Creative Modeling
Modeling objects and concepts often requires some combination of dimensional thinking, abstracting, analogizing, and manipulative or body skill.
Make Creative Smoothies
Experiment with blending ideas and elements and find inspiration in Nia dancing, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and Thomas Edison's inventions.
Dimensional Thinking
Moving from 2-D to 3-D or vice versa, mapping, and transforming information.
Charles Darwin and Creative Thinking
To change the way you think and become a more productive thinker, you need to learn how to think like a genius.
Mistakes
Mistakes are a new take on creativity that you might ordinarily miss...
September 15, 2007|Funny Money: Cashius monetarius
Quoteworthy
"Ever burst into a room filled with family or friends, heart dripping with pearls, and just smell swine? Oh you can't see the pink snouts and cloven hooves, but you know they're there, lurking somewhere in the shadows ready to trample all over your shining new insight, brilliant thought, sparkling idea." — Angi SullinsPearls and Pigs: An Artist vs. Critic Phenomenon
The wait is over. My 'Cashius monetarius' Dollar Bill Origami Money Plant project is now available in a printable e-book format complete with two novelty Money Plant Seed packets (flowering and non-flowering), detailed step-by-step project photos, and expanded information about this ingenious, artful, and unique gift that is fun to make and hard to give away!More »
Incidentally, I made one of my funny Origami Money Plants for a birthday gift last week and one late night while engaged in creative dollar leaf-folding, it occurred to me that I needed a clever tag line for this precious product. Once that seed germinated, I saw a flash of light and *POOF* the tag line came to me from none other than Taglinia, creative muse of commerce and underwear.
Here it is: The Dollar Bill Origami Money Plant is...
Multicultural Muses Ninsaba’s Garden of Dreams and Delights By Molly Anderson-Childers
Her dark hands toss out glittering jewels and keys to the old mysteries. She stands at the garden-gate, beckoning. Will you answer her challenge, traveler, and wander there awhile, along the winding paths?
Art of the Song Creativity Corner Creating when you don’t feel like it... By Eileen Kalinowski
Creatively uninspired? What committing yourself to 10 minutes of creating art or writing each day can do for you — if you just do it anyway.
Embark on a Cloud Chasing Expedition By Cynthia Staples
When I reached a street corner I looked up and saw before me a magnificent sight. Rosy hued clouds, gilded by the sun, filled the sky. They took my breath away.
The Power of Off-the-Wall Combinations By Jurgen Wolff
Experience the power! Four techniques for combining unlikely elements in off-the-wall ways in order to create something new.
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