Studio 747 Blog Network Roundup: A Month of Inspiration

July has come and gone... Can you believe it's August already? Posts have been somewhat light this month around the network. After all, who wants to blog all day when lounging in warm weather and fun days at the beach beckon?

I do have some inspiring posts to share that will hopefully get the wheels of inspiration and action rolling in your life...

• Over at The Good Life I urge you to take the leap of faith and turn your passion into wealth.

• Although this post is geared towards women, I think men can find a few takeaways as well: Becoming a More Powerful, Beautiful Woman.

• Thinking about how you can start making your money work for you? You may want to look into investing in tech stocks.

• Are you a blogger? Learn the different ways you can monetize a blog over at Online Business Resources.

As always, I'm looking for guest bloggers on any of the blogs in the network. Click here to find out more about contributing to Studio 747.

Guitar Prodigy Follows His Passion

When you have a passion for what you do, the world opens up and you are taken on a journey where your wildest dreams come true. In this video, we learn about an 8-year-old guitar prodigy who shows us what can happen when you follow your passion...



"Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." ~Harold Whitman

Using the Law of Attraction In Your Art Business

I just finished writing a post at The Good Life that talks about the Law of Attraction and how it really works for me.

Did you know that you can create a successful and prosperous art business using this law?

In this article, Law of Attraction in Business: Use the Law of Attraction to Build Your Business, Michael Losier shares what he calls Declarative Statements to focus on attracting business. These statements include:

"I love the way money comes to me effortlessly in expected and unexpected ways.",

"It feels so good knowing that business comes to me in all seasons."

"I love the way my reputation attracts clients to me."

Here is a great video created by Vitaly Grinblat of Business Attractor Blog that shows you how to use the Law of Attraction to attract more business...

Creativity is Not Just For Artists - Be Creative to Think and Live Better

This is a guest post by Alessandra Viero...

When we say creativity, what comes up to our mind is almost always art... or fantasy authors... or professional areas such as music, fashion, marketing, graphic design... and we tend to think that only people who deal with such activities have a real need to be creative.

Sure, we have probably heard that creativity is good per se, and maybe we would like to have some special talent in this sense, but most of us simply think "OK very nice, but I'm not an artistic guy/gal. It's a pity, but I've been living well so far, and in my job and life after all I can perfectly do without it".

However, that's just a limited interpretation of what being creative actually means.

I may perfectly agree that creativity shows more pleasantly in a beautiful painting or sculpture, in signature jewels or clothes, in a delicious original dish by a famous chef, in a fascinating novel, in a music masterpiece, in a brilliant advertising campaign...

Furthermore, as I said in previous articles, "artistic" activities such as drawing bring important benefits to all of us, regardless of how "gifted" we feel. And practicing this kind of activities is an excellent means if we want to stimulate our imaginative side.

Though, creativity is much more than this. It involves and improves ALL aspects of our life.
Creativity is first of all an attitude of mind while facing any situation and issue you may encounter.

It means trying to think "out of the box", using the famous "lateral thinking", wondering if what appears in a certain way can actually be seen in a different perspective. It means being flexible-minded, young-minded, capable of abandoning all preconstituted mental schemes and bias if necessary.

When you "unchain" your mind and shake off useless stiffness you think more efficiently, you find more brilliant solutions. Better yet, you may identify opportunities where others only see problems, consider as a stimulating challenge what someone else calls failure. In a broader sense, sometimes being creative means leaving the fear of being yourself.

Adopting this mindset may be not that easy at first, but little by little you will feel more comfortable and eventually you will not even be able to get back to your previous way of thinking.

Alessandra invites you to see how a creative positive approach can improve your life at http://stores.lulu.com/pimmy

Photo of the Week: "Blue Truck" By A.J.

During a photowalk through the neighborhood, I handed the camera to A.J., my four-year-old God-daughter.

"Oh, look! A blue truck!" she says.

I never would have thought to take a picture of this blue truck. A great reminder that beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

Here are some creative tips and ideas for your next photowalk!

#Artwalk: A New Way To Promote Your Art

It used to be that whenever artists wanted to participate in an art fair, they had to research and find out where art fairs were happening, plan and prepare how they were going to display their art, and pay an entrance fee to participate.

However, nowadays there are such things as online virtual artwalks where you can share your art with people all over the world from the comfort of your own home!

Kim Sherrell (follow her on Twitter: @KimSherrell) is the founder of #artwalk, the first virtual art fair via Twitter. If you're an artist, you can join the #Artwalk group and share your links, photos, or videos featuring your work.

To find out more how #artwalk works, visit Kim Sherrell's website...

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