed to colour filled be it attitude or how we physically cram our world. There’s a house I take pleasure in driving past. The owners have paved their front garden right to the road and painted their numerous pots in bright primaryContinue reading “Double Beige and the Garden Gnomes”