Can Playing With Lego Make You More Creative?
A simple and elegant solution to the 'creativity crisis', but will we adapt our old ways of working? Seems like adults need to get back to acting like very young children, once in awhile. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! If
Crisis and Creativity
Spring has been a buzz of activity. I find this season tends to bring waves of urgency, kind of like a twister of wind. You have a sense of what is to come but until the force makes land fall,
Be brave, it is going to be good
According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of: 'brave' is having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage. Which leads me to ponder the definition of 'courage'; the mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand
Be bold! Join, start or share in a social movement
OK - its time to answer the question I hear most often asked of me. 'What do you do?' My answer is sometimes, 'I am retired'. To that, I get a round of laughs. Surely that cannot be true, I
What qualifies a creative genius?
I'm not an expert in architecture. I've visited a few churches in my life, but I'm not devoted to studying that type of building, or any others for that matter. So maybe I am missing a bunch of creative structures
Turning a midlife crisis into a creative manifesto
Unfortunately, a big chunk of my life has been spent following orders, or doing what was expected. Once I entered the institutions of learning, I towed the line. Attended classes, completed homework, took the tests. Year after year. After all
What happened to my Creative Power?
E-book - Fruitless at 40: Rediscovering my Creative Power I am not fruitless anymore. Through the writing, learning and practicing of the past 6 years, I have come out the other side with more wisdom, creativity and passion than I knew was possible. I know I am not alone in this type of transformation. Everyone who enters the decade of being the age of 40 comes through it changed. I didn't realize how much better I would feel and how much more I like myself as I move through these transitions.
What is your creative superpower?
If a child was asked what their superpower was, they would wonder why they had to pick just one? Children can easily convey their strengths, listing them off one by one. They would not feel too boastful about honestly declaring their passions. They wouldn't worry what the person who asked the question thought about their unique superpowers. This child might even think it ridiculous to worry about such things. At what age did we loose the ability to easily identify what makes us feel special? Why is naming our valuable contributions to the world such a vulnerable process?