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Looking Upside Down

Looking Upside Down

15/05/2016
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Creativity

A favourite trick of proof readers is to read text from the bottom up to the top.  You are more likely to catch an error…

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Back to the Drawing Board

Back to the Drawing Board

01/05/2016
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Creativity

Every once in a while you need to go back to the proverbial drawing board — meaning, re-evaluate your best laid plans.  Sometimes a business…

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Quoting Creativity

Quoting Creativity

06/03/2016
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Creativity, Writing

I saw a Facebook post this week of Albert Einstein’s quote, “Creativity is intelligence having fun.” That got me to wondering who else has a…

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An Enormous Compliment

An Enormous Compliment

21/02/2016
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Creativity, Living Well

Last June, I accompanied my sister to Pittsburg to attend the woodturning exhibition in which she was participating.  See https://blog.contentmentisforcows.com/?p=229 While there, I realized just how…

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On Visiting Museums

On Visiting Museums

14/02/2016
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Creativity, Living Well, Travelling

How to visit  museum might seem like an odd instruction — you just go, right?  Sure, just walk in and start looking around… Recently, I…

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Does Practice Make Perfect?

Does Practice Make Perfect?

31/01/2016
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Creativity

Practice might not make anything perfect but it does make most things easier.  Practice will increase your comfort level with just about any activity.  Practice…

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Are You a Late Bloomer?

Are You a Late Bloomer?

24/01/2016
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Creativity, Life

The phrase “late bloomer” usually refers to children whose physical development lags their peers.  The term is also used to refer to adults who come…

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Learn to Paint Like a Child

Learn to Paint Like a Child

15/11/2015
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Creativity

Picasso once said he spent his entire life learning to paint like a child.  When I first heard this, I admit, I did not get…

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Your Art or Your Birth Certificate?

Your Art or Your Birth Certificate?

08/11/2015
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Creativity, Retirement

The desire to create can strike at any age.  A person’s inclination to be creative is more likely to be inhibited by confidence, skills, or…

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Your Mortgage or Your Art

Your Mortgage or Your Art

01/11/2015
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Creativity

Life sometimes can interfere with creative pursuits. Artists, writers, and other creatives who began their careers early and stuck with it, clearly had the belief…

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