July 2012
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Jul 31st
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Jul 28th
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Jul 27th
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Jul 26th
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“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
– Maya Angelou (via rebeccasusanne)
Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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“The problem is that we all have pre-conceived ideas about how something should...”
– Ken Caleno, author, “Learning to See Creatively” photo source: http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/donnie-dark0-david-legnon-tilt-shift-boston-photography-2.jpg (via daveinediting)
Jul 24th
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Jul 23rd
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Jul 22nd
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3 Ways To Design Toys That Boost Kids’ Creativity →
“These divergent thinking skills, practiced and honed through years of imaginative play in childhood, lie at the heart of our creative abilities as adults.”
Jul 21st
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Richard St. John's 8 secrets of success →
Simple. Creativity is no exception.
Jul 20th
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If you want people to perform better, you reward them, right? Bonuses, commissions, their own reality show. Incentivize them. … But that’s not happening here. You’ve got an incentive designed to sharpen thinking and accelerate creativity, and it does just the opposite. It dulls thinking and blocks creativity.” (Dan Pink)
Jul 19th
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“The only way to learn is to keep doing something new, and, if you’re lucky,...”
– Nora Ephron (writer, director, producer) photo source: http://cdn.thedailybeast.com/content/dailybeast/articles/2012/06/27/remembering-nora-ephron-writers-and-friends-on-her-legacy/_jcr_content/body/inlineimage.img.503.jpg/1340811606963.cached.jpg (via daveinediting)
Jul 18th
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“Trust your heart if the seas catch fire (and live by love though the stars...”
– e. e. cummings (via apaperaeroplane)
Jul 18th
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Jul 17th
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Jul 16th
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Jul 16th
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“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swaps...”
– Ayn Rand
Jul 15th
each universe: The Importance of Being Earnest…... →
eachuniverse: Pay attention to what comes into your experience. When something keeps showing up in conversation and/or thought, pay attention. I have been paying attention. Thoughts and conversation of education have been practically slapping me in the face, and I’m feeling the burn enough to… Wonderful questions to ponder
Jul 14th
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Top artists reveal how to find creative... →
I liken the process to seeing ghosts: the ideas are always there, half-formed. It’s about being in the right state of mind to take them and turn them into something that works. (Fyfe Dangerfield, musician)
Jul 14th
“Creativity is not an act of ego. It is spiritual blood doing what it was made to...”
– Julia Cameron (via kalynroseanne)
Jul 13th
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Jul 12th
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Jul 12th
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“Creativity is the residue of time wasted.”
– attributed to Albert Einstein… (photo source: http://www.biography.com/imported/images/Biography/Images/Profiles/E/Albert-Einstein-9285408-1-402.jpg)
Jul 11th
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TIME interview with Jonah Lehrer on his book... →
daveinediting:
Jul 11th
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Embodied Creativity: Thinking Outside The Box Is... →
Consider a study published this year in the journalPsychological Science. Angela Leung and a team of researchers conducted a series of experiments to see what happens when metaphors describing creativity are enacted physically. Is “thinking outside the box” real?
Jul 9th
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Beginning to Prepare to Begin: A Kick in the Pants...
                     ” After only the second chapter I was already examining my own creative instincts and habits. Tharp lists the following to ponder and says that after you have: Selected the environment that works for you Developed the start up ritual that impels you forward everyday Faced down your fears And put your distractions in their proper place You have cleared the first...
Jul 8th
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Jul 7th
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Jul 6th
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“How much has to be explored and discarded before reaching the naked flesh of...”
– Claude Debussy
Jul 6th
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