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Spotlight

Art by Angela Blaha

Angela Blaha

The power of negative space

We tend to look at what fills the canvas — the strokes of color, the images that emerge, the story the artist places before us. But just as powerful, and often overlooked, is what is not there. Negative space — the unpainted, the empty, the in-between — isn't absence at all. It is presence in disguise.

Musing

9 Greek Muses

Molly Anderson

Invoking the 9 Greek Muses

The original nine Athenian muses were the nine sister Goddesses of Imagination, Inspiration, and The Arts in ancient Greek mythology. Many cultures have celebrated, worshiped, and tried to entice the Muses: Calliope · Clio · Erato · Euterpe · Melpomene · Polymnia · Terpsichore · Thalia · Urania


Genius habits

Da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Genius habits: Dimostrazione

Leaping into your experiences.

funmire

Math grave

PUN-ish #1

Math grave

The place where subtracted, reduced, and rounded numbers go.

Strategies

Painting

Whitney Freya

Create a Quantum Leap

New ways of doing things.


Inspiring Art

Joy Sikorski

Joy Sikorski

Whimsical drawing lessons

From How to Draw a Clam and Squeaky Chalk.

Essay

Perfect Personal Essay

Nancy Slonim Aronie

Crafting the story only you can write

Write in a way that moves, connects, and resonates.

Writing

Erasmus

Estelle Erasmus

Writing that gets noticed

Get your essay writing ideas flowing and seen.


Interact

Swing into creative play

Chris Dunmire

Swing into creative play!

18 Mini-golf brain-stretchers.

Creativity Coaching

Painting

Riva Weinstein

Ideas for Getting Creative at Work

If your day-job is depleting you, get in a little creative break to refresh yourself.

Teaching children

Fostering Creativity in Children

Abby Connors

Improvisation Helps Children Learn

10 Ways to engagement.


Art-making

Pig

Joy Sikorski

Draw a cute pig

From How to Draw a Clam.

People

Creativity 101

James C. Kaufman, PhD

Creativity 101: Defining Creativity

The history of the study of creativity.

Printables

Swing into creative play

Chris Dunmire

Swing into creative play!

18 mini-golf brain-stretchers. Play now!


Writing

Boring Meeting

Matthew Dicks

8 Audience Engagement Hacks

Audience attention and engagement are not givens.

Deeper

SoulCollage

SoulCollage®

Creative boundaries

Where do they begin?

Muses

Spills

Modern Day Muses

Beauty of ImperFection

Process, practice, and imperfection with Spills.