April 2006 Newsletter
Art-O-Vision & Creative Brewing
“Developing Art-O-Vision means seeing beauty in unexpected places.” — Molly
J. Anderson-Childers, Art-O-Vision:
Seeing the World Through Artist Eyes
IN THIS ISSUE
- April 2006 Journal
- What’s New @ the CP
APRIL 2006 JOURNAL by Chris Dunmire
Nutty
Ideas Fit to Print
If you’re a reader of the Montgomery County Sentinel (in Maryland, USA),
you may have seen my Googly-Eyed Peanut Pets project printed in the paper’s
Learning Links section on March 23. How did that happen? The paper’s
youth services director asked for permission to include my project in the paper
after finding it on my Web site. She thought the pets would be "fun and
foolish to include in their April Fool's Day issue" and being the opportunist
humorist I am, granted permission.
See the newspaper clipping and the Peanut Pets project online.
This shameless plug for one of the goofiest ideas I’ve ever shared on
the Web has this lesson in it for you: I en-courage you to fully embrace your
creativity by going with your own flow and following through with your creative
ideas (even the zany ones) no matter what you think other people will think.
It’s your creative life to spend as you see fit, whether it’s painting
beautiful still-life onto canvases or gluing googly eyes onto peanuts.
You never know what opportunities will open up for you when you bravely put
yourself out there. If I can glue googly eyes onto peanuts and make a project
out of it that ends up published in a newspaper halfway across the country,
just imagine what YOU can do with your talents. Are you ready to break out
of your shell? Get crackin’!
Something
New is Brewing…
As if my above experience isn’t enough, I have promising news for those
of you seeking to increase your creativity. After working closely with the
product development team at a major U.S. beverage company, I'm about to launch
a new product that will take the creative market by storm.
Get a sneak peek at it here.
Chris Dunmire
Publisher, Creativity Portal
WHAT’S NEW @ THE CP
They'll be Searching Forever
A search word puzzle designed especially for April Fool's Day.
New
April Fool’s Day Word Search Puzzle
By Chris Dunmire
Download and print the impossible-to-solve Vegetables
puzzle #19 for April
Fool's Day classroom fun.
The Poetic Love Muse
The recipe for passionate poetry...
Erato:
The Art and Soul of Sensual Poetry
By Molly J. Anderson-Childers
Greetings, fellow wordsmiths and poetic
souls! Grab a blank notebook and a pen, and hold on tight! We’re
about to enter the Garden of Earthly Delights.
No Umbrella Needed
Want to elicit more sudden inspirations and ideas from your
next business meeting?
Maximize
the Effectiveness of Brainstorming
By Frederick D. Buggie
A half-dozen hints on what you can change in your brainstorming sessions
that will make all the difference in the world.
Hello..? Operator..?!
Creative conduits and connections.
5
ways our creativity can get lost in the switchboard
By Dan Goodwin
Are you lost in the confusion of the wires and connections all
competing for attention in your busy creative mind?
Plus: Creative
renewal — How do you eat YOUR creative inspiration?
Honest Writing Formulas
Writing non-fiction truthfully.
Digging Truthfully Into Your Own Life for Personal Non-Fiction
By Barbara Abercrombie
One question we all face when writing non-fiction about our life
is how creative can you be with the truth?
Plus: Numbers:
Designing a Writing Formula that Works for You
Three Key Ingredients
Writing advice for creative entrepreneurs.
Simple
Tips for Writing an Engaging Article
By Carolyn Campbell
The simplest way to begin writing an article is to break it into
three key ingredients. You want to provide information, incorporate
attention getters and create easy reading.
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