Tweet Last week I posed the question “What does it mean to ‘play’?” I’ve thought about that question a lot since then, but have had some trouble coming up with an answer. Then yesterday I posted that one of the things I like most about my favorite blogs are their use of personal graphics –…
Category Archives: Exploring Creativity
Making Mail Art
Tweet I’ve always dreamed of owning my own business and imagined that any letters or packages I sent would be distinctive. If you received something from me, you would know it without ever reading the return address label. Similar to the J. Peterman catalog where people are as interested in the stories and copy as…
Why was it so hard?
Tweet Well, after agonizing over what to name my business for the last few weeks it really wasn’t that hard after all. I just needed to see it. I did a few mindmaps and collected some words… Sketched few a few little pictures… Then it came together…Why was it so hard?
Vision Board Complete
Tweet It took me almost six weeks to finish my vision / dream board. I am not sure if it normally takes that long, but this was my first time creating one and I didn’t want to rush it. My process…I collected images (pictures and words) throughout the week and then sat down one day…
Vision Board-Part IV
Tweet Okay, this is week four of working on my Vision Board. It’s coming together quite nicely, but with a few surprises. I am posting a few more pictures here for you to see how it is progressing. I will finish it next weekend and share with you what I discovered in the process. How…
Borrowed Brainstorming Techniques
Tweet In my ‘old j-o-b’ I worked on a variety of different projects. Most of these projects were ones I chose to work on or ones I developed and proposed. The two things they all had in common were that they all revolved around one central theme-logistics and distribution. Since I was very good at…
What do I Want? What do You Want?
Tweet In the movie ”The Women”, Mary, played by Meg Ryan, discovers her husband is having an affair. Her world begins to fall apart. She then goes through a very interesting process to answer the question – “What do I want?” I love the way she processes this question. It reminds me of a vision…
The Power of Time Off
Tweet TED Talks – Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off Stefan Sagmeister’s
A Weekend of Firsts
Tweet This weekend is a weekend of ‘firsts’… My first visit to Cleveland, Ohio My first ‘art’ workshop – Creative Dig: Excavating Self Identity & Story Through Paint, Clay, & Word My first roommate – Heather Plett. She is a new friend from Canada and a fellow traveler on the creative journey to self-discovery. My…
A Secret Prize Hidden Inside
Tweet Continuing with this weeks theme of ‘trying something new‘ and ‘firsts‘… In a post from April 21, 2009 titled “Another Idea…” I wrote about my desire to “ship gifts and packages all over the world, artfully wrapped in my self-designed paper, including a personal note written on a card from my own line and…
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