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Tag: art
Criterion Days
Choose your experts, then let your experts do the choosing.
Exalted in the Face of Truth: Van Gogh’s Leaves
A simple project that had me trying to see a small piece of the world as Van Gogh might have seen it.
Order and Chaos
Life is not really gray, after all. It's a spectacle of colors and sounds...
Fight the Future
If we don't #RESIST and fight the future, who will?
Make the First Move
The most difficult step of any undertaking is often the beginning.
Go Astray
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. I watched a delightful documentary recently (as I write this, it's currently streaming on Netflix). Bathtubs Over Broadway introduces us to the world of corporate musicals from the perspective of former Late Show With David Letterman writer Steve Young. First, Young discovered the likes of The Bathrooms are…
Dig Deep
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. I've come across two works recently that got me thinking about the importance of analysis in creativity. The first was a passage from Steven Hyden's 2018 book Twilight of the Gods: A Journey to the End of Classic Rock. The book explores, among other things, cultural aspects of…
Push Yourself
You are young and you are the future So suck it up and tough it out And be the best you can John Mellencamp, Minutes to Memories Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. When I was in 6th grade, our class was given a weekly syllabus of assignments. If we finished those before the…
Building Blocks
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure Many of us played with building blocks, or similar toys, as children. Lego bricks, Lincoln Logs, and Erector Sets were common during my childhood, and they're all still available to kids today. I never had Lego sets, but I did have Lincoln Logs and an Erector Set. (The…