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What will you create today?



Strategies

Daily routines of famous creatives

Donald M. Rattner

Designate a Creative Space

Establishing place.

Souletry

Home

Molly Anderson

Prompts to bring you home

Finding your true home.


Creativity

Abstract

John Eger

Public art

Can act as a catalyst for community.

People

Creativity 101

James C. Kaufman, PhD

Creativity 101: Defining Creativity

The history of the study of creativity.

Muses

Euterpe

9 Greek muses

Euterpe

Muse of lyric poetry and music.


Genius

Creativity 101

James C. Kaufman, PhD

Are Plagiarizing Animals Creative?

The framework for animal creativity.

C-1-2-3

Creative Outlets

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Creative Outlets

A lifetime of creative opportunity.

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SniderBird

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The power of playful connections

The variety of ways you can surround yourself in playful community.


Interact

Cookie Fortune Maker (CFM)

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Cookie Fortune Maker

The World's Oldest Microblogging Platform takes its seat in the long history of social media

Coaching

Collage

Jill Allison Bryan

Garden Variety Overwhelm and Lowering Expectations

How small seeds of creativity grow into big things.

Art making

Firefly

Joy Sikorski

Draw a firefly

From How to Draw a Cup of Coffee


Writing

Perfect Personal Essay

Perfect Personal Essay

Why You Have to Make Up with Your Siblings

If you don't show me your broken heart, then I can't find myself in your story.

Printables

Art by Angela Blaha

Angela Blaha

The myth of the lightning bolt

What real creative revelation looks like.

Teaching

Fostering Creativity in Children

Abby Connors

Richard P. Feynman on Children + Creativity

From the greatest physicists of our time